I.C.A.N. UPDATE

Dear I.C.A.N. members, 

Here’s another bill that needs prayer as it works through the legislature. The bill acknowledges that people deserve privacy and safety in vulnerable places like public restrooms and locker rooms. It clarifies that the existing duty of public accommodations to maintain safe premises for their customers. It extends to providing privacy and safety in restrooms and changing facilities. Requires separate restrooms and changing facilities on the basis of biological sex in all government buildings. Guarantees privacy and safety in places like state camp-ground shower facilities, city swimming pool locker rooms, and highway rest area bathrooms. Builds on previous policy victories that secured protections for women using bathrooms and changing facilities in public schools, colleges, correctional facilities, and domestic violence shelters.

In many Idaho communities, state law and local policies allow biological men to use female restrooms and locker rooms— threatening the privacy, safety, and dignity of the girls and women who use them.

John