BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador won a preliminary victory protecting student privacy in the case Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield, et al., after United States District Judge David Nye ruled that the plaintiff is unlikely to prevail in their challenge to Idaho’s law requiring public schools to designate multi-occupancy restrooms for use by only one sex. As a result, Judge Nye denied their request for a preliminary injunction, which would have prevented the defendants in the case and the state of Idaho from being able to fully enforce the law.

“Idaho’s law reflects biological reality, protecting all students’ privacy and safety in school restrooms, showers, locker rooms, and other private spaces,” said Attorney General Labrador. “This is yet another victory for common-sense and the dignity of women and girls against activists seeking to push a harmful agenda. We applaud the court’s decision to allow our state to continue its job of preserving each student’s privacy, dignity, and safety and providing a quality education for Idaho’s children.”

Idaho’s law protects student privacy and safety by requiring schools to keep boys out of girls’ restrooms and girls out of boys’ restrooms. District Judge Nye agreed with the Attorney General’s argument that the State of Idaho has an important governmental interest in protecting the privacy of all students. The court also recognized the common-sense reality that “there are biological differences between men and women” and that “those biological differences are deserving of privacy.” The court declared that Idaho’s law “is substantially related to the State’s legitimate interest in privacy.”

This decision comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision on March 20, 2025, in the same case also upholding Idaho’s ability to enforce the law.

The preliminary ruling ensures Idaho schools can maintain sex-specific facilities that have been standard for generations while providing alternative accommodations for any student seeking additional privacy while the case continues to be litigated. Idaho’s law includes provisions requiring schools to offer single-occupancy alternatives for students who prefer them.

Read the opinion here.