# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWEf5MPgX44
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/60440127-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-19T15:01:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

A trans man from Idaho has given a devastating breakdown of their life under a potential “bathroom bill” that is up for vote.

Nixon Matthews spoke at an 11 March hearing on House Bill 752, telling legislators: “I want to walk through what this looks like for me.”

“Say, one of the men here walks into the men’s bathroom, and you see me walk into a stall, and you know I’m trans. And since you’re all law-abiding citizens, you’re going to call 911. You’re going to say, ‘Hello 911? There’s a trans person in the bathroom. They’re peeing right now, I’m scared. Please come and arrest them,'” he said.

To avoid being arrested, Matthews said they would have to instead use the women’s bathroom.

But they continued: “Say I happen to walk behind a woman, and her husband sees someone who looks like me following his wife into the bathroom, what do you think happens next? Maybe the cops get called. But more likely, that man is going to follow me into the bathroom, confront me, and even assault me.”

Matthews went on: “So every single day, when I’m out in public, I have to decide: do I feel like going to jail today, or do I feel like being attacked?”

The bill passed on Monday (16 March) and is now headed to the Idaho Senate.

#USPolitics #Idaho #bathroombill #LGBTQIA #transgender

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