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Idaho

ID documents
Restrictive
Care
Restrictive
Shield lawA state law that protects patients and providers of gender-affirming care from investigations, subpoenas, or extradition attempts by states that ban that care.
No

Idaho is one of the most restrictive states for trans people.

More about Idaho

You can change your name in court, but you must publish a notice in a newspaper for four weeks and attend a hearing. Since a federal court injunction was dissolved in January 2026, Idaho no longer changes the sex on birth certificates, and because the Transportation Department ties the license sex marker to the birth certificate, most people can no longer change it on a license either. Hormone therapy and surgery for gender transition are banned for everyone under 18 (a felony for providers), and public money, including Medicaid, may not pay for this care at any age. Adults can still get hormones from private clinics, Planned Parenthood, and telehealth.

This state’s pages are drafts written from official sources and not yet checked by a person. What this means

Your documents, in order

Most people go in this order, because each office checks the one before it. On every document, updating your name and changing your gender marker are separate questions with separate answers.

  1. Legal name changeState court
    Name
    LimitedNewspaper notice required, court hearing required
  2. Social SecurityFederal, same in every state
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now
  3. Driver's license / state IDIdaho DMV
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    LimitedM or F with an amended birth certificate
  4. US passportFederal, same in every state
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now
  5. Birth certificateOnly if born in Idaho
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now

Born somewhere other than Idaho? Your birth certificate follows the state where you were born. Choose your birth state

Gender-affirming care

Adults
Limited
Under 18
Banned
Adults in Idaho can legally get hormone therapy from private providers, Planned Parenthood, and telehealth, but no public money may pay for it: Idaho Medicaid will not cover hormones or surgery for gender transition at…Find clinics, health centers, telehealth, and ways to pay

Local help

Statewide organizations

  • Idaho Legal Aid Services[6]

    Statewide free civil legal help for people with low incomes, with offices around Idaho. Publishes self-help guides on name changes and ID documents and a list of LGBTQIA+ community resources.

    • Free
    • Unverified

  • ACLU of Idaho[7]

    Tracks and challenges Idaho laws affecting LGBTQIA+ people and publishes plain-language fact sheets on each new law (HB 71, HB 421, HB 668, and the 2025-2026 restroom laws).

    • Free

  • Trans Lifeline[8]

    Peer-support hotline run by and for trans people, 877-565-8860.

    • Free
    877-565-8860Languages: English, Español
Sources for this page (8)

Sources

8 sources. Numbers in the text, like [1], point here.

  1. Idaho Code § 73-114, statutory terms definedIdaho Legislature, Law. accessed
    “"Sex" means an individual's biological sex, either male or female.”
  2. F.V. v. Charron (formerly F.V. v. Barron), No. 1:17-cv-00170, Order Amending Judgment and Dissolving Permanent Injunction (D. Idaho Jan. 8, 2026)US District Court for the District of Idaho (via CourtListener), Court. accessed
    “The same judgment is AMENDED to reflect that the permanent injunction is DISSOLVED.”
  3. Idaho Code § 18-1506C, Vulnerable Child Protection ActIdaho Legislature, Law. accessed
  4. Idaho Code § 18-8901, use of public funds for gender transition procedures prohibitedIdaho Legislature, Law. accessed
  5. Idaho equality profileMovement Advancement Project, Organization. accessed
  6. Idaho Identity Documents (last updated January 2026)Advocates for Trans Equality, Organization. accessed
  7. Your Rights as an LGBTQIA+ PersonACLU of Idaho, Organization. accessed
  8. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed