Attorneys representing two transgender Idahoans want a federal judge to block a new state law restricting access to gender-specific dorm rooms and campus restrooms.

They are seeking a temporary injunction on House Bill 264, passed earlier this year. The request is tied to next week’s start of fall classes.

As it now stands, colleges and universities must designate restrooms, changing rooms and dormitories “for the exclusive use by either females or males.” Supporters, such as bill sponsor Rep. Barbara Ehardt, R-Idaho Falls, have said HB 264 protects the privacy of women on campus.

A July 25 lawsuit seeks to overturn HB 264 entirely.

“There is no reason to keep me and other transgender students from continuing to use the same college restrooms as our peers, which the school has allowed for years,” said Atlas Jones, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. “It is humiliating, distracting, and exhausting to try to make it through the day as a college student without having proper access to restrooms.”

Jones, 19, is a rising sophomore at Boise State University, who identifies as male. The second, anonymous plaintiff is a transgender person who spends significant time on the University of Idaho campus, who identifies as female. Court documents refer to this plaintiff by the pseudonym Sophie Smith.