A news reporter for the Boise Weekly from 1997–1998, LeFavour was a board member for the Ada County Human Rights Task Force from 1999–2002.

[1] In 2004, incumbent Democratic State Representative Ken Robison of Idaho's 19B House District decided to retire.

[5] They heavily criticized many of the state's budgets which in their view cut taxes and spending too much, thus eliminating thousands of jobs.

[6] They fought to reduce prison population by improving the state's substance abuse and mental health programs.

LeFavour proposed amending Idaho's Human Rights Act to cover discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

[11][12] Twice elected to the Legislative Council by their peers,[13] LeFavour was an advocate for increased spending in Idaho schools and access to mental health/substance abuse treatment programs.

Congressman Mike Simpson,[20] whom they debated twice[21][22][23] and criticized as being only superficially moderate, citing his vote against discrimination protections for women in the workplace.

[34] They were one of 44 activists arrested[35][36] on February 3, 2014, at the Statehouse on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing, having blocked the Idaho Senate's entrances for more than two hours in a silent protest[37] two months in the planning [38] on behalf of the Add The Words campaign, an act of civil disobedience[39] which they had organized.

[45] By early March, LeFavour had been arrested four times in five weeks,[46] and in mid-March, was discovered in an act of political theater during a direct action protest after having literally hid in a closet in the Idaho Senate lounge for hours.

They made a personal "It Gets Better" video,[53] in which they noted,[14]When I first walked into this building [the Idaho Statehouse] fifteen years ago to talk to lawmakers about what it was like to be a gay person in Idaho, many didn't think they had ever met anyone gay; sadly, some were cruel... Today, I serve in the Senate next to some of the same people and some have changed...