Republican House Speaker says Capitol bathrooms restricted by 'biological sex'
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that all single-sex bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol building would be reserved for "individuals of that biological sex," weeks after the election of the first transgender member of Congress.
Republicans target trans lawmaker with bathroom restrictions
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) introduced a resolution on Nov. 18, banning transgender women from women’s restrooms at the Capitol, targeting incoming Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Delaware).
House Speaker bars transgender women from Capitol bathrooms
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has issued a new policy reserving restrooms, changing rooms and lockers rooms at the Capitol to the biological sex. "Women deserve women-only spaces," he said in a press release.
Rep. Mace pushes transgender bathroom ban at US Capitol
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is launching a fight to ensure Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first transgender person ever elected to Congress, cannot use the women’s restrooms once she is sworn in next year.
US House speaker backs bathroom ban for first openly trans member
The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives voiced support Wednesday for banning a newly elected transgender woman from using women's restrooms in the legislature.
US House speaker backs bathroom ban on trans woman elected to Congress
The speaker of the US House of Representatives came out Wednesday against letting a newly elected transgender woman use the women's restroom at the legislature.
Republicans ban US' first openly transgender congresswoman from using women's restrooms in Capitol
Despite disagreeing with the restrictions, McBride stated she would comply. "Each of us were sent here because voters saw something in us that they value," McBride shared on social media
Sarah McBride responds to US House Speaker restricting transgender people in Congress from Capitol Hill bathrooms
The first openly transgender member elected to the US House of Representatives Sarah McBride says she is "not here to fight about bathrooms" in response to the Republican bill aimed at restricting transgender people from bathrooms on Capitol Hill.
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