US EditionSpeaker Johnson announces policy barring trans women from Capitol bathrooms
- House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that transgender members, staff, and visitors cannot use single-sex bathrooms based on their gender identity in the House areas.
- Johnson stated that all single-sex facilities are reserved for individuals of their biological sex, including restrooms and locker rooms.
- Johnson described the policy as "pro-woman" and enforceable, although it was previously unwritten.
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US House speaker backs bathroom ban on trans woman elected to Congress
Read: 2 minThe 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.“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement.Johnson’s remarks come after Democrat Sa…
Speaker Johnson Protects Women’s Spaces in the House of Representatives | CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana 4th) released a policy earlier this week that clarifies that women’s restrooms in the Capitol and all House of Representatives buildings are reserved exclusively for women and girls.The debate sparked in Congress after Delaware’s First Congressional District elected progressive democrat and trans-identifying Sarah McBride to the House. Congressman-elect McBride revealed his trans-identity in his university’s stud
Sarah McBride responds to Mike Johnson barring her from women’s restrooms in Congress
The View co-host Meghan McCain. It's an honor to serve with @SarahEMcBride, a class act who is undaunted by all the temper tantrums and scapegoating. You may be the only House member from Delaware but your friends in Maryland have your back. https://t.co/lNtOWwnXplClass act. https://t.co/E2bjmKiXC5However, some trans advocates expressed disappointment with McBride for agreeing to follow Johnson’s rules. Others argued McBride’s participation in C…
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. "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings -- such as restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms -- are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement. Johnson's remarks come after Democrat Sarah McBri…
Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, announced that in the future only representatives of the given biological sex will be able to use the toilets and changing rooms of the parliament. However, the provision is actually directed against only one person, the first trans representative in the history of Congress. The idea originally came from South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace. After it was reve…
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