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Coventina

(27,897 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 04:22 PM 11 hrs ago

Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride responds to Capitol Hill bathroom ban

Sarah McBride, the incoming congresswoman and first openly transgender person elected to the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday shared a statement on social media in response to the House banning trans people from using single-sex bathrooms on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity.

Earlier in the day, the House speaker, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson, issued a statement “regarding facilities throughout the US Capitol complex”.

Johnson said: “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.”

He added: “It is important to note that each member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol. Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/sarah-mcbride-trans-bathroom-ban

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WTF is wrong with people?

I've shared bathrooms with biological women who were more "manly" than Sarah, and I never gave it a moment's thought!

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Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride responds to Capitol Hill bathroom ban (Original Post) Coventina 11 hrs ago OP
Yet Mikey is fine with rapist felon as president and child molester Gaetz as AG. keithbvadu2 10 hrs ago #1
How are the men going to respond to McBride using the men's room? Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #2
What BeerBarrelPolka 10 hrs ago #3
A very large number of US Colleges and Universities have dorms with "gender neutral" or "communal" bathrooms Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #4
This obsession with genetalia is weird. Thunderbeast 7 hrs ago #15
I don't know but when I use a public bathroom,I go in and then I go out. I dont spend one Nanjeanne 10 hrs ago #5
Deeply disappointed that she's complying and deeply, deeply disappointed that other Dems aren't standing up for her. WhiskeyGrinder 9 hrs ago #6
Me too -- she shouldn't have done that obamanut2012 9 hrs ago #9
It's extremely disappointing FreeState 8 hrs ago #10
I agree that other Democrats should support her but what exactly is she supposed JI7 4 hrs ago #17
"WTF is wrong with people?" J_William_Ryan 9 hrs ago #7
he wants to protect women while helping to cover up for a sex trafficker Skittles 9 hrs ago #8
Is that little creep going to check everyone's genitalia before they use the restrooms? GoCubsGo 8 hrs ago #11
Ten years ago we were in Ireland and there was a unisex restroom Maeve 8 hrs ago #12
Good to see Mike Johnson is handling the important stuff. Initech 8 hrs ago #13
he's all for hiding the ethics report on a sex trafficer Skittles 8 hrs ago #14
Wait a minute. What about Lindsey Graham? Sneederbunk 4 hrs ago #16

Wiz Imp

(1,788 posts)
4. A very large number of US Colleges and Universities have dorms with "gender neutral" or "communal" bathrooms
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:01 PM
10 hrs ago

Funny how all the "Scary!!!!" things that the transphobes say are sure to happen if you don't make ridiculous rules like this don't seem to be happening at our major colleges and universities. In fact, I can't find a single story about an issue that happened at a college with communal bathrooms. Thousands upon thousands of college students live under such arrangements every day and do just fine.

I can't figure out if these idiotic transphobic people are more evil or stupid.

Thunderbeast

(3,533 posts)
15. This obsession with genetalia is weird.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:51 PM
7 hrs ago

My nephew started college this fall. He lives in a dorm room he shares with with a friend he's known since preschool. She happens to be a young woman. They are not romantically involved. The room has large closets that serve as changing rooms. Their high school had unisex bathrooms with enclosed floor to ceiling toilet "rooms" (similar to public restrooms in Canada and Europe).

They do not seem to think the arrangement is all that strange...

Perhaps future generations will have a more adult perspective on body parts.

Nanjeanne

(5,438 posts)
5. I don't know but when I use a public bathroom,I go in and then I go out. I dont spend one
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:22 PM
10 hrs ago

minute scrutinizing the other people in the room. Particularly since women’s bathrooms have stalls and one should just shut the door.

WhiskeyGrinder

(23,830 posts)
6. Deeply disappointed that she's complying and deeply, deeply disappointed that other Dems aren't standing up for her.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:01 PM
9 hrs ago

obamanut2012

(27,802 posts)
9. Me too -- she shouldn't have done that
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:20 PM
9 hrs ago

This compliance by Dems, before that man is installed again, needs to stop.

It is appeasement.

Skittles

(159,237 posts)
8. he wants to protect women while helping to cover up for a sex trafficker
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:20 PM
9 hrs ago

DO THESE FUCKER EVEN HEAR THEMSELVES

GoCubsGo

(33,005 posts)
11. Is that little creep going to check everyone's genitalia before they use the restrooms?
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:12 PM
8 hrs ago

Or, does he have an app for that, like his porn app?

Maeve

(42,959 posts)
12. Ten years ago we were in Ireland and there was a unisex restroom
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:21 PM
8 hrs ago

We were a bit surprised, but really, the doors were snug enough, no huge gaps, no one was playing stupid games, it was just an f'ing set of toilets, no urinals or other public potties.....
Grow up, America

Initech

(101,900 posts)
13. Good to see Mike Johnson is handling the important stuff.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:25 PM
8 hrs ago

Ugh the worst Congress in US history just continues to get worse. Fuck you Mike Johnson and Marjorie Shit For Brains!

Skittles

(159,237 posts)
14. he's all for hiding the ethics report on a sex trafficer
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:28 PM
8 hrs ago

but is outraged by who is using the ladies room

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