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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrans 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 womens 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!
keithbvadu2
(40,083 posts)Ocelot II
(120,813 posts)BeerBarrelPolka
(1,219 posts)What would Mike Pence do? He'd be forced to wear a diaper.
Wiz Imp
(1,788 posts)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)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)minute scrutinizing the other people in the room. Particularly since womens bathrooms have stalls and one should just shut the door.
WhiskeyGrinder
(23,830 posts)obamanut2012
(27,802 posts)This compliance by Dems, before that man is installed again, needs to stop.
It is appeasement.
FreeState
(10,692 posts)But not surprising that fellow Democrats are not standing up for her.
JI7
(90,521 posts)to do ?
J_William_Ryan
(2,124 posts)Ignorance, fear, stupidity, bigotry, and hate - it's what conservatives are.
Skittles
(159,237 posts)DO THESE FUCKER EVEN HEAR THEMSELVES
GoCubsGo
(33,005 posts)Or, does he have an app for that, like his porn app?
Maeve
(42,959 posts)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)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)but is outraged by who is using the ladies room