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Republican introduces transgender bathroom ban at the US Capitol

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A House Republican is pushing to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms at the US Capitol, two weeks after history was made with the election of America’s first out transgender person to Congress.
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday introduced a resolution to amend the rules of the US House of Representatives less than two months before Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, is sworn-in in January.
« Sarah McBride doesn’t get a say. I mean, this is a biological man », the South Carolina Republican told reporters on Monday, adding that the lawmaker « does not belong in women’s spaces, women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, period, full stop. »
Later Monday, McBride wrote in an apparent response on X that « every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness. »
The congresswoman-elect continued in another post: « This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing. »
« We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars », she continued.

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