Republican Leader Bans Trans Women from Using Women's Bathroom in US Capitol Building: 'Women Deserve Women's Only Spaces'
Speaker Mike Johnson announced transgender women will be banned from using women's restrooms and locker facilities throughout the U.S. Capitol complex.
Johnson issues policy banning transgender individuals from single-sex bathrooms in Capitol
The policy applies to bathrooms in the Capitol and House office buildings and will be enforced by the House sergeant-at-arms.
Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people
The rule change is announced about two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly transgender individual elected to Congress.
Sarah McBride, the First Openly Trans Person Elected to Congress, Will Be Banned From Using Women’s Restrooms in the Capitol
Two steps forward, one step back. Though Representative-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, just made history as the first openly trans person to win a seat in Congress, her Republican colleagues are already using her presence to roll out a decidedly anti-trans agenda.
Sarah McBride says GOP is trying to "manufacture a crisis" with transgender ban on bathrooms at Capitol
Sarah McBride, set to be the first transgender member of Congress, talked with CBS News' Scott MacFarlane and commented on the GOP's effort to restrict bathroom use.
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).
First transgender woman elected to Congress is banned from using women's Capitol Hill restrooms
House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use restrooms corresponding with their biological gender.
Widespread disgust as GOP’s US Capitol trans bathroom ban confirmed on Trans Day of Remembrance
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has confirmed that trans women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the US Capitol building that match their gender identity. The resolution, passed on Wednesday (20 November) – Trans Day of Remembrance – means that house members,
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 ...
Republican’s effort to block first transgender House member from using women’s bathrooms brings campaign issue to the Capitol
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Rep. Nancy Mace says Capitol restroom bill targeted 1st transgender member of Congress
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Sarah McBride Says She's 'Not Here to Fight About Bathrooms'
The Delaware representative-elect said: "I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them ...
Incoming members of Congress descend on Capitol Hill for orientation
Finding alliances, and the bathroom, are high on the list for incoming freshmen, as uncertainty lingers with some races ...
AOC speaks out against the bathroom ban, stands with Sarah McBride
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticizes the new bathroom policy in Congress that impacts an incoming transgender lawmaker.
Tom Barrett wins Capitol lottery by landing in great-grandfather’s office
Rep.-elect Tom Barrett (R-MI) will start his freshman term in Congress in the same office as Rep. Louis Rabaut (D-MI), who was elected 90 years ago.