institute transgender restroom bans on U.S. Capitol grounds and federal properties nationwide.Since McBride’s election, Mace has pushed her fellow Republicans to impose a ban restricting access to women’s spaces to people who were assigned female at birth.She had sought to introduce a resolution banning transgender women from female-designated spaces as part of the rules package for the new Congress.
While Mace’s proposed bathroom ban was not included in the rules package, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has imposed a policy prohibiting transgender individuals from using single-sex facilities, including restrooms, changing rooms, and gyms, that align with their gender identity on U.S.
Capitol grounds.The House Sergeant-at-Arms will enforce the bathroom ban, but it is unclear how the sergeant-at-arms will determine whether a person is a “biological woman.”Mace has since proposed legislation to ban transgender women from accessing female-segregated spaces on all federal properties across the nation, casting it as needed to protect the privacy and bodily safety of women and girls.She has sought to cast herself as a victim, claiming to have been assaulted by a “pro-trans man” as a result of her efforts, even though witnesses have since cast doubt on the veracity of her claims.McBride has agreed to abide by the ban at the U.S.
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