Sarah McBride: Last News

banned from using the women’s bathroom and other sex-specific facilities in the Capitol complex.According to an anonymous Republican member of Congress who spoke to the Daily Beast, Boebert was allegedly overheard telling other members on the House floor that she found McBride inside the ladies’ room.The GOP member claimed that Boebert told other members of Congress that she had confronted McBride, allegedly telling her, “You shouldn’t be here.”It turned out that Boebert never confronted McBride, because McBride never entered the women’s bathroom.Instead, the hullabaloo about the person in the women’s bathroom appears to have been a case of mistaken identity.Billy House, a reporter for Bloomberg, reported on X that, on January 23, he witnessed Boebert “bursting out of the House Women’s restroom…complaining to security personnel stationed in the nearby Speaker’s Lobby of ‘a guy’ inside the bathroom.“Intrigued, I stuck around to see who would emerge from the bathroom…and saw just 4 other people leave, all women. Within minutes, however, Boebert was storming back from the House floor into the restroom, — reinforced by Rep.

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.

we voted for Vice President Kamala Harris over President-elect Donald Trump by an 84-14 margin.So, what’s there to be particularly grateful for as we watch the Gilded Age 2.0 billionaire class line up behind a guy who’s already shown us how little he cares for democracy? As even the popular vote has apparently nudged into the Trump column?I’m sure I can find something. For the sake of my sanity, I’d better.First, that popular vote win — with, as I write, votes still being counted — is not remarkable. It’s more of a tilt than tipping over.

newly announced policy banning transgender individuals from using restrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity.On Wednesday, November 20, Johnson decreed that all single-sex facilities in the U.S. Capitol complex will be reserved for individuals of that biological sex.

resolution would prohibit members, officers, and employees of the U.S. House of Representatives from using single-sex facilities that do not align with their assigned sex at birth.The bill was introduced following the election of U.S.

first out transgender member of Congress.HRC Texas State Director Melodia Gutierrez celebrated Johnson’s victory as a “historic milestone” and LPAC, the political action committee dedicated to electing LGBTQ women and nonbinary candidates to office, praised Randall’s historic victory.“As an out lesbian Latina, I will rest better at night knowing that Emily Randall will be fighting for LGBTQ+ equality, racial justice, immigration reform and reproductive freedom in Congress,” Janelle Perez, the executive director of LPAC said.Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign celebrated McBride’s victory, calling her an “effective lawmaker” and a “devoted public servant” who would not only deliver for her constituents but whose presence in the House would reflect an increasing acceptance of transgender individuals in public positions. All of the currently-serving LGBTQ House members — U.S.