Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected
Al Jazeera
Republicans have pushed an effort barring the first federal transgender lawmaker from women’s restrooms in the US Capitol.
The Republican majority leader in the US House of Representatives has said that bathrooms in the US Capitol will be restricted based on “individuals of that biological sex”, following the election of the first transgender person to Congress.
The announcement by Majority Leader Mike Johnson on Wednesday comes one day after Republican Representative Nancy Mace introduced a bill imposing similar restrictions, appearing to target transgender lawmaker Sarah McBride.
“We’re not going to have men in women’s bathrooms,” Johnson told the Associated Press news agency. “I’ve been consistent about that with anyone I’ve talked to about this.”
Democratic representatives have condemned the move as cruel and petty. Republican lawmakers and activists have stepped up attacks on transgender rights in recent years.
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