Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a resolution that would ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the Capitol just weeks before Sarah McBride, the first out transgender member of Congress, is set to take office. Mace’s measure would require lawmakers and House employees to use single-sex facilities corresponding to their biological sex. McBride criticized the resolution, calling it a distraction from real issues like housing and healthcare costs. Mace argued that the resolution is about protecting women’s rights and privacy in private spaces, accusing the “radical left” of threatening those rights.
The House sergeant-at-arms would enforce the resolution if it passes, and Mace plans to reintroduce it in the next Congress. Republicans have spent over $200 million on ads targeting trans people this year, with the party platform including anti-trans measures like banning trans athletes from sports aligning with their gender identities. The Human Rights Campaign condemned Mace’s resolution as discriminatory and a political ploy, criticizing the incoming anti-equality House majority for focusing on targeting LGBTQ+ people rather than addressing important issues. Democrats who blame the party’s stance on transgender rights for election defeats believe they pandered to the far left while ignoring other concerns.
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