Mike Johnson Announces Transgender Bathroom Ban In Capitol
The speaker's announcement is aimed in particular at incoming transgender congresswoman Sarah McBride.
Senior Reporter, HuffPost
WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Wednesday that transgender lawmakers and staff would be barred from bathrooms not corresponding to their “biological sex.”
“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson said. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”
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