Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot. 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. Transgender people will not be permitted to use single-sex bathrooms that align with their gender identities near the House Chamber, under a policy from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that was.
Transgender people will be barred from using bathrooms and other single-sex facilities at the U.S. Capitol and associated offices that correspond with their gender identity, House Speaker Mike. This also applies to changing rooms and locker rooms, Johnson said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said transgender women cannot use women's restrooms in the Capitol and House office buildings. This. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday he is banning transgender individuals from accessing bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol complex that correspond to their gender identity.
Why it matters: The move comes in response to an effort by GOP firebrands to restrict Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is set to be the first transgender member of Congress, from using women's. US House Speaker Mike Johnson has backed plans to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms on Capitol Hill. "Women deserve women's only spaces," Johnson said in a statement on.
Speaker Mike Johnson said transgender women should not use women's bathrooms in the House, adding fuel to a push led by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. "All single.
Johnson announces policy barring transgender women from Capitol women's bathrooms "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings - such as restrooms, changing rooms. According to the Human Rights Campaign, on Nov. 20, Mike Johnson said that the House of Representatives will institute a 'bathroom ban,' which will block any transgender or non.
