The policy will bar transgender people from using single. 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. 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.
After spending millions on anti-transgender ads during his campaign, Trump recently dismissed the need for bathroom restrictions as overblown, telling Time, "I don't want to get into the. 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. The House's new rules package doesn't include a measure limiting transgender people's restroom usage at the Capitol, as Rep.
Nancy Mace (R-SC) had pushed for late last year and said she was. Neither of the House members who oversee the administration of the lower chamber has a clear answer on how House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) new transgender bathroom ban will be enforced. Why.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a policy banning transgender people from using some bathrooms at the Capitol that correspond with their gender. James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023.
