House speaker backs ban on trans colleague using women's bathrooms
It comes after a Republican congresswoman proposed a ban aimed at the first-ever openly transgender lawmaker.
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“Women deserve women’s only spaces,” Johnson said in a statement on Wednesday. He said the new rule would be enforceable in the Capitol and in House office buildings.
It comes after his Republican colleague, Representative Nancy Mace, introduced a bill to enact a ban following the election of Sarah McBride, the first-ever openly transgender lawmaker.
In a statement, McBride said she was not elected "to fight about bathrooms".
"I'm here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families," McBride said, adding that she would follow the new regulations from Speaker Johnson, "even if I disagree with them".
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