Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - November 18, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/cyberklown28]

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is defending a measure she recently introduced that would ban transgender women from women's bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol.

It is unclear if the effort will get a vote or if rules in the Capitol will be changed, but the move comes just two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.

[u/cyberklown28 → u/cyberklown28]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity. The policy — which Johnson announced in a public statement, a draft of which was first reported by The Hill — will also apply to bathrooms in House office buildings, changing rooms and locker rooms. Under House rules, the Speaker has “general control” of facilities in the chamber, giving Johnson the authority to issue the policy surrounding bathrooms.

“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. “It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol. Women deserve women’s only spaces."

[u/No12345678901 → u/cyberklown28]

These stories are written in such a ludicrously propagandistic way. As if gender identity corresponds to reality in any way or is anything other than a nonsense concept.

[u/Vanderwoolf → u/No12345678901]

As if gender identity corresponds to reality in any way or is anything other than a nonsense concept.

Right, so why bother telling people which bathrooms they can and can't use?