House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is banning transgender individuals from bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol Complex regardless of their gender identity.
The move comes after the election of Rep-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), who will become the first transgender member of Congress.
"All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings (like restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms) are reserved only for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson said of women with johnsons, adding "Like all policies, it's enforceable. We have single-sex facilities for a reason. Women deserve women's only spaces."
"We're not anti-anyone. We're pro-woman. I think it's an important policy for us to continue. It's always been, I guess, an unwritten policy, but now it's in writing," Johnson continued.
