Summary

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the Capitol, citing “women’s rights” and opposing the “radical left.”

The move comes ahead of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first openly transgender member of Congress, taking office.

McBride criticized the measure as a divisive distraction from real issues like housing and healthcare costs.

LGBTQ advocates condemned the resolution as discriminatory, aligning it with broader Republican anti-trans policies emphasized in their platform and political ads.

  • OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.ml
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    29 minutes ago

    What an absolute piece of shit.

    Like every word she speaks is TERF propaganda, which she recognizes: She Twitted “Full TERF”.

    She says “He is a biological man. End of. Period.”

    She makes a point that she is not willing to discuss or find common ground by any criteria (not even the safety and dignity of trans women themselves).

    This is a savage and barbaric, blatant display of bigotry and hatred, a disgusting outlook for any human, and totally unworthy of respect in decent society.

    Thoughts out to Sarah Mac Bride that has to face this and still keeps her cool.

    To me banning transgender use of public spaces and bathrooms should be listed as a hate crime and be heavily fined.

    I hope her motion is rejected, she should be ashamed of her ridiculous self.

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    19 minutes ago

    I think I rarely see the so-called disgust reflex in full throttle, as I see it in terfs attacking trans women. They are literally acting like a five-inch cockroach is climbing up their ankle, and they can’t help it. There is no amount of TERFism propaganda that can do that, they just must be the most homophobic people in existence, on par with people who flat out murder trans women. No doubt about it, they dehumanize trans women and would mass murder them with not a shed of remorse. Fuck TERFs, really.

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    4 hours ago

    Jesus fucking Christ. This reminds me of “Whites Only” bathrooms and water fountains. It’s nothing more than trying to dehumanize people by attacking their basic needs.

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      it’s one to one the same thing. they just moved the target. the so-called arguments about safety and purity are exactly the same.

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    I say replace all the bathrooms with genderless-only ones. You can’t use them if you have any gender, sorry.

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    5 hours ago

    So women should use the mens bathroom? Is that what they are getting at?

    How are they going to enforce it?

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        The measure would prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”

        So yes

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          38 minutes ago

          Ah, okay, they covered their bases. But conservatives forget trans men exist all the time, so it’s probably an afterthought.

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    11 hours ago

    The party of Identity politics.

    People seem to think the Dems are so pro-trans when they don’t really do anything. Republicans just come up with random ways to make trans people’s lives more difficult for no reason.

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    13 hours ago

    That’s pretty rich coming from the party that supports people taking a dump on Capitol desks.

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    13 hours ago

    citing “women’s rights” and opposing the “radical left.”

    You can expect this to be the template for when they want to pass anything.

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      11 hours ago

      honestly, that would be awesome. completely private stalls. a common area to wash hands or whatever.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        No no. I think it was the Stockholm airport, for example. Each private stall had a loo and sink and like 1/2 gaps at the bottom; perhaps in case of flooding. It was the private spa of airport bathrooms.

        My family there says it’s less about protecting people of different attributes from our own : they just can’t be arsed to delineate when it makes no difference and costs more to maintain.

        Mix the bathrooms, ensure individual privacy, and everybody still poops.

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        I was at a bar that did this. Each toilet in its own little room (no stalls with gaps along the floor and doors). Besides a little initial confusion to make sure I wasn’t walking into the wrong restroom, it was perfectly fine.

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    15 hours ago

    Don’t worry Nancy. Just like all of the straight men out there, trans women don’t want to touch you either.

    You don’t have to introduce legislature protecting yourself from non-existent threats.