By Clarissa-Jan Lim Sarah McBride made history when she became the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. Now, as the Delaware Democrat prepares to set up her operations in Washington, some of her soon-to-be Republican colleagues are trying to ban trans women from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol. Introduced Monday by Rep.
Nancy Mace of South Carolina, the resolution would ban members, officers and employees of the U.S. House “from using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.
” Mace said that the resolution, which she wants incorporated into the House rules package for the next Congress, is “ absolutely ” in response to McBride’s imminent arrival. She also told reporters that McBride “doesn’t get a say in this.” The resolution has sparked outrage among some Democrats.
McBride, who will be sworn in on Jan. 3, called the resolution a distraction. “Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness,” McBride wrote on X , adding in part in a follow-up post: “This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing.
” McBride has become a prime target for anti-trans Republicans. Mace’s resolution has the backing of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who even said that it “do.