washingtonexaminer.com
2024-11-22
Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-SC) resolution requiring members of Congress to use the bathrooms and other single-sex facilities that correspond with their biology caused quite a stir. Less than two days after it was introduced, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced a change to the facility rules, saying: "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. Women deserve women's only spaces."
On Jan. 3, Sarah McBride, a biological male, will be sworn into the 119th Congress. McBride is the first openly transgender member of Congress and has agreed to follow the speaker's updated rules.
It's reasonable to assume that Mace's actions are partly political theater. Her social media posts about the issue include a video of the representative placing the word "biological" above the "Women" sign outside a Capitol Hill restroom and other quips such as, "Does the Left ever get tired of being weird?" But the South Carolina representative is a survivor of rape, domestic violence, and abuse. This is personal.