Once again, the Republican political establishment puts its cruelty/ignorance/demagoguery on display for all to see. See https://www.usatoday.com/.../johnson.../76454057007/ Since, for example, Representative Sarah McBride most certainly does not intend to use restrooms marked for "gentlemen" in the Capitol complex, and has agreed to follow the Johnson/Mace rule in order to not distract from other important issues before the Congress, she will be limited to restrooms in individual members' offices. This will be degrading and very inconvenient.
And the policy will be even worse for transgender staffers and transgender members of the public who avail themselves of the right of all citizens to observe and petition their Congress. Imagine a transgender person needing to use a restroom, and having to look for a Democratic office to relieve themselves, for fear that a Republican office will deny their request? Moreover, in my recollection, restrooms in members' office suites are not obviously open to the public.
Who will police this rule? If a Nancy Mace or Mike Johnson-type believes someone who enters the "wrong" restroom is transgender, who will the accuser call upon to enforce the rule? And how will it be determined whether the "accused" is "guilty"?
Of course, there is some precedent for this sort of outrage. Remember "White" and "Colored" restrooms?
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