"Look what they're doing with their right hand": McBride says trans bathroom fight is a distraction
3 months, 3 weeks ago

"Look what they're doing with their right hand": McBride says trans bathroom fight is a distraction

Salon  

Sarah McBride isn't falling for House Republicans' con. Speaker Mike Johnson barred transgender people from using bathrooms aligned with their identity earlier this week, restricting bathroom use along the lines of "biological sex." In a visit to CBS' "Face The Nation" on Sunday, McBride said the controversy is a ruse meant to provide cover while Republicans strip the state for parts. "Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans,' look what they're doing with their right hand," she said. "Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare."

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'Bizarre': Transgender congresswoman slams Republicans for 'weird' obsession
3 days, 23 hours ago

'Bizarre': Transgender congresswoman slams Republicans for 'weird' obsession

Raw Story  

U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride is calling out House Republicans for their “weird” and “bizarre” fixation on culture war issues — and particularly their obsession with her. On Tuesday, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chairman, U.S. Rep. Keith Self abruptly ended his own committee’s hearing after being chastised for addressing Congresswoman McBride as “Mr. McBride.” McBride responded by saying, “Thank you, …

Ruthless Republican addresses transgender congresswoman Sarah McBride as 'the gentleman' in awkward floor session
1 month, 1 week ago

Ruthless Republican addresses transgender congresswoman Sarah McBride as 'the gentleman' in awkward floor session

Daily Mail  

Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller said she 'refused to deny biological reality' by addressing Sarah McBride as 'the gentleman from Delaware' on the floor of the House Thursday. McBride is the first transgender member of Congress, winning Delaware's at-large seat in November. Barragán was next to talk on the floor after McBride and when Miller yielded, she said: 'Thank you, Mr. …

Federal agencies told to implement transgender bathroom ban as Trump's DEI attacks continue
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Federal agencies told to implement transgender bathroom ban as Trump's DEI attacks continue

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Trump administration ordered that the ban must be in place by Friday, also …

Nancy Mace threatens to ‘take it outside’ during heated hearing clash with Jasmine Crockett
2 months ago

Nancy Mace threatens to ‘take it outside’ during heated hearing clash with Jasmine Crockett

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The confrontation, in which Mace challenged Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, to “take …

Sarah McBride slams Republicans for attempted trans sports ban: ‘Defies understanding’
2 months, 1 week ago

Sarah McBride slams Republicans for attempted trans sports ban: ‘Defies understanding’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Newly-elected Rep Sarah McBride, the first openly-transgender member of Congress, …

Trump appears to side with first trans congress member over MAGA ally in Time interview
3 months ago

Trump appears to side with first trans congress member over MAGA ally in Time interview

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump appeared to break with a fellow Republican's crusade on Thursday, instead siding with an incoming Democrat who stands to become Congress' first trans member. She has turned to inflammatory language in the public spat, including labeling transgender people as "mentally ill" and saying: "I'm not going to stand for a man, you know, someone with a penis, …

Nancy Mace says she was 'physically accosted' and injured at Capitol 'by a pro-tr*ns man'
3 months ago

Nancy Mace says she was 'physically accosted' and injured at Capitol 'by a pro-tr*ns man'

Raw Story  

A man is facing charges after police said he attacked Rep. Nancy Mace, leaving her with a brace on her wrist. The Capitol Police said Tuesday that they arrested a James McIntyre, 33, of Illinois, just after 6 p.m. Tuesday after a Congressional staffer reported an incident in the Rayburn House Office Building. Mace posted on X that she was …

Trans Rights Activists Stage Protest In Bathroom Next To Mike Johnson’s Office
3 months, 1 week ago

Trans Rights Activists Stage Protest In Bathroom Next To Mike Johnson’s Office

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — More than a dozen transgender rights activists were arrested Thursday after staging a protest in a women’s bathroom right next to the office of Speaker Mike Johnson, who recently imposed a ban on transgender and nonbinary people using bathrooms in the House that align with their gender identity. For about 20 minutes, Manning and others …

'Deranged': Conservative commentators rip Republican over 'gross' and 'performative' fight
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Deranged': Conservative commentators rip Republican over 'gross' and 'performative' fight

Raw Story  

A CNN analyst took a shot at Rep. Nancy Mace who has launched a crusade targeting Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, who became the first transgender woman ever elected to Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson implemented her bathroom block, and the saga became the topic of conversation on CNN's "The Source" on Monday night after host Kaitlan Collins played a clip of …

How Nancy Mace went from being a ‘caucus of one’ to the lead anti-trans voice in Congress
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Nancy Mace went from being a ‘caucus of one’ to the lead anti-trans voice in Congress

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last week, South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace made headlines when …

Letters to the Editor: Bullying of a transgender member of Congress is a waste of the American people’s time
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Bullying of a transgender member of Congress is a waste of the American people’s time

LA Times  

To the editor: In reading about the bigoted attack on the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. House, I have these words to say about this bullying in trying to limit her use of women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol: disgusting, barbaric and, dare I say, un-American. To the editor: As far as I am concerned, Sarah McBride, …

America’s first trans member of Congress isn’t taking Nancy Mace’s rage bait
3 months, 2 weeks ago

America’s first trans member of Congress isn’t taking Nancy Mace’s rage bait

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Republican officials unveiled a bill that would specifically bar transgender women from using the …

'I know that's not a woman': Fox News host and Nancy Mace slur trans member of Congress
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'I know that's not a woman': Fox News host and Nancy Mace slur trans member of Congress

Raw Story  

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy told Rep. Nancy Mace that she didn't need to see women's private parts to enforce anti-transgender bathroom bans because she could tell who was a biological woman by looking at them. During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Mace explained her crusade against Rep.-elect Sarah McBride by suggesting she had a fear of being raped …

Democrats rally behind first out transgender member of Congress, decry Republican attacks
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats rally behind first out transgender member of Congress, decry Republican attacks

LA Times  

At a Democratic caucus meeting Tuesday, Rep. Becca Balint watched as colleagues approached and offered their support to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, who will soon be sworn in as the first out transgender member of Congress. “This incredibly craven and cruel attack directed at was certainly intended to dehumanize her before she has even been sworn in, but it actually doesn’t …

Politics: Representative Nancy Mace bullies colleague with transgender bathroom ban
55 years, 2 months ago

Politics: Representative Nancy Mace bullies colleague with transgender bathroom ban

Slate  

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the trans bullying by Rep. Nancy Mace, the caving of Speaker Mike Johnson, and the elevation of Rep. Sarah McBride. Léonie Chao-Fong and Joanna Walters for The Guardian: Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride responds to Capitol Hill bathroom ban Matt Bai for The Washington Post: Opinion: The GOP is …

Abcarian: Nancy Mace's shameless exploitation of America's first transgender congresswoman
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Abcarian: Nancy Mace's shameless exploitation of America's first transgender congresswoman

LA Times  

Sarah McBride, the Democrat elected to Delaware’s at-large congressional seat, waves at supporters during an election night watch party on Nov. 5 in Wilmington. Since then, Mace and her colleague Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene have been waging a petty war against McBride, aided and abetted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who announced Wednesday that transgender people in …

House of hate: Republicans in Congress turn MAGA harassment campaign against trans colleague
3 months, 3 weeks ago

House of hate: Republicans in Congress turn MAGA harassment campaign against trans colleague

Salon  

First things first: It is absolutely the case that the harassment of Sarah McBride, the newly elected Democratic representative from Delaware, is rooted in Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., having an insatiable desire for attention. Mace's latest bid for camera time was purchased by introducing a bill that might as well be titled the "Sarah McBride Defamation Act" because it only …

First transgender woman elected to Congress is banned from using women’s Capitol Hill restrooms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

First transgender woman elected to Congress is banned from using women’s Capitol Hill restrooms

LA Times  

House Speaker Mike Johnson has declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use restrooms corresponding with their biological sex, a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, six weeks before she is set to arrive on Capitol Hill. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, …

"Just a ploy for media attention": Ex-aide says Mace's anti-trans tirade a stunt to get on Fox News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

"Just a ploy for media attention": Ex-aide says Mace's anti-trans tirade a stunt to get on Fox News

Salon  

For Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., the cruelty of her new anti-trans diatribe against Rep.-elect Sarah McBride is just the means to an end: getting on TV, her former aide alleged on social media. Natalie Johnson, Mace’s former director of communications, took to X to question the motives of Mace’s bill to ban trans women from women’s restrooms in the House …

Sarah McBride responds to US House Speaker restricting transgender people in Congress from Capitol Hill bathrooms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sarah McBride responds to US House Speaker restricting transgender people in Congress from Capitol Hill bathrooms

ABC  

The first openly transgender person elected to the US House of Representatives Sarah McBride says she is "not here to fight about bathrooms" in response to a bill aimed at blocking House members and employees from using bathrooms "other than those corresponding to their biological sex" on Capitol Hill. Delaware Representative-elect Sarah McBride responded with a post on social media …

Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex, a statement directed at Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, months before she is set to arrive on Capitol Hill. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such …

House speaker Mike Johnson bars transgender women from women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill
3 months, 3 weeks ago

House speaker Mike Johnson bars transgender women from women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.” The announcement comes after Republican House members pushed for …

Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected

Al Jazeera  

Republicans have pushed an effort barring the first federal transgender lawmaker from women’s restrooms in the US Capitol. The Republican majority leader in the US House of Representatives has said that bathrooms in the US Capitol will be restricted based on “individuals of that biological sex”, following the election of the first transgender person to Congress. The announcement by Majority …

House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member
3 months, 3 weeks ago

House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year. “I’ve been consistent about that with anyone I’ve talked to about this.” Johnson earlier in the day …

MTG supports Nancy Mace’s controversial trans bathroom ban in Congress: ‘That’s what this election was all about’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

MTG supports Nancy Mace’s controversial trans bathroom ban in Congress: ‘That’s what this election was all about’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced legislation that would …

Republican Wants To Block First Openly Trans Congresswoman From Using The Bathroom
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Republican Wants To Block First Openly Trans Congresswoman From Using The Bathroom

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a measure to ban transgender women from using the women’s bathrooms at the Capitol, just weeks after the state of Delaware elected the first openly transgender member of Congress. The resolution, if adopted, would prohibit those in Congress, officers and employees of the House of Representatives from using single-sex facilities “other than …

Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride blasts Republicans after proposal that would block her from using women's bathroom on Capitol Hill
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride blasts Republicans after proposal that would block her from using women's bathroom on Capitol Hill

Daily Mail  

A trans war has broken out on Capitol Hill after a Republican lawmaker proposed a measure that would block the first transgender member of Congress from using biological women's restrooms in the U.S. Capitol. 'Playing make believe dress up doesn't mean you should be allowed in women's private spaces,' she wrote on X. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, who is the first …

'No real solutions': Trans rep-elect hits back at 'extremists' for Capitol bathroom ban
Top News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'No real solutions': Trans rep-elect hits back at 'extremists' for Capitol bathroom ban

Raw Story  

The first trans woman elected to Congress issued a forceful response over a Republican lawmaker's reported plans to try to ban trans women from using female bathrooms at the Capitol. Rep. Nancy Mace plans to introduce a resolution that would ban trans women from using the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity at the Capitol, Fox News reported Monday. The …

GOP Rep seeks to ban trans women from Capitol's female bathrooms after trans woman elected
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP Rep seeks to ban trans women from Capitol's female bathrooms after trans woman elected

Raw Story  

Rep. Nancy Mace plans to introduce a resolution that would ban transgender individuals from the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity at the Capitol, Fox News reported Monday — and it comes just before Congress swears in its first-ever transgender congresswoman. "The sanctity of protecting women and standing up against the Left’s systematic erasure of biological women starts here in …

House Republican leaders poised to deny bathroom access to trans lawmaker Sarah McBride
3 months, 3 weeks ago

House Republican leaders poised to deny bathroom access to trans lawmaker Sarah McBride

Salon  

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., promised Rep. Nancy Mace he would not allow he would not allow "biological men" to use women's bathrooms by adding a provision to the House Rules package, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday. That reported pledge comes shortly after Mace introduced a bill Monday that would prevent Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., from using women's bathrooms at the …

House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member
3 months, 3 weeks ago

House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member

LA Times  

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, would be forbidden from using women’s restrooms at the Capitol under a proposal that Speaker Mike Johnson said he would support Tuesday. House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress …

Nancy Mace, Sarah McBride: Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nancy Mace, Sarah McBride: Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress

CNN  

CNN — A House Republican is pushing to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms at the US Capitol, two weeks after history was made with the election of America’s first out transgender person to Congress. I mean, this is a biological man,” the South Carolina Republican told reporters on Monday, adding that the lawmaker “does not belong in women’s spaces, …

Sarah McBride to be first transgender person in U.S. Congress
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4 months, 1 week ago

Sarah McBride to be first transgender person in U.S. Congress

Raw Story  

Delaware state senator Sarah McBride won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, making her the first openly transgender politician elected to Congress. Transgender rights have become a hot-button issue in the U.S. election -- with the participation of trans people in competitive sports and the issue of access to gender-affirming care for minors triggering fiery debate. …

Joe Biden writing foreword for transgender activist’s memoir
7 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden writing foreword for transgender activist’s memoir

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former Vice President Joe Biden is writing the foreword to a memoir by transgender activist Sarah McBride, who made history when she addressed the Democratic National Convention last year. Her book, scheduled to be published in March by Crown Archetype, is titled “Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality.” McBride, 27, first …

DNC 2016: Sarah McBride makes history as first transgender woman to address a major party convention
8 years, 7 months ago

DNC 2016: Sarah McBride makes history as first transgender woman to address a major party convention

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Thursday, Sarah McBride also enters the footnotes of …

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