WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today is “Transgender Day of Remembrance” in America, and our Congress is at each other’s throats over it’s first transgender member and whether she should be allowed in women’s bathrooms.
“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families,” Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride said today. McBride (pictured at top) is a 34-year-old male to female transgender person just elected to Congress and about to enter the U.S. Capitol building. As she readies to serve today on “Transgender Day of Remembrance” in America, cable news and social media is flush with emotion from members of Congress, overwhelmed with feelings over whether this woman should be allowed in certain bathrooms in the Capitol.
Regarding “Transgender Day of Remembrance,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said today:
Each year on November 20, the world recognizes Transgender Day of Remembrance – a day that commemorates the transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming persons who are killed or targeted with violence, discrimination, and abuse simply for living authentically. Transgender individuals exist in every country, every culture, and every faith tradition. The United States recognizes Transgender Day of Remembrance to affirm the dignity and human rights of transgender persons globally.
Transgender persons face discrimination in their pursuit of education, housing, work, and health care. They hear rhetoric that threatens them and their loved ones. They experience disproportionately high levels of homicide and assault. Yet, despite these existential challenges, they continue to face the world with courage every day.
It is our collective responsibility to ensure transgender persons can live full lives, without fear of harm. The United States is committed to fighting for a world that accepts and respects transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming persons. Until then, we proudly advocate to end transphobic discrimination, violence, and homicide.
Republican Congress members howled against McBride entering women’s bathrooms. GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has tweeted dozens of times on the matter and introduced a bill to block transgender persons from some bathrooms.
“I’m absolutely 100% gonna stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women’s restroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way,” she said.
On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson stepped in and declared “women deserve women’s only spaces” and single-sex bathrooms in the Capitol are only for “individuals of that biological sex.”
People in support of McBride were on social media saying Mace, Johnson and others are “punching down” on her. They claim it is no big deal that this female wants to enter a woman’s bathroom.
Now that Johnson, as House Speaker, has made his decision, the fight may subside. Or, it might just be starting.
I wonder how many times Mace has been accosted by a transgender person in a restroom. I would bet the number is close to her IQ which is a -1.