Rep. Mace files bill to ban transgender women from all federal facility bathrooms in U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — Rep. Nancy Mace continued her public crusade against transgender people Wednesday, electing to file another bill that would ban transgender women from using protected facilities that correspond to their gender identity on all federal property.

Mace's bill, which follows a resolution filed Monday aimed at Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender woman elected to Congress, would ban "biological men" from using women's private protected facilities – bathrooms and locker rooms – in federal buildings around the country.

“The radical Left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong," Mace said when announcing the bill. "The radical Left says I’m a ‘threat.’ You better believe it. And I will shamelessly call you out for putting women and girls in harm’s way. Women fought for these spaces, and I will not let them be erased to score political points with a small but loud activist class."

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Mace's Captial Hill bathroom ban resolution filed Monday has received support from several other House Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. And on Wednesday, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced unequivocal support for it.

“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," Johnson said in a statement. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

Johnson noted that each member's office has a private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol.

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In response to Johnson's statement and Mace's resolution, McBride, who won her election on Nov. 5 to represent Delaware, reaffirmed she doesn't want to fight over bathrooms, instead, she remains eager to advocate for the needs of her constituents.

"I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them," McBride said in a statement posted on X. "This effort to distract from the real issues facing this country hasn't distracted me over the last several days, as I've remained hard at work preparing to represent the greatest state in the union come January."

McBride continued: "Serving in the 119th Congress will be the honor of a lifetime – and I continue to look forward to getting to know my future colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Each of us were sent here because voters saw something in us that they value. I have loved getting to see those qualities in the future colleagues that I've met, and I look forward to seeing those qualities in every member come January. I hope all my colleagues will seek to do the same with me."

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Mace's newly filed bill made good on a promise stated Tuesday that she would fight against transgender women entering protected spaces in federal buildings and federally funded schools. Her office said in a statement that she remains "undeterred by the noise" and focused on the voices of women who demand "common-sense solutions to this pressing issue."

“Women and girls shouldn’t have to give up their safety or privacy just because the Left wants to win points with their activist base,” Mace said. “This isn’t controversial—it’s common sense. I’m going to continue defending women and girls from these harmful, out-of-touch, and straight-up weird policies.”

Mace's efforts are part of Republicans' attacks against transgender people as part of a political culture war strategy, limiting what bathrooms they can use and the youth sports teams they can play on. Fourteen states currently have laws that prohibit transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights group.

About 0.5 percent of adults in the U.S. identify as transgender.