GOP & Policies toward/treatment of Transgender Americans

[nycfan]

This pops up in a number of contexts, but to me this new action by the Speaker in the House (in anticipation of the first transgender person, Sarah McBride, being elected to the US House) is part of the continued scapegoating of a tiny minority for political point scoring and just intentional cruelty.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5000006-speaker-johnson-transgender-bathroom-policy/?email=066c0990fa413d52c3842f29a42abb22ffa00eae&emaila=02c3337a6605235631b8cab2e023d54e&emailb=e0d37ab6f97ed06914f0e75a1ebed673001a81f7f84978ff9209f3e23f7ba5d3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11.20.24%20RS%20-%20News%20Alert%20-%20Johnson

Speaker Johnson announces policy barring trans women from Capitol bathrooms​

"Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot-button issue that has overtaken the Capitol in recent days.

The policy — which Johnson announced in a public statement, a draft of which was first reported by The Hill — will also apply to bathrooms in House office buildings, changing rooms and locker rooms. It is unclear when he plans to publish the comments.

Under House rules, the Speaker has “general control” of facilities in the chamber, giving him the authority to issue the policy surrounding bathrooms.

... Johnson’s statement — which was made on Transgender Day of Remembrance, recognized annually to memorialize trans people who lost their lives to anti-trans violence — comes days after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity, a response to the election earlier this month of Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.). ..."

McBride will be the first openly transgender person elected to Congress."

 

[nycfan]

 

[CFordUNC]

Any moment now, Republican voters will demand that their politicians quit obsessing over people’s genitals and quit caring about who is pissing and shitting in what bathrooms where, and start reducing inflation, lowering our prices, securing our border, and making America great again. Any moment now. Just you wait!

 

[nycfan]

 

[WaynetheDrain]

Not only should Sarah use the women’s bathroom, she should announce her presence in Congress by leaving an upper-decker for Margie and Nance.

 

[uncjhodges]

Elected republican officials are just bad people. Not a single redeemable person

 

[CFordUNC]

 

[superrific]

Lawsuit incoming.

Also, if this stands, the Dems need to fight fire with fire. When we take back the House, we need to set up an outhouse out back as the exclusive means for any GOP representative to relieve themselves.

Also, I would be happy for Nancy Mace to die on any hill, so I encourage her.

 

[Callatoroy]

Elected republican officials are just bad people. Not a single redeemable person

Didn't you just get your ass kicked based on that mentality? I mean it was epic. Now you want to double down on dumb. Women don't want biological men in their bathrooms. It isn't hard to grasp. That doesn't make them bad people. Quit demonizing the majority and hopefully recognize your opinion is in the minority and if you want to continue the ass kickings then continue to be narrow and close minded.

To me the solution seems simple. Create a trans bathroom. Problem solved.

 

[Callatoroy]

Lawsuit incoming.

Also, if this stands, the Dems need to fight fire with fire. When we take back the House, we need to set up an outhouse out back as the exclusive means for any GOP representative to relieve themselves.

Also, I would be happy for Nancy Mace to die on any hill, so I encourage her.

Or you could just understand that it's common sense and the mentality of the working class that women don't want biological men in their bathrooms and find a way to create facilities for trans people. But nope, we want to continue to be elite and deeper thinkers and then act like double digit IQ thinkers when the election results role in and then post meltdown videos on tik toc

 

[lawtig02]

Didn't you just get your ass kicked based on that mentality? I mean it was epic. Now you want to double down on dumb. Women don't want biological men in their bathrooms. It isn't hard to grasp. That doesn't make them bad people. Quit demonizing the majority and hopefully recognize your opinion is in the minority and if you want to continue the ass kickings then continue to be narrow and close minded.

To me the solution seems simple. Create a trans bathroom. Problem solved.

Which is fully in the purview of Mike Johnson, no?

 

[uncjhodges]

Didn't you just get your ass kicked based on that mentality? I mean it was epic. Now you want to double down on dumb. Women don't want biological men in their bathrooms. It isn't hard to grasp. That doesn't make them bad people. Quit demonizing the majority and hopefully recognize your opinion is in the minority and if you want to continue the ass kickings then continue to be narrow and close minded.

To me the solution seems simple. Create a trans bathroom. Problem solved.

Ahh, yes, Separate, but equal. That prolly worked in the past right

I don’t care if the Democrats lost this election, the republican politicians suck as people, and from everything you’ve posted, you also suck

 

[nycfan]

Or you could just understand that it's common sense and the mentality of the working class that women don't want biological men in their bathrooms and find a way to create facilities for trans people. But nope, we want to continue to be elite and deeper thinkers and then act like double digit IQ thinkers when the election results role in and then post meltdown videos on tik toc

Perhaps you should advise the Speaker to do that (presumably providing separate but equal accommodations?) rather than requiring that she use men’s rooms and locker rooms.

 

[CFordUNC]

Didn't you just get your ass kicked based on that mentality? I mean it was epic. Now you want to double down on dumb. Women don't want biological men in their bathrooms. It isn't hard to grasp. That doesn't make them bad people. Quit demonizing the majority and hopefully recognize your opinion is in the minority and if you want to continue the ass kickings then continue to be narrow and close minded.

To me the solution seems simple. Create a trans bathroom. Problem solved.

This bill by Nancy Mason is a performative, theatrical problem solution in search of a problem. Every single Congress member has their own private bathroom in their office. Every single one of them. I cannot believe that you think that legislating what bathroom people are using *in the United States Capitol* is the best use of our Congressional representatives’ time.

By the way, you should be pretty careful making assumptions about how the “majority” feels about transgender people. Just because a lot of people have questions or objections about transgender people playing sports (hell, I’m one of them), does not mean that the majority of people do not believe that transgender people should have the same basic human rights that everyone else has. If you don’t believe me, look it up. You may be surprised what you find.

 

[CFordUNC]

I am once again begging our board conservatives to, just for one moment, stop thinking about other peoples’ penises and vaginas and about where they piss and shit. Not only is it unbelievably weird, it’s extremely counterproductive. We’ve got way, way bigger and more important issues to solve.

 

[Callatoroy]

Which is fully in the purview of Mike Johnson, no?

Sure it is. Ultimately that will be the solution.

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

To me the solution seems simple. Create a trans bathroom. Problem solved.

They already exist. They're called unisex bathrooms. Nancy Mace is just being an insufferable cunt.

 

[lawtig02]

Sure it is. Ultimately that will be the solution.

Maybe it could have been proposed before the Pubs decided to make a big stink about a nonissue?

And yes, pun intended.

 

[Callatoroy]

I am once again begging our board conservatives to, just for one moment, stop thinking about other peoples’ penises and vaginas and about where they piss and shit. Not only is it unbelievably weird, it’s extremely counterproductive. We’ve got way, way bigger and more important issues to solve.

Its likely less of an issue to men. But it is a big issue with women and I understand their feelings. Don't be so dismissive of women's feelings. The dems used to champion women's causes but now you seem to abandon them for trans causes. Its not like nothing bad has ever happened. Women have a legit safety issue.

Virginia family sues school system for $30 million over student's sexual assault in bathroom

A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a Virginia school system after she was sexually assaulted in a women’s restroom by a male student.

apnews.com

 

[Callatoroy]

Maybe it could have been proposed before the Pubs decided to make a big stink about a nonissue?

And yes, pun intended.

Well it isn't a nonissue to women. Virginia family sues school system for $30 million over student's sexual assault in bathroom

You could just as easily argue that it is the dems who are making a big stink about it, as well as trans playing women's sports. It's a losing issue for dems because no common sense is being applied. Its cram it down women's throats and take a my way or the highway approach.