Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr claims transgender women are just as much ''biologically female' as cis women.'
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr — a Democrat who identifies as a 'progressive, bisexual trans woman' — claimed that transgender women are 'every bit as ‘biologically female’ as cis women.' 'I literally just got out of meetings with members of Congress & used the bathroom on my way out. Trans women are women—full stop,' Zephyr declared in a post on X.
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement issued on Wednesday that single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings are for members of the corresponding biological sex. '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,' he said in the statement.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who has referred to McBride as a 'biological male,' said in a post on X, 'Sarah McBride’s promise to abide by Speaker Johnson's policy is a step toward acknowledging the rights of women everywhere—something we’ll continue to demand without compromise.' Mace had proposed a resolution to prohibit House members and others from frequenting single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings that do not align with their biological sex.
Johnson initially declined to answer on Tuesday when asked whether McBride is a man or a woman, but the speaker later made a statement in which he said he had rejected the question's 'premise because the answer is … so obvious.' 'A man is a man. And a woman is a woman. And a man cannot become a woman,' Johnson declared. 'But I also believe that we treat everybody with dignity.
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