It would take 75 years for congresswomen to have any restrooms adjacent to the Senate floor. And in 2011, nearly a century after Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress, women lawmakers got their first bathroom near the House chamber.

In recent years, women lawmakers have had to use the private quarters of the Speaker of the House just to find a restroom that reliably stocks tampons and pads. Banning trans women from women’s restrooms would continue a long history at the U.S. Capitol of women lawmakers being forced to find alternate ways to simply do their job.

  • @Rapidcreek
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    820 hours ago

    I’ve got a question. Who will enforce these “golden rules”? Who is the bathroom monitor?

    • Flying SquidOP
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      620 hours ago

      And how do you prove you’re the “right” gender?

      • @[email protected]
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        520 hours ago

        You show your junk to the toilet inspector and wait for the “duos habet et bene pendentes”.

    • Rob
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      419 hours ago

      Matt Gaetz nevermind, everyone in Congress is over 18.