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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    81 month ago

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

    • Flying SquidOP
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      51 month ago

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

    • Rob
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      41 month ago

      Matt Gaetz nevermind, everyone in Congress is over 18.