Yes, keep men out of women’s spaces — in Congress and everywhere else

Published November 21, 2024 5:18pm ET



Rep. Nancy Mace‘s (R-SC) resolution requiring members of Congress to use the bathrooms and other single-sex facilities that correspond with their biology caused quite a stir. Less than two days after it was introduced, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced a change to the facility rules, saying: “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. Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

On Jan. 3, Sarah McBride, a biological male, will be sworn into the 119th Congress. McBride is the first openly transgender member of Congress and has agreed to follow the speaker’s updated rules. 

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