The speed at which Republicans moved to ban trans women from using bathrooms in the Capitol House of Representatives this week, speaks volumes of how fast things will move when Trump actually becomes president in a couple of months.
The reason for a Capitol-wide ban on transgender people using bathrooms that don't match their sex assigned at birth?
A single Transgender woman who smashed her respective glass ceiling to become the first US Congresswoman.
Her response to a country-wide moral panic around her?
Don't feed the beast. Sarah McBride urged Democrats not to firefight but instead remind everyone of the fundamental issues voters face - and how this is an example of the kind of distractions people should get used to.
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- Bathroom Bills: Not only do they not work, they actively harm women. Yet the US Capitol is instituting one - we explain why.
- Heaven: The infamous club has been forced to close amid serious allegations of an incident between a bouncer and patron - we zoom out on the club's history.
- Hope from History: At the tail end of trans awareness week, we look to Trans+ History for another lesson in collaboration with Trans+ History Week, this week on the power of remembrance from Isabelle Bale.
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Bathroom bans harm all women because they reduce people down to their appearance
TL:DR: As the Speaker of the House of Representatives bans transgender people from using bathrooms that match their identity, we explain why bathroom bans harm all women, because they reduce people to an assessment of their appearance based on gendered norms, and give excuses to those who want to inspect people's genitals.
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