Activists staged a protest at the U.S. Capitol, protesting a rule requiring all people in the Capitol to use only the multipurpose restroom that matches their assigned gender at birth. I took pictures of them.
The group, made up of transgender, non-binary and cisgender people, was filmed dancing to the climactic 1984 hit “Meeting in the Ladies Room.” The full-length video pans inside the entrance to the Capitol, then follows the unknown photographer as he heads to the restroom. The camera pans up to show people dancing.
Many of the activists wore shirts in blue, pink and white, the colors of the transgender flag, with slogans such as “Wash the hate, not our rights” and “Transgender people are not dangerous. You are!”
Videos of the protests were posted on Blue Sky and X by Jerome Trammell, a non-binary influencer who participated in the protests, and attorney Alejandra Caraballo, who also teaches at Harvard Law School’s Cyber Law Clinic. It was done.
“Transgender people held a dance party to protest the toilet ban in the Capitol restroom and showed a shortened version of the video,” Caraballo wrote in a post on Blue Sky.
Transgender people held a dance party to protest a ban on using the toilets in the Capitol’s restrooms.
— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) 2024-12-05T03:59:42.084Z
“dear @Nancy Mace I hope you enjoy it!!” Trammell I wrote The post tags a South Carolina lawmaker who proposed banning transgender women from women’s restrooms.
Mace originally proposed the ban in response to the January election of U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Delaware), the first transgender person to serve in Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson then adopted rules barring visitors, staff and members of Congress. Toilets that do not correspond to biological sex.
Johnson argued that biological women need their own space, noting that there is a bathroom in McBride’s Capitol office and that there are several single-person bathrooms in the Capitol.
Ms. McBride agreed to abide by a policy that prohibits the use of women’s restrooms.
Mace went further by introducing a bill that would ban transgender people from using facilities consistent with their gender identity in public buildings on federal land. A South Carolina lawmaker claims to be a rape survivor and says that’s part of her motivation to maintain a gay-only space. Her bill is scheduled for a floor vote in January after the new Congress is seated.
The “dance party” protest at the U.S. Capitol was led in part by Hope Gisele Godsey, a trans activist and founder of the #AllowMe movement. He explained the rationale behind the protests: gay magazine.
“We understand what it means to be a pariah, so it’s never hard to do what’s necessary,” Gisele-Godsey said, adding that anti-transgender activists It warned that it would launch further attacks aimed at restricting gender rights and refused to limit transgender rights. Acknowledge transgender identity or erase transgender existence. “It always starts with things that people find trivial, like public restrooms, but it never ends there.”
Giselle also entered Mace’s office to have a conversation about efforts to restrict transgender access to certain facilities. However, the congressman was not in his office.
A right-wing tabloid based in the UK daily mail Other protesters have since said they include transgender actress James Rhodes, comedian Elizabeth Booker Houston, influencer Alexis Rose, and transgender model June Raven Romero. Identified.
Much of the reaction on social media was in support of the activists.
“I want to hang out with the cool kids,” one user wrote.
I want to hang out with cool kids🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Shawnnie (@seannie1215.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T12:29:55.459Z
“This is literally the best use of my tax dollars and I agree with it,” another wrote.
This is literally the best use of tax dollars, and I agree with that.
— Buck AE Down (@buckdown.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T06:38:12.366Z
“Looks like we’re going to be a fun group to be around now!! Bored MAGA senators don’t know what they’re missing,” a third person wrote.
Looks like it’s going to be a fun group now!! Bored MAGA senators don’t know what they’re missing. 🎉
— Carrie Carnes 🦋 (@carriercarnes.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T05:26:46.456Z
“This reminds me of taking my cis gay friends to the women’s bathroom of a gay club I went to in the summer of 1984. There were some trans gals there and it was so funny. I told them I never felt threatened. At times it felt festive. Mostly normal,” another social media user wrote.
“I asked my male friends what the restrooms were like. They joined me and we had a great time watching the show and laughing. We visited the men’s restrooms and found them incredibly boring. I was only 22 years old, but now, 40 years later, it bothers me how intolerant people are. I’ve worked with trans women, in women’s restrooms. I never cared about it.”
This reminds me of the summer of 1984 when I took my cis gay friend into the women’s bathroom at a gay club. There were some trans gals there, which was really interesting. I never felt threatened by them. At times it felt like a festival. Most are normal. I asked my male friends how it was.
— Bunny Shelton (@bunnyshelton.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T05:21:42.634Z
their toilet. They joined me and had a great time watching the show and laughing. I visited the men’s restroom and found it incredibly boring. I was only 22 years old, but 40 years later, it bothers me how intolerant people can be. I’ve worked with trans women, and I’ve never cared about them in the women’s bathroom.
— Bunny Shelton (@bunnyshelton.bsky.social) 2024-12-05T05:21:42.635Z
Source: Metro Weekly – www.metroweekly.com
