Nancy Mace's Transgender Capitol Bathroom Bill

Overview

Nancy Mace's Transgender Bathroom Bill, also known as Nancy Mace's Anti-Trans Capitol Bathroom Bill, refers to a resolution introduced by Republican South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace, which seeks to ban Capitol workers from accessing bathrooms not corresponding to their assigned-at-birth "biological sex." In a series of posts made on X / Twitter in late November 2024, Mace confirmed that she introduced the measure to stop the newly elected transgender Representative from Delaware, Sarah McBride, from accessing women's restrooms in the Capitol building. The bill sparked discourse and controversy online, with many conservative internet users supporting Mace's resolution, while others criticized her, accusing her of singling out McBride and overstepping people's privacy.

Background

On November 18th, 2024, South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace introduced a resolution to ban people from accessing bathrooms in the Capitol not corresponding to their "biological sex."^[1]

The Representative's "Resolution To Protect Women's Private Spaces" was reposted to her X^[2] / Twitter account that same day, where it gathered over 100,000 likes in four days.

The news was reposted to Reddit that same day on subreddits such as /r/LGBT^[3] and /r/Law,^[4] where it gathered over 3,000 upvotes, respectively, in four days.

Also on November 18th, Mace confirmed that the resolution was directed at the newly elected trans woman Representative from Delaware Sarah McBride, writing, "Yes and then some. Biological men do not have any rights to women’s private spaces. It’s perverted to think otherwise."^[7]

Developments

Over the following days, Representative Nancy Mace continued to express her support for the resolution on her X^[5] account, as seen in a November 19th, 2024, video in which she placed a sign that read "Biological" over the women's bathroom sign in a Capitol building, gathering over 20 million views and 100,000 likes in three days.

Also on November 19th, Mace posted a picture of herself drinking wine to her personal X^[6] account alongside a caption that read, "A woman being bullied for **wait for it** protecting women, is the height of gas lighting. I’ll drink your tears in my pinot noir tonight. Cheers! 🍷" The post gathered over 95,000 likes in three days.

Representative Sarah McBride issued her response to the resolution on November 18th,^[8] writing, "Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness." and gathering over 29,000 likes in four days.

On November 20th, 2024, McBride issued an official response, saying that she was "not here to fight about bathrooms" and that she was "here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families." She also said that she would comply with any rules laid out by Speaker Johnson, even if she disagrees with them. The post gathered over 40,000 likes in two days.^[9]

Online Reactions

On November 20th, 2024, game developer, programmer and politician Brianna Wu posted a tweet^[10] criticizing the resolution introduced by Mace, despite Trump voters messaging her not to worry about her rights being rolled back.

Some internet users also posted memes critical of McBride and in support of Mace in late November 2024, as seen in a November 20th post^[11] by X user @Richard_Harambe that gathered over 3,000 likes in two days.

Other X users criticized Mace as the controversy spread, posting memes about her asking people about their genitals before they use the restroom. For instance, X^[12] user @PunishedAG gathered over 93,000 likes on a November 20th post, while X^[13] user @LindseyBoylan gathered over 1,400 likes on a similar meme posted on November 21st, 2024.

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