Transgender rights activists participated in a “bathroom sit-in” in a restroom across from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office on Thursday. Capitol Hill In Washington, DC, a new policy barring trans people from using bathroom facilities that match their gender identity was protested.
About 15 people were arrested on suspicion of crowding, obstructing or trespassing for illegally protesting inside the Cannon House office building, US Capitol Police told Fox News Digital.
The protest was organized by the Gender Liberation Movement, which describes itself as a grassroots organization focused on bodily autonomy and gender.
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Supporters of transgender rights take part in a rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Wednesday. (Getty Images)
A video posted on the group’s Instagram account shows protesters holding signs calling for “ban bathroom bigotry,” occupying a restroom and blocking a hallway.
Chelsea Manning, a former US Army intelligence analyst and whistleblower, was among those who went astray, The Hill reported. by the authorities In zip ties. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 after leaking classified documents and military reports to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Former President Obama commuted the sentence in 2017 and Manning was released from prison after serving seven years.
Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, announced the new bathroom policy in November Representative Nancy MaysRS.C., tried to bar trans people from Capitol restrooms that didn’t match their gender at birth.
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Transgender rights activist Sarah McBride speaks on stage at the Women in the World Summit on April 11, 2019 in New York. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
The move comes after Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., became the first openly transgender lawmaker to join Congress in January. McBride is a biological male who identifies and presents as female.
Mass recently introduced a resolution to ban men who identify as female from women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. On Thursday, he posted a video of X standing outside the Capital Police Station.
Representative Nancy Mays, RS.C., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the US Capitol on June 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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Using a bullhorn, he read the Miranda Rule to the arrested protesters.
Fox News has gone digital Johnson’s office.
