Trans Activists Take Over Women’s Bath­room On Capi­tol Hill

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Trans Activists Take Over Women’s Bathroom On Capitol Hill

Trans­gen­der activists took over at least one women’s bath­room Thurs­day on Capi­tol Hill.

Law enforce­ment arrest­ed approx­i­mate­ly 15 demon­stra­tors protest­ing against Repub­li­can House Speak­er Mike Johnson’s recent ban on bio­log­i­cal men enter­ing bath­rooms and facil­i­ties of the female sex, accord­ing to Axios.

Video shows a crowd of pro­test­ers clog a hall near a women’s bath­room while hold­ing signs. This took place in the Can­non House Office Build­ing close to Johnson’s office. One sign read, “Con­gress Stop Piss­ing on Our Rights!”

Johnson’s bath­room ban issued to pro­tect women’s spaces from infil­trat­ing males came after Repub­li­can South Car­oli­na Rep. Nan­cy Mace raised the issue by intro­duc­ing a bill before Demo­c­ra­t­ic Delaware Rep­re­sen­ta­tive-elect Sarah McBride — the first ever rep­re­sen­ta­tive to iden­ti­fy as trans­gen­der — is sworn in. (RELATED: Nan­cy Mace Intro­duces Bill To Block Trans Woman From Capi­tol Bath­rooms)

The activist group echoed chants of “Speak­er John­son, Nan­cy Mace,” “our bod­ies are not debate” and “our gen­ders are not debate.”

Chelsea Man­ning was among the pro-trans­gen­der activists occu­py­ing the women’s bath­room, accord­ing to Axios. It is unknown whether author­i­ties took Man­ning into cus­tody.

Democ­rats were not off the hook when it came to the issue as pro­test­ers chant­ed, “Democ­rats, grow a spine! Trans rights are on the line.”

A trans­gen­der activist post­ed a video on social media while appear­ing to use the women’s bath­room. “Meet­ing in the ladies room at the US Cap­i­tal,” Tik­Tok user Real­Tay­ChaTLC wrote in the cap­tion to the video.

“I’m com­ing in the ladies room to shake the dew off my lily. I’m gonna shake the dew off my lily. I’m gonna pop a squat. I swear, noth­ing bad’s gonna hap­pen. I’m just going pee,” the user said on cam­era, shut­ting the stall door and sit­ting down. “So I’m sit­ting in the toi­let, and I’m going pee. I know this is news­wor­thy. I don’t know why. But I just want­ed to let you know that everything’s com­ing out okay. And I hope you have a real­ly nice day.”

The women’s bath­room block­age was orga­nized by the Gen­der Lib­er­a­tion Move­ment, which issued a state­ment say­ing the protest “sets an exam­ple of the right­eous defi­ance and sol­i­dar­i­ty need­ed under a sec­ond Trump admin­is­tra­tion.“

“Every­one deserves to use the restroom with­out fear of dis­crim­i­na­tion or vio­lence. Trans folks are no dif­fer­ent. We deserve dig­ni­ty and respect and we will fight until we get it,” GLM co-founder Raquel Willis said.

Mace deliv­ered a “spe­cial mes­sage” — mega­phone in hand — to demon­stra­tors in a video post­ed on X after the arrests were made.

“So, some tran­ny pro­test­ers showed up at the Capi­tol today to protest my bath­room bill. But they got arrest­ed — poor things. So, I have a mes­sage for the pro­test­ers who got arrest­ed. You ready?” the con­gress­woman said, rais­ing her mega­phone.

“You have the right to remain silent. Any­thing you say can and will be used against you in a court of law,” Mace spoke into the mega­phone. “You have the right to speak to an attor­ney [and have an attor­ney] present dur­ing any ques­tion. If you can­not afford an attor­ney — I doubt many of you can — one will be pro­vid­ed to you at the government’s expense.”