Transgender women are 'every bit as 'biologically female' as cis women,' bisexual, trans state lawmaker claims

Montana authorities Rep. Zooey Zephyr —  a Democrat who identifies arsenic a "progressive, bisexual trans woman" — claimed that transgender women are "every spot arsenic ‘biologically female’ arsenic cis women."

"I virtually conscionable got retired of meetings with members of Congress & utilized the bath connected my mode out. Trans women are women—full stop," Zephyr declared successful a station connected X. 

"We're each spot arsenic "biologically female" arsenic cis women & @SpeakerJohnson's connection doesn't alteration the information that women's spaces see trans women," Zephyr added.

Fox News Digital attempted to scope retired to Zephyr for remark connected Thursday.

SPEAKER JOHNSON ANNOUNCES NEW CAPITOL BATHROOM POLICY IN RESPONSE TO CONTROVERSY OVER TRANS HOUSE MEMBER

Zooey Zephyr attends The Out100 Party 2023 astatine NeueHouse Hollywood connected Nov. 9, 2023 successful Hollywood, Calif. (Presley Ann/Getty Images for Out.com)

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson, R-La., said successful a connection issued connected Wednesday that single-sex facilities successful the Capitol and House bureau buildings are for members of the corresponding biologic sex.

"All single-sex facilities successful the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biologic sex," he said successful the statement.

"It is important to enactment that each Member bureau has its ain backstage restroom, and unisex restrooms are disposable passim the Capitol," Johnson added. "Women merit women’s lone spaces."

U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democratic Delaware authorities senator, volition go the archetypal openly transgender subordinate of the U.S. Congress aft being sworn successful to bureau adjacent year.

"I'm not present to combat astir bathrooms. I'm present to combat for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families. Like each members, I volition travel the rules arsenic outlined by Speaker Johnson, adjacent if I disagree with them," McBride said successful a statement.

MACE FACES BACKLASH OVER EFFORT TO BAN NEW TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM WOMEN'S BATHROOMS

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., poses for a photograph aft joining different legislature freshmen of the 119th Congress for a radical photograph connected the steps of the House of Representatives astatine the U.S. Capitol Building connected Nov. 15, 2024 successful Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who has referred to McBride arsenic a "biological male," said successful a station connected X, "Sarah McBride’s committedness to abide by Speaker Johnson's argumentation is simply a measurement toward acknowledging the rights of women everywhere—something we’ll proceed to request without compromise."

Mace had projected a solution to prohibit House members and others from frequenting single-sex facilities successful the Capitol and House bureau buildings that bash not align with their biologic sex.

"A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, oregon worker of the House whitethorn not usage a single-sex installation (including a restroom, changing room, oregon locker room) successful the Capitol oregon House Office Buildings, different than those corresponding to the biologic enactment of specified individual," the substance of her solution read, noting that the House sergeant-at-arms would beryllium tasked with enforcement.

JOHNSON DECLINES TO SAY IF TRANSGENDER REP-ELECT IS MAN OR WOMAN, SAYS HOUSE TO TREAT EVERYONE WITH ‘RESPECT’

Johnson initially declined to reply connected Tuesday erstwhile asked whether McBride is simply a antheral oregon a woman, but the talker aboriginal made a connection successful which helium said helium had rejected the question's "premise due to the fact that the reply is … truthful obvious."

"A antheral is simply a man. And a pistillate is simply a woman. And a antheral cannot go a woman," Johnson declared. "But I besides judge that we dainty everybody with dignity."

AFTER DECLINING TO STATE WHETHER TRANS REP-ELECT IS A MAN OR WOMAN, JOHNSON SAYS ‘A MAN CANNOT BECOME A WOMAN’

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Mace, who has declared connected X that "A trans pistillate is inactive a man," has announced a measure that would stipulate that radical whitethorn lone participate single-sex facilities connected national spot that lucifer their biologic sex.

The connection provides exceptions for aesculapian workers responding to an exigency and for instrumentality enforcement officers chasing a fishy oregon conducting an investigation.

"Oh you thought threatening maine would soundlessness me? No. I conscionable doubled down and filed a caller measure to support women and girls crossed the full state connected each national spot everywhere," Mace declared successful a station connected X.