Noted transphobe and Colorado House Representative Lauren Boebert apologized following a case of mistaken identity in the women’s bathroom last Thursday. According to The Daily Beast, Boebert believed an unidentified cisgender woman to be trans representative Sarah McBride, with witnesses alleging she told the woman “you shouldn’t be here.” The incident follows the introduction of a trans bathroom ban on Cap Hill.
According to witness and reporter Billy House, Boebert burst from the restroom and complained to security about “a guy” in the women’s restroom. She left for the House floor. Lawmakers on the floor anonymously told The Daily Beast they overheard Boebert accusing rep. McBride of using the women’s restroom. Boebert then returned to the restroom along with other loud-and-proud transphobe representative Nancy Mace.
However, both Boebert and Mace left not long after with their proverbial tails between their legs. When pressed by House, Boebert apologized, stating, “There was a rumor there was (a man in the women’s room), but it wasn’t true.”
McBride cannot use the women’s restroom on U.S. Capitol grounds due to a ban introduced by the aforementioned Mace. The ban restricts access to any “single-sex facility” on the basis of biological sex within the Capitol. The ban went into effect January 15 as part of the house rules proposal for the 119th Congress. However, it was notably not part of the rules proposal during the initial vote on January 2.
Because of the ban, McBride, other federal employees, and even potential visitors who are trans cannot use bathrooms which align with their gender identity while on federal grounds.
McBride spoke with the Daily Beast, confirming that Boebert had not confronted her in the women’s bathroom. She continues to comply with the bathroom ban despite being singled out as the first and only trans representative.
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