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UNBELIEVABLE: Us house speaker backs bathroom ban for first openly trans member - The Untold Story

Representative-elect Sarah McBride (R),is the first openly trans member of the US Congress (Credit: AFP)

The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives voiced support Wednesday for banning a newly elected transgender woman from using women's restrooms in the legislature.

"All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings -- such as restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms -- are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement.

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