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Aaron Apollo Camp's avatar

I don't know, to be honest, as I've never been in one of the House office buildings in D.C.

However, Erin Reed pointed out something important at the end of her article:

"It remains to be seen what further restrictions might be aimed at McBride. Congress operates under a male/female dress code, raising the possibility of additional regulations targeting her presentation. The House could even allow or require the use of masculine honorifics when addressing her. So far, Republicans have shown no signs of slowing their campaign against transgender rights, making it likely that McBride will face further attacks in the days ahead."

If Republicans go even further than what Reed suggested they might do against McBride and try to deny seating McBride in Congress altogether on the "basis" of listing herself as her legal and actual gender of female on campaign legal paperwork (statement of candidacy, etc.) instead of her gender assignment at birth of male, McBride would have zero choice whatsoever but to put up a major legal battle against the House GOP that would be virtually certain to end up before SCOTUS.

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Buckeye73's avatar

I can just about guarantee that GOP members will misgender her time and time again.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Some of those House MAGA extremists are such drama queens.

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Jonathan's avatar

She'd eventually win that(the voters already decided to choose the candidate) but it may drag out

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