All House Democrats Back Bill to Allow Men Who Identify as Women into Women’s Locker Rooms

House Democrats celebrated this “Pride Month” by unanimously throwing their support behind the Equality Act, an LGBT-rights bill with sweeping implications for religious liberty, women’s sports, and women’s-only facilities such as shelters and locker rooms.

Last week, the Equality Act was reintroduced with the co-sponsorship of every Democrat in the House and every Senate Democrat except Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The bill alters the status quo by adding “transgender status” and “sexual orientation” as classes protected under the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s Title II, which prohibits discrimination at public accommodations. It also greatly expands the number of businesses that count as “public accommodations” under the act. For example, it explicitly lists “shelters” — which means that women fleeing domestic violence could be forced to reside in shelters with men — and “salons,” which would clearly cover waxing businesses.

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House Democrats celebrated this “Pride Month” by unanimously throwing their support behind the Equality Act, an LGBT-rights bill with sweeping implications for religious liberty, women’s sports, and women’s-only facilities such as shelters and locker rooms.

Last week, the Equality Act was reintroduced with the co-sponsorship of every Democrat in the House and every Senate Democrat except Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The bill alters the status quo by adding “transgender status” and “sexual orientation” as classes protected under the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s Title II, which prohibits discrimination at public accommodations. It also greatly expands the number of businesses that count as “public accommodations” under the act. For example, it explicitly lists “shelters” — which means that women fleeing domestic violence could be forced to reside in shelters with men — and “salons,” which would clearly cover waxing businesses.