Shugaban Majalisar Wakilai Mike Johnson ya kaddamar da dokar hana mutanen transgender dauke filin kawance da suke dace da jinsi suka bayyana, a cikin gine-ginen Majalisar Wakilai da ofisoshin su. Wannan umarni ya faru ne a ranar Trans Day of Remembrance, wadda ake yiwa karramawa ga mutanen transgender da aka kashe a sakamakon bigoted violence.
Johnson ya bayyana cewa, “Mata suna da hakkin samun filin kawance na mata kawai.” Ya ci gaba da cewa, “Ba mu anti-kowa ba ne, mu pro-woman ne.” Ya kuma bayyana cewa, “Haka ya kasance, ina zato, dokar mararaba, amma yanzu ta rubuta a rubutu”.
Dokar ta zo ne bayan wata kwanaki bayan Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) ta gabatar da kudurin hana mutanen transgender dauke filin kawance da suke dace da jinsi suka bayyana. Mace ta ce cewa, “Radical Left ina ce mini ‘threat.’ Kuna imani da haka. Na kuma zan kira ku a kan yin mata da ‘yan mata barazana”.
Yan siyasa da masu fafutukar hakkin LGBTQ sun nuna adawa da dokar ta, suna zargin cewa ita ce wani yunwa na nuna wariya. Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson ya ce, “Dokar wadda sabon wariya da ke nuna tsoro ba ta da alaka da taimakawa ga ‘yan Amurka ko kawo sulhu ga matsalolin da suke fuskanta—ita ce kawai nuna tsoro ga mutane”.
Kamar yadda yake a cikin dokar, ba a bayyana yadda za a aiwatar da ita ba. Johnson ya ce cewa kowace ofishin majalisa tana da filin kawance na kai tsaye, kuma filin kawance na jinsi daya suna samuwa a ko’ina cikin gine-ginen Majalisar.
