Trans ‘Bill of Rights’ Could Jeopardize Women’s Spaces, Experts Warn

The Daily Signal ^ | 17 February 2026 | Pedro Rodriguez

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

A coalition of congressional Democrats unveiled a resolution titled the “Trans Bill of Rights” last week to push back against the “fear” and “hatred” propelled by those who believe that one’s sex corresponds to their biological sex.

As written by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., in a press release, the resolution aims to direct the federal government to expand transgender access to public “services” and “accommodations.”

The bill language adds that it aims to ensure that “transgender and non-binary people” get “equal access” to “services and public accommodations that align with their gender identity. The bill also states that transgenders should be allowed to access “the full range of places and services that members of the general public utilise.”

Although the bill does not explicitly specify what public “accommodations” the public generally uses, and the Democrats who introduced the bill did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment, policy experts such as Jay Richards, vice president of social and domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, believe that the “public accommodations” in question could include women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and personal spaces.

“I’m certain that’s what the drafters intend,” Richards told The Daily Signal.

Other provisions include allowing taxpayer-funded transition surgeries and abortion, and requiring institutions to recognize one’s gender identity, or lack thereof, as a legitimate biological gender, which Richards considered to be harmful.

“The bill would promote experimental, body-altering interventions for minors,” Richards stated.

Laura Hanford, senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, echoed Richard’s remarks and told The Daily Signal that by allowing gender-affirming care to take place, this “Bill of Rights” could further harm children.

“They will continue to try and portray the administration’s actions as excessive in an effort to make themselves look like they are protecting those they are, in fact, harming, she said. “This ‘Bill of Rights’ is an effort to continue to claim that erasing woman and harming children is a ‘right’ to protect rather than an excess to abolish.”

In November, the Department of Health and Human Services described gender-affirming care as “sex-rejecting procedures” that pose “medical dangers” to “children.”

However, even though the Trump administration has fought to eliminate transgender ideology and gender-affirming care procedures, other conservative policy experts, like Hanford, say that those actions could be reversed under a Democrat administration.

Hanford added that the Democratic Party is “lavishly funded” by the LGBTQ+ activist lobby, adding that “these groups have not abandoned their goals.”

“While the Trump administration has secured tremendous gains such as gender clinics pausing sex-rejecting procedures, these can readily be reversed in a new administration,” Hanford said.

Since his election, the Trump administration has introduced policies to reverse the progressive transgender ideology pushed by Democrats under President Joe Biden’s administration.

In Feb. 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports” executive order, which banned biological males from competing in federally funded women’s sports.

Trump argued that allowing men who identify as women in women’s sports is a direct violation of Title IX of the Education Act of 1972, which states that educational institutions receiving federal funds cannot deny women an equal opportunity to participate in sports.

Weeks before, the House passed Rep. Greg Steube’s, R-Fla., Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which was sent to the Senate for a vote.

“Men have no place in women’s sports,” Steube wrote in a statement. “Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will fulfill this promise.”

State lawmakers have also continued to push back in recent years.

In 2025, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., who was then a state senator, introduced legislation to ban LGBTQ+ flags from being flown on government property, including schools.

Just recently, lawmakers in Illinois introduced legislation that would designate “transgenderism” as a “mental illness.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndpeter2vvs6thru9; billofrights; biologydeniers; biologyphobes; biologyphobia; genesischapter19; godlessreprobates; homosexualagenda; lgbt; lgbtq; perversion; sodomandgomorrah; trans; transgender; waronwomen

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

The Respect for Marriage Act is being used to advance this. Obergefell is doing exactly what Big Leftist activists demand.

And this would also be used to codify abortion into law., It's part of every leftist assault on human sexuality.

[Feckless]

Democrats - The Party of Women
Uh, no, not you. Or your Mom, Sister, Daughter or Auntie...
HER! That Woman over there... the one with a DICK.

[bankwalker]

kinda like when the feminists destroyed mens’ space?

[rktman]

Uh, hatred for mentally ill? Uh, no. Fear? Only if you go to hockey games and roberta shows up.

[Apparatchik]

The Left’s War on Women continues…

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

They first destroyed men’s spaces (The School Formerly Known as The Citadel and The School Formerly Known as Virginia Military Institute, now named Federal Feminazi Academies under El Reño’s rules).

See the ongoing war against male sport in society.

What happens when boys want to play? There’s no choice but to be girls.

[JSM_Liberty]

“services and public accommodations that align with their gender identity”

If there are any services and public accommodations that are provided on the basis of “gender identity” then “gender identity” should be used.

If there are any services and public accommodations that are provided on the basis of sex then sex should be used.

In the UK recently there was a case that decided that when woman was used in the Equality Act 2010 it referred to sex.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I really hope the Dems push this loudly and publicly. Its exactly what the unfocused and disorganized GOP needs to help them in the midterm elections.

[fwdude]

"Although the bill does not explicitly specify what public “accommodations” the public generally uses,... policy experts such as Jay Richards, vice president of social and domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, believe that the “public accommodations” in question could include women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and personal spaces."

Also expect it to apply to churches and private Christian schools.

[Kharis13]

The Left’s War on Women continues…

Maybe, just maybe, THIS will be straw that breaks the AWFUL's backs and makes them realize how much they're despised and being used by the Left.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The Dems sure like sucking up to the 0.01% and the AWFL Karen’s. What a way to “govern.”

[Maskot]

But NEVER to mosques. I’m sure there’s specific wording in the “bill” to fully exempt

[bk1000]

Nope. And repeal that Obergfel crap while we’re at it.
No special treatment for queers!

[SaxxonWoods]

It’s shocking how women have allowed themselves to be pushed aside and made a disadvantaged underclass (again) by men.

[Westbrook]

It’s not “fear and hatred”.

It’s revulsion and disgust, as well as concern for protecting WOMEN’s private spaces.

[Toughluck_freeper]

“Democrats - The Party of Women” Haters

Fixed it. The whole transgender movement is based on abuse and hate towards women, and in trying to erase the concept of women from our culture.

As Trump said, we have to save women whether they like it or not (since most women are already brainwashed). We will save them even if we have to drag them kicking and screaming.

[SaveFerris]

("Transgender"rights"

Rep. Seth Moulton, DEMOCRAT-Mass)

I keep saying, Democrats are Godless Reprobates

They prove it over and over and over again

[to advance the LGBTQ+ agendas]

It's ALL they ever strive for 😲🤯😧🙄🙄🙄

So much that they must constantly
MARCH in the streets, have a "special month",
have "special events" etc. etc. etc.

They dedicate their lives to boasting
about their particular sin IN PUBLIC
to RECRUIT OTHERS to Hell Fire 🔥🔥🔥

DO NO HARM, Christians, but REJECT this
Godless Reprobate Agenda.
(For the thread)

Isaiah 3:9






Even thus shall it be on the Day
when the Son of Man is revealed
Luke 17:28-32

Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.

[Seruzawa]

Please, God, send another flood.

[SaveFerris]

God may not be a Republican
But Satan is certainly a Democrat

[gitmo]

Gender Affirming Care = Gender Denying Cruelty