Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols
Travelers in search of the world's 'Supergays'; bloggers,
OutAndAround.comThere Is a Man in the Women's Bathroom!
Posted: 02/15/2012 6:44 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenni-chang-and-lisa-dazols/there-is-a-man-in-the-womens-bathroom_b_1275548.htmlBy Lisa Dazols
After six months of travel in Asia, I've gotten used to people trying to kick me out of the women's restroom thinking that I am a man. After I explain to the startled women that there is no need to be alarmed, they usually respond apologetically, and I'm left to pee in peace. But there are also times when I'm met with genuine hostility. It's amazing how much you can understand when people are talking about you without understanding a single word. My worst incident? Getting forcibly ejected from a roadside toilet by a group of angry women and having to hold my pee in for the next seven hours on the bus ride from Udaipur to Delhi.
To avoid this harrowing ordeal, I try my best to avoid using the toilet altogether until we're back in the safety of our hostel. But when you have a small bladder like mine (not to mention occasional traveler's diarrhea), sometimes you just gotta go.