Fliers Warning About Anti-Transgender Violence Raise Bathroom Flap at GWU
By Benjamin R. Freed in News on March 22, 2012 5:30 PM
http://dcist.com/2012/03/fliers_warning_about_anti-transgend.phpA group of activists at George Washington University is concerned that a campaign to raise awareness about violence against transgender people is being snubbed out because of a campus policy about the placement of fliers.
The GW Graduate Feminists has been attempting to post signs in bathrooms around campus warning against the harassment transgender people often report experiencing when using gender-specific restrooms. But to the group's consternation, campus officials have said fliers are not permitted to be mounted in the bathrooms inside the Marvin Center, GWU's student center at 21st and I streets NW.
Elizabeth Owens, a member of the Graduate Feminists, told DCist that given the subject matter, it would have made sense for administrators to bend the rules and allow signs warning against violence in restrooms to be mounted inside restrooms. Instead, according to an email from a university employee that was forwarded to DCist, fliers are only allowed near the Marvin Center's elevator banks.
