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Started by snowboarderchic, July 23, 2012, 02:09:20 PM

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snowboarderchic

I just wanted to say that when I did my undergrad education(i finished In 2010) there was no gender neutral restrooms. I was using the female one because I presented as female, and it was a single. Well, there was a stir among some of the students there, and I was notified that they where going to make one of the male restrooms gender neutral, and they did.
This really made me feel invalidated especially because the female bathroom also had a gender neutral sign below the women's sign, due to it being the only handicapped accessible one in the building.
I used the newly designated one though as not to make waves for myself, but I also saw a lot of women using it as well. But after a while I started to use the one with the woman on it because it made me feel more validated. I never got spoken to about the issue again, but I was wondering if anyone else had any similar experiences?
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Rena-san

I've become a master at stealth when it comes to bathrooms. I would wait outside of a bathroom for like 20 minutes to make sure no one was in there and no one was going to go in. Then I silently would creep in and check all the stalls. Once the coast was clear, I did my thing, always sitting, mind you. It was getting out that was hard. Of course I needed to wash my hands, but that would mean 30 seconds standing in the open for any man coming in to see. Get double taken at. I've even seen men walk back out and check the sign! I only got spotted a few times. But overall, I remained pretty stealthy and all. If you're wondering, I had to do all of this because I suffer from shy bladder--a problem I now blame on my lack of connection with my male genitals.

During my college experience, I was an ignorant man that knew something was wrong but chose to ignore the issue. I realize now my gender has always been that of a female. When out as a female, I would use the women's bathroom. My mad ninja skills however aid me, as you may imagine. I think everyone needs to be a super ninja!

O, and yeah, single stall bathrooms/gender neutral bathrooms are amazing, so long as they aren't placed in a busy hallway. In my area, they are often labeled Family Restrooms and have a family icon of a couple and a child instead of a man or a woman. Which by the way always annoyed me. What man stands with his legs at a 60 degree angle?
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Bexi

Quote from: delta9 on August 03, 2012, 06:45:23 PM
lol
15th post syndrome?  :laugh:

I specifically went on a prowl during my first week of uni and found all the toilets around the campus, then would only go to one specific one in an older building because NO ONE else used it. In the 5/6 years I've been there, I've never encountered anyone else!

Obviously theres the horror of someone walking in and seeing you, but that never happened. I count myself extremely lucky  :)
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NotThereYet

O h my Gosh , Bexi, you sound basically as crazy as I am !!!! lol
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Bexi

Quote from: NotThereYet on August 03, 2012, 07:24:52 PM
O h my Gosh , Bexi, you sound basically as crazy as I am !!!! lol
Lmao ... erm ... thanks! Just kidding  :)

My friends all thought I was scouting out where my classrooms were .. nope!  :laugh:
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