Public lavatories to become "gender neutral"

[MadelineB]

Public lavatories to become "gender neutral"
By Victoria Ward
5:31PM GMT 17 Feb 2013

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9876127/Public-lavatories-to-become-gender-neutral.html

A city council has scrapped male and female public lavatories in favour of "gender neutral" facilities so as not to alienate the transgender community.

The move was described as "political correctness gone barmy" by opponents who warned that the vast majority would prefer to use single sex loos.

Brighton and Hove City Council disclosed in emails that it wished to promote the term "gender neutral" and build facilities which are open to all, regardless of sex. They believe such facilities will be more accessible for those who do not identify with the male-female binary.

The block, will include four new lavatories and a café. Images depicting a man, a woman and a child will be fitted to the doors.

The move follows the establishment of a working group to examine issues faced by transgender residents in the city.

[kira21 ♡♡♡]

Good news :-)

[Beth Andrea]

i think it's about time that humanity grows up. Sheesh...we're all just going to the bathroom, right?

[Flan]

i think it's about time that humanity grows up. Sheesh...we're all just going to the bathroom, right?

Pretty much yeah. The usual voices against "family" (gender neutral) restrooms are usually the type paranoid over crime and allege trans people to be criminals; as if a real criminal is going to care about what the placard outside a restroom says when choosing a victim.

[~RoadToTrista~]

Are they gonna have all of them, or just gender-neutral bathrooms?

[Lesley_Roberta]

The only downside to gender neutral I can think of, is male bodies tend to be capable of exploiting a urinal option with great speed.

If you don't need a toilet and just need a urinal, well not having urinals means you can only use a toilet.

And it is not like you can have some urinals and then a batch of toilets and not offend the females.

Then again, I find speed to only matter in theatres. Because when the film end, suddenly you have a few hundred bladders to cope with. On those occasions, having a male anatomy is actually a bonus. I've seen a process rate in men's rooms that the ladies rooms can't hope to equal.

And all toilets is essentially just a ladies room. If they make them all separate rooms, it is just an inefficient use of building space.

[rexyrex]

It ok if it was a single room. no rant

But if it for a big toilets then i wouldnt, i sort of been into one once before it a long time ago, and most of the stalls were used and ladys were waitting outside taking up space and hanging out which i dont like the idea of, and the fact there was free urinals and wont use it. As there are far to many disrespectful kids out there nower days?

I have seen a few unsex big toilets around now and then but i wont go into one, also i dont get it, girls use the men and have no problems but when men go into girls theres a huge problem so why now?

There is a lot of shy bladder people and not all cis-men like to use a urinal.