Trans Notes from a Small Island: Talking Toiletshttp://planettransgender.com/trans-notes-from-a-small-island-talking-toilets/Planet Transgender/Added by Vic Tanner Davy on June 5, 2016.
"So, this week, the trans toilet argument hit the press in Jersey, the Channel Island where I live and work. Using our new discrimination laws, a trans woman brought a case against our local ferry company for discrimination. When she asked which toilet she should use, she was directed to the disabled cubicle. She was also misgendered and called "Mr".
The lawyers, who represented the ferry company, trumpeted the tribunal's judgement as "landmark". It is true that this is the first case brought by a trans person at our Employment and Discrimination Tribunal, but the judgement was hardly landmark. It was so slight that it gives other employers seeking guidance in the same circumstance little to work with. It amounted to three recommendations only: the company update their policies, they will always refer to the trans woman as "Ms" and they will update their signage from saying, "ladies" and "gentlemen" to a symbol of a woman and a symbol of a man."
