How You Can Make Bathrooms Safer for Trans and Nonbinary People

[Jessica_Rose]

How You Can Make Bathrooms Safer for Trans and Nonbinary People

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Story by Kate Sosin (2 March 2024)

For many trans and nonbinary people, bathrooms can be complicated places to navigate — a fact highlighted by the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict in Oklahoma.

But data shows that even in states with trans-friendly policies, transgender and nonbinary people report high rates of harassment in public bathrooms.

Allies can help tremendously by locating and pointing out gender-neutral bathrooms to friends or family who might need them. This is especially important for people planning events or parties. Make sure your space has safe bathrooms.

Carrie Soto, a South Dakota parent of a transgender child, said she lives by the mantra "see something, say something."

That means speaking up when there is bullying and harassment and volunteering to accompany a trans/nonbinary friend or family member when they have to head into a public bathroom.

"Validate a trans person's fears and anxiety about the situation," Soto said. " If [my daughter] uses a gendered restroom and feels anxious, I go with."

"If you see someone who you clock as trans or nonbinary, just smile or pay them a non-provocative compliment. ... Wish them good day or good evening, and move on," Green said. "Of course that only goes for the women's room! In the men's room, talking is extremely rare."

[Sarah B]

Hi Everyone

How Can You Make Bathrooms Safer for Trans and Nonbinary People:

Make them all Unisex toilets.

Best Wishes and Hugs
Sarah B
PS I swapped two words around in the original title You Can to Can You.

[traciknight]

Another idea is to take a clue from cis-women, if possible take a friend to the powder room with you. Remember, there's safety in numbers.

[SoupSarah]

You can go further than making all restrooms gender neutral.. they can be family bathrooms.
And then  you can get rid of gender markers on drving licences, passports, SSN and anything else that has gender identification registered. Unless it is of strict importance (Which I cannot see any reason why it would need to be recorded) should gender be assigned to you.. heck, even birth certificates should say 'a human was born on this day'.. their name and parents.. that is it.. why do we need any gender designation on any legal documentation?