Guerilla Gender Neutrality
he EV Building gets DIY Gender- Neutral Bathrooms
Laura Beeston — October 12, 2010
http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/463Before Thanksgiving weekend, 12 single-person bathrooms on each floor of the EV building were quietly "gender neutralized" by a guerilla sign maker.
Covering the traditionally sex-separated bathroom signs with a more androgynous model, the neutralizer—who spoke with The Link on conditions of anonymity—said the move was to draw attention to Concordia's failed implementation to provide bathrooms and other safe space for queer and transgendered students on campus.
The person involved said that they "just don't see why it hasn't been done in every building," explaining that the gesture was as simple as changing a mark on the door, but students shouldn't have to go out of pocket to pay for signage of the space.
"I find it shocking to be in a school that has one of the most renowned gender studies and women's studies institutions in Canada, yet none of that knowledge has spread throughout the university."
