Gender-neutral toilets divide gay community in Brazil

[Shana A]

Gender-neutral toilets divide gay community in Brazil
January 21, 2011 |  2:23 pm

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2011/01/gay-toilets-brazil-rio-samba-carnaval.html

Boys, Girls, and Gender-Neutral?

A prominent samba dance school in Brazil has decided to make it so, generating questions over the reaches of rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people -- even in the simple act of using a toilet.

Unidos da Tijuca, one of the top samba schools in Rio de Janeiro, established separate bathrooms for gay and transgender people at new facilities it inaugurated on Jan. 8. Rio, considered one of the most gay-friendly cities in the world, is preparing for the massive Carnival festival happening in early March.