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Capital Health adds transgender bathroom signs
CBC News | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 8:11 PM AT | Last Updated: Jul 13, 2012 9:20 PM AT
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The health authority said it is using the symbol because it is recognized in the transgender community. (CBC)
The Capital District Health Authority has added transgender signs to its single-use bathrooms.
The signs are up at the Mumford Professional Centre and the Dalhousie Medical Clinic and could soon be seen at the IWK.
Deidre Taylor, a spokesperson for Capital Health, said the decision happened after a community consultation back in April found there was a need to represent transgendered people in its facilities.