| LC control no. | sh2015001114 |
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| Topical heading | Gender-neutral toilet facilities |
| Variant(s) | All-gender toilet facilities Gender-open toilet facilities Non-gendered toilet facilities Unisex toilet facilities |
| See also | Public toilets Restrooms |
| Found in | Work cat.: Kopas, M. The illogic of separation : examining arguments about gender-neutral public bathrooms, 2012: abstr. ("In the United States, gender separation is the norm for public bathrooms. As one of the few remaining public spaces that are regularly explicitly segregated by gender, bathrooms are often experienced as sites of symbolic and physical exclusion by transgender and gender non-conforming people. For this reason, one focus of transgender activism in the United States and elsewhere has been safe access to public bathrooms - often by advocating for 'gender-neutral' configurations.") Wikipedia, Apr. 28, 2015 (Unisex public toilet. A unisex public toilet, alternatively called a unisex bathroom, unisex lavatory, gender-neutral public toilet, gender-neutral washroom, or often shortened to just unisex toilet or unisex restroom is a public toilet that people of any gender or gender identity may use. Developers may use these restrooms in order to save costs and space for eliminating the need for a separate facility, such as on airliners, trains or buses. According to Dalhousie University, Canada: "A gender-neutral washroom is one where the signage is visibly identified with open, inclusive language, not just male or female. It's evident these facilities are void of gender identity and have accommodations that are especially sensitive to the needs of a greater range of people. Some people are not comfortable using male or female-designated washrooms.") Refuge restrooms website, Apr. 28, 2015: About (gender neutral or safe restroom) Queens University (Kingston, Ont.). Vice-Principals' Operations Committee record of decision (2012-044) approval of the gender neutral washroom policy, 2012, viewed online Apr. 28, 2015: title page (gender neutral washrooms) PDF p. 2 (the university shall ensure the existence of at least one gender neutral washroom (or change room with shower, where appropriate, as in residences and athletic facilities) on every floor (where washrooms exist) of every newly constructed or significantly renovated building on campus. Further, the University shall repurpose all single-user, gender specific washrooms into gender neutral facilities as funding becomes available) Brown, P.L. A quest for a restroom that's neither men's room nor women's room, in New York times, March 4, 2005, viewed online Apr. 28, 2015 (gender-neutral bathrooms in public places; the University of Chicago, where the Queer Action Campaign for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms recently got 10 single-use restrooms on campus designated gender neutral; gender-neutral bathrooms; "de-gendered" restrooms; Major new construction on the University of California, Santa Barbara, campus is also going to include gender-neutral bathrooms; restroom access based on gender identity is an evolving area of the law; board of supervisors of Alameda County adopted a resolution forbidding discrimination in public facilities, including restrooms, based on gender identity) Bellware, K. Gender-neutral bathrooms are quietly becoming the new thing at colleges, in The Huffington post, 07/18/2014, viewed on Apr. 28, 2015 ("A popular student center at Northwestern University is the latest college campus facility to embrace gender-neutral bathrooms. New to campus this fall will be a pair of such restrooms -- sometimes called 'all-gender' restrooms -- at the school's Norris University Center. 'These are two gender-open bathrooms where students of any gender can go in, and use the restroom, and feel safe, regardless of gender expression or gender identity,' Michelle Margulis, president of NU's Rainbow Alliance LGBT student group told CBS Chicago. ... There are more than 150 schools across the U.S. that have gender-neutral bathrooms ... Just this month, Illinois State University re-labeled their 'all family' restrooms to 'all-gender'"; non-gendered bathroom) Judd, A. Vancouver Park Board votes to install gender-neutral washrooms, in Global news website, Apr. 29, 2014, viewed on Apr. 28, 2015 (gender-neutral washrooms in public buildings; Other regions across Canada offer gender-neutral facilities, but Vancouver is the first municipality to amend building codes to accommodate the washrooms in public buildings) Chasmar, J. Mass. moves on "unisex" restrooms for transgender students, in The Washington times, February 21, 2013, viewed online Apr. 28, 2015 ("The Massachusetts Department of Education has issued a new directive for schools in the handling of transgendered students, including allowing them to use whichever restroom they choose. 'Transgender students who are uncomfortable using a sex-segregated restroom should be provided with a safe and adequate alternative, such as a single 'unisex' restroom or the nurse's restroom,' the 11-page directive reads.") University of Massachusetts Amherst. Campus accessibility map : 2013-2014, viewed online Apr. 28, 2015 (Gender Neutral Toilets) University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst campus master plan 2012, 2012, viewed online Apr. 28, 2015: p. 57 (Gender-neutral restrooms) |
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