Ministers say move will combat growing concerns about ‘privacy and dignity’ in gender-neutral facilities

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  • @Worx
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    528 months ago

    I’m confused. In what way to universal toilets (toilet and sink in one self-contained room) not allow for the biological needs of women? Why are girls in schools getting UTIs because they’re so scared of peeing in universal toilets? Why don’t these work for trans people and NBs?

    Is this anything other than just conservatives being transphobic and wanting to keep traditional toilets alive? I feel like I must be missing something here

    As an aside...

    My dad’s church has just been refurbished with this style of toilet and he is very against them, but he’s also against trans people so…

    • @[email protected]
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      188 months ago

      I honestly believe there is no real problem out in the real world with this. It’s just the media who is making this shit up to make people fight amongst themselves.

      • @[email protected]
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        88 months ago

        There should be no gendered bathrooms at all and everyone needs to grow the fuck up about performing natural bodily functions in the presence of anyone.

    • @[email protected]
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      58 months ago

      Most toilet facilities in England have a shared washing up area so in most cases it would be prohibitively expensive to convert older ones to having a basin etc in each stall. Newer buildings tend to build in single person toilets which are then universal. I think the fear for some comes from having shared washing areas.

      • @[email protected]
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        78 months ago

        I think the fear for some comes from having shared washing areas

        Fear which is of course based on ridiculous fearmongering from transphobes and completely divorced from reality.

      • @Worx
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        18 months ago

        You’re not necessarily wrong, but also that wasn’t an argument made in the article so I don’t think it’s relevant here

    • Throwaway
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      38 months ago

      You know the whole “bear or man” thing going around? It applies to bathrooms too.