Posts Tagged ‘gender neutral restrooms’
The curtain raised on peeing with girls
I was at a Moth StorySLAM in Cambridge last week and I found myself in a gender-neutral restroom, which I have used many, many times. Men and women peeing in the same room. Stalls and urinals. It was a little surprising the first time I entered this restroom and encountered women, but two years later,…
Read MoreThere is no reason to delay the use of signage like this.
I understand that not everyone is ready for universal restrooms. While I may use a restroom at a place like Oberon in Cambridge, MA, which has a large restroom of stalls and urinals used by all genders simultaneously, it’s simply too much for some people. When genitals are privately exposed for the purpose of elimination,…
Read MoreAs long as you’re not as sexually repressed as the Vice President, the gender-neutral restroom is working just fine
During intermission at last night’s Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon in Cambridge, I went to the restroom. The Oberon has converted its formerly gender-specific restrooms to gender-neutral restrooms. When I entered what was once a men’s room, I was greeted with the typical line that can be found during intermission, except that this line contained…
Read MoreI went to the bathroom alongside a bunch of ladies, and something surprising happened.
I competed last night at a Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon in Cambridge, MA. The Oberon has two restrooms. When I started performing there in 2013, these restrooms were identified by placards as “Men” and “Women.” About a year ago, the “Men” and “Women” placards were replaced with placards that read “All Gender.” Since then,…
Read MoreIf you’re using The Bible to support your opposition to same sex marriage and transgender restroom choice, you’re simply obsessed with penises and vaginas.
It’s not often that you can cheer on corporations for all the good they do, but on Monday, under increasing pressure from major corporations like Unilever, Disney, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and the NFL, Gov. Nathan Deal announced he will veto a bill that critics say would have curtailed the rights of Georgia’s LGBT community. House…
Read MoreBoy vs. Girl: Episode 3 – Gender-Neutral Bathrooms, Salutations, and Bathing Suit Bottoms
Episode 3 of Boy Vs. Girl, our podcast about gender and gender stereotypes, dropped today. Listen to Rachel and I discuss the problems with gender neutral bathroom, the need to change female salutations, and the real reasons why women wear form-fitting bathing suit bottoms and men do not. If you’ve missed any of our previous…
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