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ClarissaDarjeeling t1_jbtb878 wrote

Ok, but it's getting to the point where I might have to read 3 tiers of signage before knowing where to pee. I'm all for keeping things to a simple graphic or 1-2 words...I imagine that's also easier for folks who don't speak English as their first language. (And drunks.)

The last show I went to had the typical restroom icons indicating M/W/handicap accessibility. Then on top of that they had those cheeky signs for "what to do if you think someone is using the wrong restroom...step 1: acknowledge they have a better understanding of their own gender identity than you do, step 2: mind your own business", then on top of THAT the band playing had strong feelings about gender neutral restrooms, so they had more signs explaining that the M/F icons were temporarily irrelevant. So I'm standing there reading all this, doing my little potty dance, in order to understand why a gaggle of giggling teenage girls is flitting from one restroom to the next.

Who knew bodily functions could require so much direction??

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deadowl t1_jby7boa wrote

Does nobody realize that most bathrooms in the state are gender neutral?

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ClarissaDarjeeling t1_jbyuqxz wrote

That's what's so ironic about the whole thing...like, have you ever peed at home, or at someone else's house? Then congrats, you've used a gender neutral restroom. And it didn't require a novella of explanation.

I remember when UVM changed all their signage for unisex, handicap-accessible restrooms to indicate "gender neutral". Correcting a problem that never existed in the first place...

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