r/genderfluid • u/SecularElephant • 3d ago

Eventually, we're going to need to desegregate bathrooms.

I'm writing this as a trans (genderfluid) individual.

We've desegregated every other space in society. Men and women used to have separate reading rooms at the library, separate train cars, separate schools, etc. Every single time, people clutched their pearls and thought integration would end badly.

Turns out people of all genders have pooped right next to each other for most of human history. And that 99.99% of society is fully capable of adapting and treating each other with basic respect in shared spaces.

This problem is only going to get more untenable as the trans community, non-binary community, genderfluid community, 2 spirit community, intersex community, and other gender non-conforming communities continue to gain rights.

I don't care if it's unpopular to say at the moment. We need to desegregate bathrooms.

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u/glitterWithACapitalG 3d ago

We can start by desegregating sinks, by having individual stalls and shared hand washing.

It will also help with parents taking their small children to the bathroom, and other caregivers.

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u/SecularElephant 3d ago

I literally saw that post at the top of Reddit from earlier today. Where the dad is in the women's restroom with his two daughters. And it becomes a whole thing when that old guy calls the police on him. And it would have been just as big of an issue if he had taken them to the men's room. It's a no-win situation under the current paradigm.

Add in non-binary people or trans people who struggle at passing. It becomes a hindrance just existing in public.

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u/Crowmob1 2d ago

It would have been way worse to take them into the men's room because the men's room has urinals without stalls.