Gender Neutral Stereotypes

This data shows that a majority of students on campus are willing to implement gender neutral bathrooms, while a minority is not. It is obvious that gender neutral bathrooms should be included in our campus to make sure all students are comfortable going to the bathroom. However, it was surprising that some students did not support gender neutral bathrooms. We believe that, due to the other questions asked in the survey, the students who answered that they did not support gender neutral bathrooms believed that the question was asking should all bathrooms be made gender neutral on campus, or should pre-existing unisex multi-stall bathrooms be replaced by gender neutral bathrooms. However, this is not the case. Due to knowledge gained later in

There are at least 54 universities and colleges which have, in the past 10 years, instated the gender-neutral housing and option for the students (National Student, 2012). These options have been implemented in various different ways in the colleges and universities. There are universities such as the Brandeis University that only provides the upper-class students with the option of gender-neutral housing whereas, in the Hampshire College, students from any year can have any roommate that they want even if they are from the opposite sex. Rutgers University also allows the upper-class students with the option of living in gender-neutral housing; this option was implemented in the university after a student committed suicide as he was being victimized by a homophobic. In case of Harvard University only the self-identified transgender students are allowed to live in the gender-neutral houses.

The issue of gender neutral bathrooms is one that has been very hot in the media in the last couple of years. Should transgenders and gender non conformers be allowed to use their restroom of choice? Are gender separated bathrooms really necessary? Think about it, there already exists to some degree gender neutral bathrooms. When you go to any public location that has only one restroom or has multiple restrooms that have the family sign on them. That means that anyone who needs to use the restroom, man, woman, or neither, can feel free to use the bathroom without fear of judgement for his/her actions. Why is that people can be perfectly comfortable with these types of restrooms but be completely against having transgenders/nonconformers use the restroom they feel the most comfortable using? The bottom line is this: everyone has the need to use a restroom. It is a basic need that all human beings have, and they should feel safe and comfortable doing so. Gender nonconforming restrooms should be made more available because it creates less time in line for the restroom, makes restrooms more family friendly, and people who do not feel comfortable choosing men or women’s restroom can have a space where they feel comfortable and safe. Through this essay you should acquire an understanding for why gender neutral restrooms are not just better for trans and gender nonconformers, but for all people in general, as well as why people

“The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Asexual/Aromantic and Ally/Advocate (LGBTQA+) Resource Center advances the mission of UNL by working collaboratively to provide education, resources, outreach and advocacy to help build and sustain a socially just campus community that is welcoming and inclusive of all people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expression.

According to Campus Pride, there are at least 102 colleges and universities in the United States that are not safe for LGBTQ students. Campus Pride is a non-profit organization created to help support the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer community that are students in colleges and universities. Their prime goal is allowing colleges and universities to have safe spaces and treat LGBTQ students as equals. They work to protect their human rights and as well teach them leadership skills. They value social justice and as well as empowerment towards all students. They also offer scholarships for the LGBTQ students in help for supporting the community. Their website also indicates safe and LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.

In Michael Sadowski’s article, More Than a Safe Space, he briefly discusses three separate schools in different areas of the eastern portion of the United States and the ways that they have created “safe space” for LGBTQ students. At Amherst Regional High School located in Massachusetts, there is a specific elective course dedicated to LGBTQ literature. This course also specifically touches on issues affecting transgender people and LGBTQ people of color, which is an extremely important way to be inclusive of minority groups within the LGBTQ community. Decatur High School in Georgia runs a group LGBTQ counseling session with a teacher leading who is openly gay. This has further ensured that students at the school know that they have somewhere

Sexual orientation and gender identity are two things that members of the LGBTQ community often fear opening up about. They fear that they will be rejected or harmed because of who they are, and it is important that we make all aspects of our society a safe place for every human being, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. As School-based risk and protective factors for gender diverse and sexual minority children and youth: Improving school climate explained, “64% of students feel unsafe at school because of sexual orientation prejudice, and 44% feel unsafe at school because of gender expression” (American Psychological Association). Therefore, schools in America should be making a conscious effort to make their buildings a safe, comfortable place for members of the LGBTQ community. Schools can do several things to promote the

There are often times when people of certain groups may feel persecuted, harassed and alone with no place to go and no light at the end of their tunnel. This is what at its core safe places are. A safe place is a term that has been evolving ever since its conception. Originally safe spaces referred to just that, a room that was safe for minority students who were often LGBT to discuss their problems without being ridiculed or harassed (Furedi, 2017). These would be a kind of “emotional” safe place that would be a sanctuary from outside harassment and often provided a sense of community that the minorities may have had trouble finding otherwise. These types of safe spaces put a deep emphasis on mutual respect and discretion. (Ho,

On November 5, 2015 we received Safe Space Training from the LGBTQ resource center on campus. In many cases, people like myself have been ill informed about the LGBTQ population and the toll many of them take due to this. I found this activity to be very insightful and it helped me better understand the LGBTQ population on campus. I will use the information I learned during this training in both my personal and professional life in the future.

Many people have an issue with transgender people using the washrooms associated with their gender identity. Arguments against this include “the need to protect our little girls from sexual predators using the protection of being transgender to gain access to female spaces”. There is no evidence to back this argument, as there are many schools that have allowed students

In conclusion, I believe all schools should have gender neutral washrooms because not all transgender students are comfortable with going into their preferred washrooms, some people could be questioning their gender, and also not everyone identifies as male or

Some other girl on my program got sent to the hospital because she went seven days without releasing the contents of her colon” (Sanchez). A single-occupancy stall should be in correspondence to every gender-exclusive restroom in order to grant protection towards everyone and ensure privacy. Some people argue that gender-neutral bathrooms are safer because they permit men to accompany women while they use the restroom as if every woman has a man to accompany her at all times. These people have yet to experience the fear of relieving body waste in front of others. When Oprah Winfrey served on a Chicago jury, she couldn’t go to the bathroom attached to the jury room because it was in public unless her fellow jurors sang to drown out the noise. One of the songs they sang was Kumbaya (Beck). A subsequential sound accompanied when urinating is not uncommon and a single-stalled restroom would eliminate the need for discomfort while allowing those with paruresis or those who feel threatened being alone in private places to be at peace when using the facilities. UC Berkeley provides students and faculty with a list of single-stall bathrooms for those who are at risk for discriminatory violence or prefer to use a more

B. The unisex bathroom is discomfort for some people for example, the presence of men in the bathroom is uncomfortable for women with histories of sexual assault or rape, and men also will not feel comfortable using the urinals with women in the room or having to urinate sitting down in the absence of urinals. Gender neutral bathrooms are a benefit to many people but especially to people who are transgender, gender non-binary, and gender non-conforming.

As it was argued for when women had no public accommodations, to gain access to and utilize public restrooms allows its users the ability to access the public sphere and its varied social structures in meaningful ways (e.g. – as consumer, citizen, protestor, etc.). Additionally, this project advocates for the right for transgender individuals the right to not only have and access all-gender/gender-neutral bathrooms but to freely gain entrée to and use those gender-specific restrooms that align with their identities. This becomes a critical component in self-determination since occupants not only gender specific places through use but places reciprocally gender its occupants. It is commonly understood that within gender-specific locales, specific genders would not only be allowed but expected. This widely-accepted capacity offers a stabilizing component not only to cisgender users but those undergoing gender transition as well. (It should not be assumed that by taking this particular position that this project advocates for only two genders or for a inflexible standard of visible gender markers, but rather that the choice of either all-gender or gender-specific restrooms reflects the complexity of the conversation surrounding gender identity in the

Rooms must provide separation of sexes. Separate toilets must be designed for patients and personnel, male and female. (Dr. Tarawneh 2014)