Restrooms
Maine court decision on school restroom is a win for transgender rights
Maine Supreme Court’s decision guaranteeing a transgender student the right to use the school bathroom of the gender she identifies with has elicited a positive response from the LGBT community and supporters. In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Court also stated that it was unlawful for school administrators to force the student to use the staff bathroom. […]
Rethinking the modern restroom: How design can alleviate discrimination
Despite the social issues surrounding those two simple doors, gender-specific bathrooms are actually a design and architecture issue at heart, according to a recent FastCompany article. “With the occasional exception of how many urinals it features,” reports the site, “a bathroom is a bathroom, whether the little figure on the door wears a dress or […]
Tap into your phone to find the nearest restroom
When nature calls, there is no stalling, and Stefan George understands it better than anyone else. His phone-friendly website WeeWeeFree.com tells you where you can find the nearest available restroom without being dismissed by annoying business owners. George’s inspired wee venture is a tad different from other bathroom locators. Unlike other sites, WeeWeeFree does not rely […]
WC History: What’s wrong with the modern bathroom?
Modern bathroom design isn’t just inefficient, it can even be unhealthy. As the Guardian reports, “It is hard to find something that we actually got right in the modern bathroom.” From the size of the room — far too small — to the poor ventilation and water waste, the modern-day bathroom, argues writer Lloyd Alter, is in […]
Florida legislation would criminalize trans people’s public bathroom use
If passed, a new bill in Florida (HB 583) would prohibit trans people from using public bathrooms assigned to genders that don’t match the sex they were born with — and the consequences are steep. As Slate reports, “any trans person who enters a ‘single-sex public facility’ that doesn’t match their ‘biological sex’ is guilty of […]
Chicago company limits bathroom breaks to six minutes
A Chicago company has demanded its employees limit daily bathroom breaks to an average of six minutes per day, or face discipline, according to a worker’s union, reports CNN. The union, Teamsters Local 743, issued a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that the company — WaterSaver Faucet Co. — unreasonably punished 19 workers last […]
Is one of these ‘America’s Best Restroom’?
There are those bathrooms that you enter and find unexpectedly pleasant, and then there are those that are so unbelievable that you insist that everyone you’re with make a trip to the restroom whether or not they have to go. The finalists for Cintas’ America’s Best Restroom Contest were just announced and, unsurprisingly, they tend to […]
Restroom renovation underway to make room for growing number of female senators
The women’s restroom at the Senate is all set for a face lift due to a new record number of female senators. The number of women has increased to 20, which is a fifth of the 113th Senate and the highest so far. The Senate’s infrastructural expansion is a physical acknowledgement of the need to […]
Check out MyDoorSign’s new All-Gender signs
We’ve written extensively on the growing acceptance of all-gender bathrooms, and as awareness has grown, so has the importance of all-gender restroom signs. You may have noticed that we redesigned our all-gender signs thanks,GLAAD. We replaced the cisgender-based icon, which social justice activist Sam Killermann criticized, with the simpler imagery he proposed: a toilet. Our […]
Antibacterial soaps strengthen the bacteria you’re trying to kill
Antibacterial soaps are everywhere. Loaded with floral fragrances and topped with foam-producing pumps, these colorful liquid soaps promise instant hygiene. The obsession with a germ-free lifestyle is such, that antibacterial products have raided our entire home — from the kitchen to the bathroom to the bedroom. And while most of us think that’s a good thing, […]