born-in-chains-of-revolution:

born-in-chains-of-revolution:

You know what annoys me?  Male bathrooms not having the sanitary bins.  Is it really that hard to put them in both?  I mean gender neutral bathrooms would be even better, but the bins are easy.
I’m not willing to out myself just because I’m on my fucking period.
And I hate using disabled bathrooms unless I have to because that’s just taking away from people with disabilities who genuinely need them for the facility.
Trans people aren’t disabled.  It’s not that hard

Okay so.  In follow up to this, I’ve just been elected as a trans convenor for my university.  This is the first thing I’m going to change.

I’ve done some more thinking too, because having sanitary bins in male bathrooms will also probably help with destigmatisation? It will help normalise the fact that non-female people have periods, and hopefully normalise it. I’m considering putting a sign on them too with a brief explanation as to why they’re there.  Again, hopefully helping to educate people.

that’s all great I think you should do it but also you have misundertood some of the point of accessible bathrooms, trans people are not disabled (well not by virtue of being trans) but there are other accessibilty concerns…

namely safety and hygeine. Safety is the one at play when parents with young children use accessible bathrooms when they dnt have room to take (say more than two or something) children into the stall but those kids also cannot be left alone. Hygeine is the reason when people who use incontinance pads and need to dispose of them (this is probably the most direct comparison) or clean up because its also the only bathroom with a private sink (with also benefits people who self inject insulin, for example – and for that matter people who are on their period usualy use the womens so have no issue with disposal but need to clean up more privately because of leaks or whatever) 

and thats all fine because its part of the reason such bathrooms exist, safety and hygiene are legitmate accessibilty concerns and you can use an accessible bathroom because of them.

on the flip side if you are putting in a single stall gender neutral bathroom that also meets requirements to be made accessible in other ways (for example disability, or family) there is no real reason to no do that