[–] cynder 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
Okay. Let's try this.
I consider myself to be kind of gender neutral. I was born female, never found it quite fitting, but being a male doesn't seem completely right either. So I just stick to the middle. Be whatever I feel like.
That said, bathrooms ARE NOT that big of a deal. I've used men's restrooms while dressed as both male and female. I've used women's restrooms as both, too.
Nobody cares. Might get a weird look, feel a little out of place. Boo-fucking-hoo.
Would I like to have a bathroom that is neither, or both? Sure. That'd be pretty cool. But also pretty inefficient as far as conversion. It is not the job of the rest of the world to conform to such a tiny fraction of people.
If a school is making a new building? Sure, add an extra, slightly smaller bathroom. Like a one-person thing. Make faculty bathrooms gender-neutral student accessible or something in old buildings, if there is a high demand. That's not too much of an issue.
But adding on or merging bathrooms is just unnecessary. It really is. Let normal people be normal, and take care of them, and throw us weirdos a bone now and then, if you can.
[–] goatsarecute 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I think that people who are too mentally damaged to use a public bathroom should be in assisted living and not among the general public.