Transgender Toilets
At the University of Manchester, students now have more options.
The female's bathrooms will have toilets while the men's bathroom will have toilets with urinals. The student union decided to change the bathroom signs following a number of complaints from transgender students. Out of 35,000 students, there's no word on how many complained.
University rep Jennie Killip said:
"If you were born female, still presently quite feminine, but defined as a man you should be able to go into the men's toilets.
"Transgender people can face violence and abuse when they go into toilets and we wanted to provide a place where they can feel comfortable.
On the flip side, Jane McConnell, a news editor for the student newspaper, said,
"Many people from different religious and ethnic groups are going to feel uncomfortable using these facilities. At the end of the day, toilets should be for women and for men specifically, not for both."
Another student added:
"This is ridiculous. It is just too much political correctness."
I think it's craziness that I came across this story today. I was just talking to a random girl in the woman's bathroom when I was out Saturday night, cause as you can imagine I love talking to strangers, and I started talking about the long lines at womens' bathrooms. It was hilarious.
Well, it was hilarious because her friends were lookin' at me like 'wtf? Who is this stranger?' while I gave them the stink eye and continued talking... And it was funny because I said that there should be 2 separate bathrooms for females. One for women on their period, the other for women who aren't on their period. I crack myself up!
And, now that I think about it, there should be another set of separate bathrooms for those who want to take a shit, and those who take really smelly shits. Genius.
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