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...next time that you go into a public bathroom, think about the difficulties that many Harvard students, faculty and staff face while doing something so basic. Show that you disapprove of Harvard’s gender-segregated single-stall bathrooms by only using gender-non-specific bathrooms for just one week. All students, faculty and staff have a right to use bathrooms without the threat of harassment, discrimination or embarrassment...
There are many areas of campus that do not offer people the option of using gender-non-specific or single-stall bathrooms. Most classroom buildings have not a single gender-non-specific bathroom, forcing many of Harvard’s transgender and gender-variant students either to enter a bathroom that does not correspond with their gender identity or expression, risk violence or arrest or avoid using bathrooms during the day. For instance, if someone is not immediately perceived as female in a women’s bathroom, people may scream “there?...
Some people claim that this issue only affects a small subset of people at Harvard. However, bathroom accessibility is a major issue for those of us whom it does affect here. Opponents of gender-non-specific single-stall bathrooms have argued that desegregating these bathrooms by gender would decrease cleanliness. This is not a reason to keep single-stall bathrooms as gender marked: everyone should strive to make Harvard’s bathrooms a little cleaner, regardless of gender. Opponents also argue that a change in accessibility would increase the risk of women being harassed by men in the bathroom...
...Ensuring bathroom accessibility for all of Harvard’s community members must also be a consideration when planning building projects for campus expansion, including the many new buildings on the Allston campus. Harvard is currently taking student input in its building projects, and even speaking with environmental activists to properly address environmental concerns. Students, faculty and staff should e-mail Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and University President Lawrence H. Summers to tell them that we think that it is important for all people to have fair access to bathroom facilities...
...BGLTSA discovered that Winthrop House, Mather House, Eliot House, the De Wolfe St. apartments, the Science Center, Widener Library and University Hall all have single occupancy bathrooms labeled for men or women. After the results of the BGLTSA bathroom study were released last week, Currier House immediately changed the markings on four gender-specific single-occupancy bathrooms. Currier House also put up gender-non-specific signs on two other bathrooms that did not have bathroom signs on the doors. The changes in Currier House show that the bathroom accessibility demands of the BGLTSA can be quickly implemented. The administration...