WHILE SOME STATES IN THE UNITED STATES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND
TO CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING AGAINST LGBT INDIVIDUALS, THERE IS ONE
COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY THAT IS TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF
TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE AND WHICH BATHROOM THAT THEY CAN USE.
THIS HAS BEEN A HOT BUTTON ISSUE IN U.S., BUT ONE UNIVERSITY,
COOPER UNION, HAS DECIDED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE
LABELS OFF OF ALL OF THEIR
BATHROOMS AND MAKE THEM ALL GENDER-NEUTRAL.
ACTING PRESIDENT OF P COOPER UNION INFORMED HIS CAMPUS
VIA EMAIL THAT SOON ALL COLLEGE BATHROOMS WILL BE
GENDER-NEUTRAL.
THESE SIGNS WILL BE REPLACED WITH SIGNS THAT SAY EITHER
"RESTROOMS WITH JOURNALS AND STALLS, RESTROOMS WITH ALMOST
ALL, OR RESTROOM SINGLE
OCCUPANCY."
THAT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.
I REMEMBER WE RECENTLY COVERED A STORY INVOLVING THESE
GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS AND SOMEONE HAD COMMENTED BACK
ABOUT HOW IT MAKES IT CONFUSING WHEN SOME BATHROOMS HAVE
STALLS AND OTHERS DON'T.
I DON'T THINK IT MAKES IT CONFUSING, JUST LABEL
WHETHER OR NOT THE BATHROOMS HAVE STALLS SO PEOPLE WILL
KNOW, AND THEN MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.
PROBLEM SOLVED.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS, THIS
MAY BE TMI, BUT IF IT IS THAT TIME OF THE MONTH, I DON'T FEEL
SUPER STOKED TO DO IT WHEN
HASSAN IS IN THE STALL NEXT TO ME.
I'M GLAD THEY ARE LABELING IT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE
BATHROOM, HERE IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU.
THAT WAY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO MAKE TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
OKAY, SO THERE MIGHT BE MORE TMI AS I ASK YOU QUESTIONS, BUT
WHY YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE?
YOU ARE IN A STALL, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU OR SEE YOU.
I TOTALLY GET THAT AND I THINK IT IS PROBABLY MY OWN
PERSONAL ISSUES.
I JUST, I DON'T LIKE GOING TO THE BATHROOM NEXT TO DUDES.
THINK ABOUT IT, DO YOU EVEN LIKE GOING TO THE BATHROOM
NEXT TO OTHER PEOPLE?
MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS, GIRLS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM
TOGETHER, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF COMMUNITY TIME, THEY DO
MAKE UP AND SHOOT THE SHIT.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY EXPLANATION OF WHY MY
GIRLFRIEND SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN THE BATHROOM.
WAS DISCUSSED THAT, THERE IS NOTHING THAT ANNOYS ME MORE
THAN WOMEN WHO TAKE THEIR TIME IN PUBLIC RESTROOMS.
GET THE FUCK OUT, OKAY?
URINATE AND GET OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND ANYONE ELSE WHEN I'M IN A
PUBLIC BATHROOM.
UNCOMFORTABLE DOING THE DEED IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM, BUT I
DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE, IT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT FOR ME.
I THINK I WOULD COME OUT OF THE STALL AND I WOULD SEE
YOU AND SOME OTHER GUY, AND THEY WOULD KNOW, SHE'S SEEING
RED RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW, PERIODS TALK AND I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE THE ONE
THING I WOULD NOT WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON,
BECAUSE THEY WOULD POINT TO, YOU ARE BEING A BITCH BECAUSE YOU
ARE BLEEDING.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKING
THESE BATHROOMS GENDER-NEUTRAL IS BRINGING UP ALL OF THESE
ISSUES THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED, AND IT IS
MAKING ME REALIZE THAT WE HAVE CONDITIONED PEOPLE TO THINK
CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT CERTAIN PEOPLE.
SO, AS WOMEN, WE FEEL SHAME FOR SOME REASON BECAUSE ñ
BECAUSE WOMEN DON'T POOP ñ
THERE IS A LEVEL OF SHAME.
I'M GLAD WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I'M LEARNING A LOT ABOUT
MYSELF, I THINK THERE IS A ñ
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
A LEVEL OF SHAME ñ
AS WE PROGRESS IN THIS ISSUE, IS THAT WE BECOME MORE
COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE HUMANS, AND WE HAVE
HUMAN BODILY FUNCTIONS AND IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.