A mate spotted this on a day out at the seaside: a sign for a unisex toilet.

Brilliant!

About time someone considered the needs of merfolk.

#publictoilets #inclusion #lgbtq #unisex #toiletaccessibility #toiletaccess #merfolk #superhero #alien #uk

#Medievalists #UK #PublicToilets

Via Dr Eleanor Janega: "Barbican Renewal has a consultation which closes tonight which gives more toilets accessible to women and more toilets for everyone as a whole, including building in protections for trans visitors if the EHRC start to police toilets. Could you respond positively?"

https://www.barbican.org.uk/barbican-renewal-consultation-may-2025

Swansea schools set for £2.1m maintenance boost

The council’s cabinet has approved the major programme of works and it means around £2.1m is being directed to more than 17 schools for work to replace or repair roofs, electrical upgrades and other improvements.

Schools set to see improvements include Pontarddulais Comprehensive, Blaen-y-Maes Primary, Gors Primary, Waun Wen Primary, Cwmglas Primary and Grange Primary amongst others.

Another £40,000 has also been earmarked for the council’s toilet strategy on top of £50,000 last year to maintain and upgrade the council’s network of public toilets.

There is also money to maintain Swansea’s war memorials, which the council has pledged to maintain on behalf of veterans.

On top of the council’s commitment, more funding is due from the Welsh Government later in the year to help keep council schools and buildings in good shape.

Rob Stewart, Leader of the Council, said: “We are once again investing significant sums on essential maintenance improvements for our schools and public buildings.

“Our capital maintenance budget spending demonstrates how the council’s priorities match those of the people of Swansea and, at the same time, help make inroads into the backlog of maintenance improvements our schools and public buildings need.”

He added: “The programme takes into account the council’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and cutting energy costs.”

Cabinet Member for Education and Learning, Robert Smith, said: “As a council we recognise just how important education is not just to pupils, parents and staff but also to our city’s future economic well-being.

“The maintenance and repairs programme is in addition to the record £150m investment in new and improved school facilities in Swansea under the Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme.”

(Lead image: Alison Williams)

#BlaenYMaesPrimarySchool #CwmglasPrimarySchool #GorsPrimarySchool #GrangePrimarySchool #PontarddulaisComprehensive #publicToilets #schoolMaintenance #Swansea #SwanseaCouncil #WarMemorial #WaunWenPrimarySchool

When greeted by someone using a walking frame or a stick, I felt like an imposter. They’d look me up and down and conclude in their head that I’m not disabled, that I had stolen this space from them for no reason. My state of impairment was invisible to them. How inconvenient.
https://buff.ly/FG2XKvr

#LGBTQ #Disability #Transgender #PublicToilets

I declare the discovery of a new, clean, nice smelling and not broken petrol station toilet that is only just off my route a victory. That said, we need more #publictoilets and roadside amenities #toilets plus #Googlemaps or other navigation software needs to have a toilet option! Looking for the nearest petrol station, hotel or restaurant doesn't guarantee they have or will allow you access to their toilets.

'Uit onderzoek van de Toiletalliantie, een initiatief van het Maag Darm Lever Fonds, blijkt dat 25 procent van de Nederlanders soms tot regelmatig thuisblijft vanwege een gebrek aan toiletten. '
Tien jaar wordt er gestreden voor een openbaar toilet in Soest.

Toen ik in april 2014 in Praag was, was ik blij verrast, want elke keer als de gedachte op kwam, ik moet zo plassen, waar zou dat kunnen, zag ik een bordje met verwijzing naar een toilet 😃 En die waren schoon, met wc papier, met zeep!

Ik support toiletten mits ze schoon zijn, want aan vieze openbare toiletten hebben we niks, als je moet zitten om je menstruatie te verschonen oa.
De medewerkers die de toilet schoon houden moeten een top salaris krijgen 💰
Graag meteen ook hangertje zodat je je spullen niet op de toiletvloer hoeft te zetten.

► Film tip 📽️ 🍿
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZBbX5A1FA
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/?ref_=ls_t_44

✍️ Petitie voor toilet Soest. Ze zijn pas op de helft van benodigde handtekeningen (ik woon niet in Soest en ik kom niet in Soest, maar tekende wel) https://petities.nl/petitions/plaats-een-openbaar-toilet-in-het-winkelgebied-van-weedestraat?locale=nl #toilet #film #wc #publictoilets #MDL #PDS

Public toilets are more than mere fixtures of hygiene—they’re canvases for a uniquely democratic form of art: cubicle-door poetry. Here is a beauty I found:

"Even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat."

#Poetry #publicToilets

This right here, y'all.

If it's right and good and normal and expected for any public restroom to be stocked with toilet paper, soap, and paper towels (and sometimes condoms),
then it is also right and good and should be normal and expected for every public restroom to be stocked with pads and tampons.

https://mastodon.social/@Paxil/112938520012544443

#PublicBathrooms
#PublicToilets
#SocialNorms
#SocialContract
#toiletiquette

And btw #WashYourHands

For tourists, navigating #PublicRestrooms in different countries can be tricky. One culture shock many American travelers experience when visiting #Europe is having to pay for most #PublicToilets. 🚽💶 Learn more about Europe's pay-to-pee culture here: https://wapo.st/4eHHdEp FLUSH @flush_llc

I’ve just come back from Copenhagen where, with the exception of the hotel, ALL toilets in what you’d call public spaces - shops, cafes, museums, etc - were mixed sex and it was treated as absolutely natural.

Not to mention the fact that I’ve been transitioned for over a quarter of a century and up until recent years I’d never heard anyone make an issue of trans people & toilets.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/02/keir-starmer-labour-trans-single-sex-spaces/

#trans #toilets #denmark #uk #keirstarmer #jkrowling #publictoilets

_The Evening Post_, 2 July 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
The question of a rest room for #women and children in the city was brought before the City Fathers at the meeting of the City Council Finance Committee recently, by a deputation from the Women’s Branch of the Labour Party and of the Housewives’ Union. Mrs. Snow was the speaker. She urged that a rest room should be erected on the vacant site at the Royal Oak. There was no place at present where women who were obliged to come into town could take children to attend to their needs. Quite a modest building was asked for, which would still leave room for a reserve. The Mayor said that it was purely a matter of finance, but that the representations of the women should be taken into consideration.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240702.2.104
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Restrooms #PublicToilets #Toilets #Wellington #NewZealand

@LukeBornheimer

There’s a Portland Loo, installed Feb 2015, at Monterey’s downtown transit center for Monterey-Salinas Transit bus system (that’s at Simoneau Plaza, the triangular plaza at the top of Alvarado Street, which is the city of Monterey’s “main street”). https://bikemonterey.org/where-is-in-the-city-of-monterey.html

As noted in the Tips for Bicycling Monterey County’s “Where to Shower and Change" https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/bicycling-but-we-have-plans-tonight, while there’s no shower in it, there is room to change your clothes in the loo.
Please be a “quick change artist,” so others can have their turn to use the loo promptly!

There’s a Portland Loo in Salinas, the Monterey County seat, installed in 2019 as part of MST’s downtown Salinas transit center renovations https://mst.org/news_items/salinas-transit-center-ribbon-cutting/ https://mst.org/wp-content/media/07_Portland-Loo_PC1.pdf

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #PublicBathrooms #PublicToilets #PortlandLoo #Monterey #Salinas #Transit

Pedestrianspace is doing a survey on public toilets in metro/subway stations. They are looking for contacts in metro systems globally to answer a few questions on provision of #publictoilets in systems. Any tips also much appreciated. Email info@pedestrianspace.org

Basic sanitary provision should be improved and accessible … please.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/16/britain-useless-public-loos-basic-sanitary-provision

Also https://tokyotoilet.jp/en/

#Tokyo #sanitation #publictoilets #architecture

Heather Amato, PhD @HeatherKAmato:
having a clean, safe place to go when you’re traveling, pregnant, unhoused, or have a medical condition like IBS is a #humanright - everyone should have access to #publictoilets but that’s not the case in the US…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/08/public-restrooms-hard-find-comic/

#Labour #MP #warns against #gendercritical #activists wanting #women to show #passports in #publictoilets.

Labour MP #AngelaEagle has #publicallyshamed #antitrans #activists for wanting to #police #publictoilets over the mere #existence of #trans #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/12/angela-eagle-passports-toilets/

In U.S., #publicbathrooms can be hard to find, with only 8 #publictoilets for every 100,000 people. In this comic, we explain why that’s a problem for millions of Americans, and compare with #Iceland #Australia #Canada https://wapo.st/3RcGCB6

Lack of publicly accessible toilets, garbage cans and seating is an issue in LA. It discourages people from spending time in areas with lack of services. It's magnified for houseless individuals.
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And while New York is the most notoriously bathroom-deficient city in America, it’s hardly unrepresentative. A 2021 report found the United States has only eight public toilets per 100,000 people. Iceland has 56. #GottaGo #publictoilets https://www.thenation.com/article/society/urban-planning-public-services-socialism/