California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring K-12 schools to provide gender-neutral bathrooms by July 2026.
The new law, Senate Bill 760, was among a series of laws signed by Newsom Saturday to expand protections for the state’s LGBTQ community.
“California is proud to have some of the most robust laws in the nation when it comes to protecting and supporting our LGBTQ+ community,” Newsom said in a statement.
Under the law, “each school district, county office of education, and charter school” would be required to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom on campus on or before July 1, 2026. The bathroom must be available for use during school hours and during school functions when students are present, the law states.
I went to a gender neutral restroom in California a couple months ago. Each toilet was in its own little private room, and there was a common area of sinks for hand washing. My only thought was that all public restrooms should be like that. Even apart from the equal access issue for LGBTQ+ people, why make one gender stand in line when there are unused facilities right next door.
Recently went to Paris, and most toilets were like this. It was fantastic.
My only thought was that all public restrooms should be like that.
Agrreed. Sadly, “arrow doesn’t turn”.
Hey, was that at Sino on Santana Row? I almost told the exact same story.
Just wait until conservatives find out there are already gender neutral bathrooms in their own homes!
Oh the horror!
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imagine thinking this is an own. Home bathrooms are made for one person at a time.
So are most gender neutral bathrooms at businesses. I bet most of the conservatives don’t care if they are, and if asked would still oppose them on principle (even if they don’t actually notice when they use them at businesses)
Disabled, my favorite gender
i never really got the whole separated toilets thing anyway, it’s a toilet, do your thing and skedaddle
we need to redesign toilet stalls to be more private anyways
My biggest reason for wanting separate bathrooms is the propensity for women to squat and spray the seat. I know guys can make a mess too but usually the women’s restroom is dirtier than men’s. Also women’s restroom is more likely to have a line.
But I’m sure building-wise it would be easier to just make one big bathroom so it should probably be that way, long as it’s big enough.
You mean you don’t have signs up in your house for your guests to direct them to entirely different bathrooms?
because females don’t like going to the bathroom around men? Not really hard to understand
I’m not sure why you’re receiving down votes. It’s simple as that.
Yah, this is not the men making this an issue. I couldn’t give a fuck if woman walks into the mens room, I’m here pissing and I’m not going to worry about anyone looking. Gods help you if it went the other way, you’d end up on a list.
Disabled toilets are already gender neutral, I guess they’ll just stick another sign on the door?
only if they’re single-occupant bathrooms. which. for schools… are usually not going to be the case. personally, that should be the solution. just rip out both bathrooms, install single occupant cells. nobody cares what you are. the only sign needed is an ‘occupied’/‘vacant’ on the latch.
(edit: well, you’d still have to have a placard with braille on it so blind people can know what kind of room it is.)
So there will stil be regular male/female toilets? In the end I’m kinda whatever about this as long as it’s not used as an excuse to remove urinals.
Yes, every gender neutral bathroom I’ve seen here at elementary schools and college campuses have single occupancy gender neutral bathroom/s next to the men’s and women’s bathrooms.
I haven’t read the text of the law, but unless it explicitly says otherwise, I suspect it will be up to the schools/districts. If they have the money and room to build separate non-gendered bathrooms, then some of them will do so. But I suspect that most will simply convert existing bathrooms and not have gender specific bathrooms at all.
if all the bathrooms are neutral there’s no need to have " regular bathrooms"
Every gender neutral bathroom I’ve been in has removed the urinals. It’s fucking annoying.
Can we adopt the It’s always sunny sign instead?
“Animal Shit House”
“Animal Shit House”
You are correct, humans are not plants, fungi, bacterias or viruses, but what about colorful ponies? Our toilets are unlikely to fit them.
“animal shit house” does not necessarily imply that multiple types of animal use it
Humans are animals, we use the shit house, therefore it is an animal shit house
it’s heartening that the governor has been working so hard to solve the state’s crippling housing crisis…oh wait…what?
Big port-a-potty in bed with politicians
So glad he’s focusing on the things that really matter.
well we know where your values stand on the subject
Yes, it does matter. A positive and safe environment for students is imperative for them to learn. That includes trans and non-binary students.
Like preventing discrimination because I can’t think of anything more important
I agree, except without the sarcasm.
I know, right?
Where are the imvestigations into the jewish space lasers already??
