Signage changes result in a major increase in gender-neutral washrooms on campus

In a significant and collaborative effort to make Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s more inclusive, safe, and welcoming for transgender and/or gender non-conforming people, all single-user washrooms across campus have now been converted into gender-neutral washrooms 카지노 게임 컬렉션� with symbol-based signage that focuses on the usage of the space rather than the identity of the user. Single-user women카지노 게임 컬렉션�s washrooms and single-user men카지노 게임 컬렉션�s washrooms are now simply washrooms that everyone is welcome to use.

The use-based signage 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the universal standard for inclusive design 카지노 게임 컬렉션� is now affixed to approximately 250 single-user bathrooms across Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Kingston campuses. Three additional universal single-user gender-neutral washrooms are being constructed in Robert Sutherland Hall, Mackintosh Corry Hall, and Coastal Engineering Laboratories on West Campus.

The gender-neutral signage was developed in collaboration with the university카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Built Environment Advisory Group, and followed a recommendation by the Principal카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Action Group on Gender and Sexual Diversity (PAGGAS) to remove gendered signage from single-user washrooms across campus. PAGGAS conducted a comprehensive review of scholarly literature, trade literature, and best practices to identify how gender-inclusive washrooms and changerooms should be instituted at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It can be frustrating to encounter washrooms that are clearly for a single user but are signed in such a way that makes them inaccessible for many transgender and nonbinary people,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Lee Airton, PAGGAS co-chair and Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education in the Faculty of Education. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Being seen to enter a gendered washroom 카지노 게임 컬렉션� even a single-user one 카지노 게임 컬렉션� can make a trans person vulnerable to harassment. Removing gendered signage from single-user washrooms seems like such a simple thing but is a vitally important step to take in order to make Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s spaces safer and more accessible.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The Principal카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Action Group regularly consults with Facilities to ensure inclusiveness in washrooms and changerooms at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, and the new gender-neutral signage on all single-user washrooms is an important part of that ongoing work, Dr. Airton says.

Integrated Communications produced the use-based signage, conducting an environmental scan to determine best practices for icon accessibility and to identify any universally recognizable symbols. The new signage also follows Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s facility accessibility design standards.

The signage includes the icons, with text below, along with braille. Various icons identify the use of the space, whether a washroom, ambulant washroom (with accessible drop bar), shower, accessible shower, urinal, or baby or adult change table.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�These changes are a significant milestone in becoming a truly inclusive and safe campus with a built environment that provides equal access for all users,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Stephanie Simpson, Vice-Principal (Culture, Equity, and Inclusion). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s is committed to this process and moving forward, all new buildings constructed on campus must include single-user gender-neutral washrooms alongside multi-stall gendered washrooms.카지노 게임 컬렉션� This is another recommendation from PAGGAS, of which Stephanie Simpson is a member.

The washrooms icon shows the current location of all single-user accessible and gender-neutral washrooms on campus.

Over time where funding and space permits, gendered, multi-stall washrooms will be converted to single-user gender-neutral washrooms. Currently in the design phases are projects for Kingston Hall and Mackintosh-Corry Hall. A bank of single-user gender-neutral washrooms means that each washroom has its own toilet, sink and mirror, such that every washroom can be used by anyone, regardless of gender.

Roughly half of students living in residence have access to washrooms that are either private or shared gender-neutral single-user facilities, with plans to convert multi-stall facilities to single-user gender-neutral facilities over time. Individual student needs are also identified and addressed through the accommodation process embedded within the residence application. This means students can submit requests based on gender identity and/or gender expression through their residence application. In food service locations in residence buildings, single-user gender-neutral washrooms are currently available.

Note: This story originally appeared in the Queen's Gazette.