Why putting free period products in men's bathrooms is good for everyone
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January 14, 2025
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Molestation Accusations Rock Fla. Ordinance Hearing
Two men who said they were sexually assaulted by gay men are opponents of a proposed bill to protect LGBT citizens in this Florida city.
January 13, 2016
New York Port Authority to Stop Undercover Public Bathroom Stings
The announcement comes as the result of a federal lawsuit that alleged officers unfairly targeted and arrested innocent queer men.
June 2, 2022
Charlotte Clarifies Transgender Policy for Public Bathrooms
With just a few emails, a local trans activist in this North Carolina city was able to get clarity -- and equality -- from major sports venues.
July 23, 2015
#WeNeedToPee Victory in Florida
It's the final flush for Florida's proposed bill to restrict public bathrooms by "biological sex."
April 28, 2015
Wis. GOP Targets Trans Students
A proposed law in Wisconsin would prevent transgender students from using public bathrooms designated for the gender with which they identify.
October 8, 2015
Watch: 'Creepy' conservative influencer mocked for filming in all-gender restroom at Kansas City airport
A far-right media personality with Turning Point USA revealed that the only danger in a public bathroom is a right-wing extremist with a camera.
April 5, 2024
GOP Legislator Guilty of Soliciting Bathroom Sex
After a short deliberation Friday, Florida state representative Bob Allen was found guilty of soliciting oral sex in a public bathroom.
November 13, 2007
Woman Dragged From Bathroom for Looking 'Like A Man' Sues
Cortney Bogorad says an innocent trip to the bathroom ended with public humiliation and injuries from being physically thrown onto the street by a security guard.
June 17, 2015
Fla. Takes First Step To Criminalize Trans People's Bathroom Use
If passed, the law would see trans and gender-nonconforming people fined up to $1,000 and jailed up to a year for using the 'wrong bathroom' in public.
March 6, 2015
Op-ed: Bathrooms Are Next LGBT Rights Battleground
With marriage equality resolution approaching, let's turn our eyes to how public attitudes fueling antitrans 'bathroom bills' have serious implications for all LGBT people.
March 18, 2015
Sam Bee Eviscerates 'Potty Prefect' Pat McCrory
The feminist funny lady launched a Full Frontal assault on North Carolina's new law that bars trans people from using the public bathrooms that match their gender identity.
May 12, 2016
How you can make bathrooms safer for trans and nonbinary people
Data shows that even in states with trans-friendly policies, transgender and nonbinary people report high rates of harassment in public bathrooms. Advocates say everyday people can have a big impact in interrupting discrimination in gendered restrooms.
March 4, 2024
ACLU Sides With Larry Craig on the Privacy of Public Sex
In an effort to help Sen. Larry Craig, the American Civil Liberties Union is arguing that people who have sex in public bathrooms have an expectation of privacy. Craig, a U.S. senator from Idaho, is asking the Minnesota court of appeals to let him withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct stemming from a bathroom sex sting at the Minneapolis airport. The ACLU filed a brief Tuesday supporting Craig. It cited a Minnesota supreme court ruling 38 years ago that found that people who have sex in closed stalls in public restrooms ''have a reasonable expectation of privacy.''
January 17, 2008
Public Sex Confidential
Overnight, senator Larry Craig became the poster boy for public sex. But as Benoit Denizet-Lewis reminds us, the phenomenon is anything but new -- and it's not just a closeted republican thing. So what is it that still drives some in the gay community out of the bedroom and into the bathroom?
December 14, 2007
Ohio Man Has Epic Meltdown at Petco Over Gender-Neutral Bathroom
His poor dog appeared confused and scared as the man ranted.
July 28, 2023
Utah auditor slams legislature for making him 'bathroom monitor' after 'snitch form' flooded with memes
After receiving thousands of meme submissions to a form used to report transgender people in bathrooms, Utah's auditor shared scathing words for the legislature tasking him with the role.
May 8, 2024
Most Americans support transgender health care and sports bans — yet they oppose discrimination
Most Americans support banning gender-affirming care for youth and preventing trans athletes from participating on teams that align with their identity — yet they also support anti-discrimination laws protecting trans people.
February 26, 2025
Can I Just Use the Girls' Bathroom?
This week marks 40 years since I first asked an elementary school official if I could use the girls’ bathroom, beginning my struggle to live as my true self.
February 18, 2016
Conservatives Are Losing Their Minds Over the DNC's Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
One writer even referred to them as "rape rooms."
July 27, 2016
Could courthouses provide the blueprint for safe transgender bathrooms?
As states move to exclude trans people from using certain public spaces, courtroom accessibility is key to ensuring that jury pools reflect the makeup of the country, experts say.
August 27, 2024