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At UVM, no-gender facilities are added
AP ^ | August 26, 2007 | Lisa Rathke

Posted on 08/26/2007 10:22:46 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The University of Vermont's big new student center doesn't just have women's bathrooms and men's bathrooms.

It also has gender-neutral bathrooms, a feature added to accommodate transgendered people, as well as those with some disabilities. The four single bathrooms in the new Dudley H. Davis Center -- each with a toilet, sink, shower, and lockable door -- cost about $2,500 a piece to build. Their wall signs identify each as "gender neutral restroom."

"It's about inclusivity and accessibility and the importance of meeting all people's needs, not just a few," said Annie Stevens, assistant vice president for student and campus life.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: bathrooms; gender; genderneutral; leftismoncampus; uvm
What would the "Green Mountain Boys" think?
1 posted on 08/26/2007 10:22:49 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Four bathrooms, four threads.


2 posted on 08/26/2007 10:23:40 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Monuments to the insane world we now live in.


3 posted on 08/26/2007 10:49:52 AM PDT by VR-21
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To: VR-21

Yesterday, I was at the local airport. I went into the mens’ room and at the point of washing my hands when in walks a woman. I said “This is the mens’ room.” Well, I am not sure in what language she responded, but I think she told me to “go to hell” considering the tone. And yes, a womens’ room was no more than two feet away and working because others went into it.


4 posted on 08/26/2007 10:55:40 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
"It's about inclusivity and accessibility and the importance of meeting all people's needs, not just a few,"

Have to love that Newspeak. It appears, Ms Stevens, you are meeting only a few people's needs.

5 posted on 08/26/2007 11:11:45 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
How about just changing the labels: XX and XY!?
6 posted on 08/26/2007 11:18:36 AM PDT by cartan
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

“...not just a few”

how many transgenders does UVM have ?


7 posted on 08/26/2007 12:44:49 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: cartan

“How about just changing the labels: XX and XY!?”

Stop. Just stop. We wouldn’t want a matter like *genetic truth* getting in the way of our gender identity.

Sheesh... some people...!


8 posted on 08/26/2007 12:48:37 PM PDT by bolobaby
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

They haven’t thought this through, they need at least one more category....... where is the special bathroom facility for....

“METROSEXUAL DOUCHEBAGS”

After all, Howard Dean and John Edwards and Jon Cary need someplace to go, too, when they are visiting UVM.


9 posted on 08/26/2007 12:49:00 PM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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