Something to be proud of…
The University of Arizona strives to create and sustain a campus environment that supports and values all members of our community, including visitors. One aspect of creating a comfortable environment is providing safe, accessible, and convenient restroom facilities. Many people may experience difficulty and inconvenience when required to use gender-specific restrooms. Parents with children of a different gender are not able to accompany them into a gender-specific restroom and the same holds true for others with attendants/caregivers of a different gender. Additionally, transgender individuals may be subject to harassment or violence when using male- or female-specific restrooms. Consequently, this statement has been developed to declare the University’s commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive campus environment.
In keeping with the University’s policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of gender identity, the University allows individuals to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity. In addition, to address restroom facility access issues not related to gender identity such as parents and attendants/caregivers as described above, the University is committed to designating and maintaining a gender-neutral restroom in as many of its buildings as reasonably feasible. In some instances a designated gender-neutral restroom may contain multiple stalls. Additionally, the University is committed to include at least one gender-neutral restroom in new buildings constructed on campus to the extent feasible.
Peter Likins Date 6/26/06 President
Uh huh. Perhaps the Wildcat could have considered the possibility of an upstanding woman beating the crap out of a man dressing like a woman just to see them shower. Not that certain naked men don’t spectate the men’s showers already. The next thing you know, the "gender-neutral" restrooms won’t be as big and they’ll insist on same-sized rooms.
There is good news, though, and it has nothing to do with my car insurance. We’re ranked higher than ASU in sexual health, so let’s hope we make it to the playoffs. Our depth chart indicates that we need to improve our condom availability game, since they’re only available at multiple locations on campus for a very cheap price. Care to guess who ranked last overall? It wasn’t ASU.
Update: The survey results.
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