VJNet/Foter.comLately the transgender community’s push for more
gender-neutral public restrooms has drawn a fair amount of
attention, support, and criticism. The proliferation of unisex
bathrooms seems like a logical solution to the tricky problem of
figuring out who gets to pee where. Providing restrooms where all
are welcome shouldn’t be compulsory; there are both logistical and
ideological reasons why such a mandate is a bad idea. But what’s
holding us back from opening up more restroom doors? Despite what
you might think, Elizabeth Nolan Brown writes in the July issue of
Reason, public restrooms have not always been gender
segregated.

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