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I'm trans so I've never used the school toilets- BBC artical pro gender neutral toilets

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Xoxoxoxoxoxox · 29/04/2022 14:16

This is about a trans child FtoM who has been offered the use of male, female or disabled toilets in their school but they are still unhappy as there is no gender neautral toilets.

The article is written as though the child is being discriminated against when the school have been very supportive!

I can understand why 'Felix' feels worried going into boys toilets but they have been offered alternatives.
The argument for not using the disabled toilets is that it would be 'taking it from people who need it' - but single sex spaces for girls are needed too, and these needs are completely disregarded (as usual).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61167271

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Mandodari · 29/04/2022 14:38

What does Felix want, a separate toilet for Felix and people like Felix or girls to be told your female only toilet is now unisex, too bad if you disagree?
Also why can't Felix use the boys toilets if Felix is trans- wouldn't Felix feel more comfortable around boys?

tabbycatstripy · 29/04/2022 14:37

This child should use an accessible or lockable staff toilet. It’s not that hard to work out.

rogdmum · 29/04/2022 14:33

Felix is a biological female and I wouldn’t be happy with my GD teen daughter using the boys toilets at school for her safety so I think Artichoke you’ve maybe misread the article?

TheGreatATuin · 29/04/2022 14:33

What is telling is that this student has had facilities provided. And we've seen this over and over again.
Students are accommodated but they turn it down, demanding instead that only one type of facility is provided and all other students are forced to share with the opposite sex whether they like it or not.
This has happened in my child's secondary. The school changed all the toilets to unisex based only on what trans students said they wanted.
Now we have all sorts of problems with girls avoiding the toilets during the day and having problems with boys behaviour in the loos.
It's a strange sort of 'inclusivity' that excludes the majority of girls.

SlipperyLizard · 29/04/2022 14:25

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Artichokeleaves · 29/04/2022 14:25

Give Felix an additional space.

Explain to Felix and the writer of the article that female children exist too, their needs are not Felix's, and that sadly they matter every bit as much as Felix does, and tolerance means everyone, not just the special people.

Female children are not props in Felix's life. I sometimes wonder do the idiots writing this stuff realise the depths and starkness of their misogyny.