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I.Welcome Education to the Toilet and TrainingDiscussion Companion Guide for Activists and Educators. We hope this will provide some useful information to help you use this video as an organizing or educational toolTalking in your Points community. about Gender-Segregated We have screened Toilet Facilities Training across the country, and tried to useTalking the questions Points about asked Accessibleby viewers to Bathrooms determine what kinds of information might be helpful supplements to the video. Discussion Questions for the Classroom Inside this toolkitActivity you Ideaswill find: for the Classroom or Workshop Discussion Questions for the Classroom Talking Points about Sex-Segregated Facilities II. DataGender and Neutral Information Bathroom Survey SampleGender Letters Neutral for Bathroom Bathroom Activism Survey Resources for Education and Organizing and more…Map of Jurisdictions with Transgender-Inclusive Non-Discrimination Laws Interview (excerpts) from Maximum Rock and Roll We hope that that this video will be a useful conversation starter and training tool for activists and educators doing work related to transgender communities and trans III.liberation. Doing We your sought own to representwork a diverse set of trans identities and examine the intersections Sample of transphobia, letters sexism,for non-gendered racism, economic bathroom injustice, organizing ageism and ablism to demonstrate the ways that different people who transgress gender norms are policed by a transphobic culture.Resources for Transgender Activism

This video, we hope, will start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but also about the impact of all sex-segregated facilities (shelters, jails and prisons, group homes, drug treatment facilities, etc.) on people who do not fit within gender norms. This is one of the most controversial and important fronts in the struggle to end gender identity discrimination, and we strongly believe that community education is key to dispelling cultural myths and fears and establishing understanding about the struggles faced by those who do not fit easily into existing norms of binary gender.

We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how you used the video and what your experience with it was.

In Solidarity,

Dean Spade

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Talking Points about Gender-Segregated Facilities Dear Friend, These talking points were drafted by Dean Spade, a member of the committeethat drafted the Compliance Guide- linesWelcome for New to York the City’s Toilet gender Training identity Companion anti-discrimination Guide for law. Activists These mayand be Educators. of use for clarifying We hope issues in com- munitiesthis will working provide toward some transgender useful information equality. to help you use this video as an organizing or educational tool in your community. We have screened Toilet Training across the country, Newand Yorktried City’s to use Human the questions Rights Law asked now explicitly by viewers protects to determine all New Yorkers what from kinds discrimination of information on the basis of might be helpful supplements to the video. gender identity or expression. This means that, no matter who you are, you should be treated equally and with respect for how you understand your own gender. If you are transgender, transsexual, a feminine man or a mas- Inside this toolkit you will find: culine woman, or if for any reason you are being denied access to services or accommodations you need on the Discussion Questions for the Classroom basis of your gender identity or expression, you are now protected by the law. Talking Points about Sex-Segregated Facilities Gender Neutral Bathroom Survey One sourceSample of curiosity Letters around for Bathroom this law is what Activism happens with gender-segregated facilities like bathrooms, home- less shelters,Resources and locker for rooms? Education The andnew law Organizing means that everyone’s gender identity should be respected, and we should alland be treated more… on an equal basis with other people who share our gender identity. No one can be forced to use a facility that does not match their gender identity. If you identify as a woman, you should be allowed access toWe women’s hope thatfacilities. that thisIf you video identify will as be a man,a useful you shouldconversation similarly starter be able and to access training men’s tool facilities. for activists and educators doing work related to transgender communities and trans FREQUENTLYliberation. We sought ASKED to QUESTIONS: represent a diverse set of trans identities and examine the intersections of transphobia, sexism, racism, economic injustice, ageism and ablism to 1.demonstrate Does this lawthe waysmean that that different we have people to let who men transgress into women’s gender locker norms rooms are policedor bathrooms? by a transphobic culture. No. This law does not require that people who identify as men be let into women’s facilities, or that womenThis video, be allowed we hope, into will men’s start facilities. conversations Instead, not it requires only about that transwe respect bathroom that some access, people’s but gender identityalso about does the not impact perfectly of allmatch sex-segregated societal expectations. facilities (shelters, Some men jails are andmore prisons, feminine group then others, homes, drug treatment facilities, etc.) on people who do not fit within gender norms. This some women are more masculine than others, and some people live in a gender different from what was is one of the most controversial and important fronts in the struggle to end gender identity assigneddiscrimination, to them andat birth. we strongly This law believe only requires that community that all people education who identify is key toas dispellingwomen be treated as women,cultural and myths all people and fears who and identify establishing as men beunderstanding treated as men. about the struggles faced by those who do not fit easily into existing norms of binary gender. 2. Will this law endanger women in spaces like locker rooms and bathrooms because it will allowWe hope men this in whoinformation may want is helpful, to sexually and we assault look forward women? to hearing from you about how you used the video and what your experience with it was. No. This law does not invite sexual assault on women in locker rooms and bathrooms. People who In Solidarity, enter restrooms or locker rooms with the intent to commit sexual assault are still subject to criminal penalty.Dean Spade However, the people who have often experienced the discrimination and harassment in gender segregated facilities that this law seeks to address, such as women of transgender experience trying to use women’s facilities, masculine women trying to use women’s facilities, men of transgender experience trying to use men’s facilities, and feminine men trying to use men’s facilities, are now explicitly protected from discrimination and exclusion. Any notion that these people are sexual predators is based in igno- rance and misunderstanding that this new law seeks to remedy. This law does not change the fact that any person who seeks to enter a bathroom or locker room in order to sexually assault another person is punishable under the criminal laws of NY. 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COMPANION GUIDE FOR ACTIVISTS AND EDUCATORS to have safe access to facilities that concord with their gender identities will increase the incidence of sexualDear Friend,assault, however it is clear that the new law will protect them from the harassment and violence they frequently face when trying to access such facilities. 3.Welcome Does this to the law Toilet require Training that new Companion bathrooms Guide be constructedfor Activists andfor transgenderEducators. We people? hope this will provide some useful information to help you use this video as an organizing or No.educational This law tool does in notyour require community. any construction. We have screened It simply Toiletclarifies Training that all acrosspeople theshould country, be able to and tried to use the questions asked by viewers to determine what kinds of information accessmight the be bathroomhelpful supplements that is appropriate to the video.for them based on their gender identity, and should not be forced to use a bathroom that is designated for individuals of another gender identity. The Compliance GuidelinesInside this do toolkit recommend you will that, find: because gender segregated bathrooms are often the site of harassment and discriminationDiscussion for Questions people whose for the gender Classroom expression transgresses societal norms, any single-stall bathroomsTalking be converted Points aboutinto gender-neutral Sex-Segregated bathrooms. Facilities This recommendation comes from our un- derstandingGender that manyNeutral people Bathroom find gender Survey segregated bathrooms inaccessible, including people with disabilitiesSample who require Letters attendance for Bathroom in the Activism bathroom and whose attendant is a different gender than they are, parentsResources with children for Education whose gender and Organizing is different from their own but who wish to accompany their and more… child to the bathroom, and people whose gender expression transgresses societal norms. The Commis- sionWe hopeon Human that that Rights this set video out thiswill recommendationbe a useful conversation with the startersafety and and convenience training tool of for these people in mind,activists recognizing and educators that all doing people work should related be able to transgenderto safely access communities bathroom facilities. and trans liberation. We sought to represent a diverse set of trans identities and examine the 4.intersections What about of transgendertransphobia, peoplesexism, who racism, have economic not had injustice,surgery? ageism What facilitiesand ablism will to they use? demonstrate the ways that different people who transgress gender norms are policed by a Thetransphobic new law culture.requires that people be allowed to use facilities that accord with their gender identity, not with any particular body part. Just as non-transgender men and women are not asked to prove what This video, we hope, will start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but bodyalso aboutparts they the impacthave before of all entering sex-segregated gender-segregated facilities (shelters, facilities, transgenderjails and prisons, people group also should not be.homes, All people, drug treatment regardless facilities,of surgical etc.) status, on arepeople entitled who to do use not facilities fit within which gender comport norms. with This their genderis one identities of the regardlessmost controversial of whether and their important bodies match fronts traditional in the struggle expectations. to end gender Challenging identity someone’s genderdiscrimination, identity and/or and we asking strongly invasive believe personal that community questions about education their body is key parts to dispelling is a form of harassment.cultural myths and fears and establishing understanding about the struggles faced by those who do not fit easily into existing norms of binary gender. 5. What about facilities where people see each other without clothing? We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how you used the video and what your experience with it was. The Commission recognizes that there are still some facilities without privacy, such as totally open showers.In Solidarity, The Commission recommends that in circumstances where nudity is unavoidable, basic steps such as the installation of curtains be taken in order to create the minimal amount of privacy needed to maintainDean Spade the comfort and safety of all people using facilities. Most importantly, this law requires that no person be forced to use facilities that do not comport with his/her gender identity, so employers, housing provider, schools and others maintaining gender segregated facilities should take the steps necessary to ensure that this requirement is met. Whether by creating private space through curtains, or designating a space as gender neutral, this task should be neither difficult nor expensive. The Commission is available to assist in creating plans to remedy any problems that may arise in the process of making facilities accessible to all people. Welcome SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT WWW.SRLP.ORG Talking Points about Gender-Segregated Facilities Toilet Training

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Talking Points about Accessible Bathrooms Dear Friend, 1. If we had all-gender bathrooms, wouldn’t women be less safe? Welcome to the Toilet Training Companion Guide for Activists and Educators. We hope this will provide some useful information to help you use this video as an organizing or Many people’s first reaction to providing gender non-specific bathrooms is that women’s safety will be educational tool in your community. We have screened Toilet Training across the country, compromised.and tried to use However, the questions an analysis asked of bythe viewers safety precautions to determine in bathrooms what kinds suggests of information that women are not currentlymight be protected helpful supplements by the existence to the of gender-specificvideo. bathrooms. Women’s bathrooms do not provide any physical barrier to potential predators, who can just as easily walk through an unlocked door that readsInside “women” this toolkit as any you other will unlockedfind: door. Gender segregation in bathrooms does not prevent sexual assault, andDiscussion if anything, Questions provides for an the illusion Classroom of safety that is not true. To increase the safety of bathrooms, weTalking would Pointsrecommend about creating Sex-Segregated single-user Facilities bathrooms, providing bathroom doors that go from floor to Genderceiling withoutNeutral gaps, Bathroom and eliminating Survey the gender segregation of bathrooms that results in severe Sample Letters for Bathroom Activism access issues for transgender and gender non-conforming people. Resources for Education and Organizing and more… 2. All-gender bathrooms will make people uncomfortable. We hope that that this video will be a useful conversation starter and training tool for Itactivists is true that and for educators people who doing are work used relatedto using to gender-specific transgender communities bathrooms, usingand trans gender non-specific bathroomsliberation. mayWe soughtfeel strange to represent or uncomfortable. a diverse setOften of trans times, identities social change and examine that increases the access for an excludedintersections group of and transphobia, eliminated sexism,discrimination racism, requires economic a reform injustice, of social ageism practices and ablism that makes to people whodemonstrate have not beenthe ways negatively that different affected peopleby the existingwho transgress arrangements gender uncomfortable. norms are policed However, by adiscom- transphobic culture. fort or modesty, when compared with the inability to engage in basic necessary biological functions at work,This video,school, we and hope, in public will startspaces, conversations cannot be prioritized. not only about As we trans make bathroom changes to access, increase but access and reducealso about discrimination, the impact weof allmust sex-segregated all commit to facilitiesadjusting (shelters, to those changes. jails and prisons, group homes, drug treatment facilities, etc.) on people who do not fit within gender norms. This 3.is oneThe offemale the most clients/students/customers controversial and important at myfronts agency/school/business in the struggle to end gender will not identity be able to acceptdiscrimination, using the and bathroom we strongly with believe transgender that community women. Manyeducation are survivorsis key to dispelling of sexual violence, andcultural may mythsbe triggered and fears by andusing establishing the bathroom understanding with someone about with the strugglesmasculine faced body by parts. those who do not fit easily into existing norms of binary gender. When we work with populations that have survived violence, it is essential to try to create safe spaces to We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how accommodateyou used the theirvideo needs. and what Many your of usexperience work with with populations it was. that are diverse, with different clients/students/customers having survived different types of oppressions, and sometimes even having misconcep- tionsIn Solidarity, or biased beliefs about each other. The proper response to a misperception that transwomen are not ‘real women’ or are sexual predators or a threat to non-trans women is not to exclude transwomen fromDean women’s Spade spaces or facilities, but to help educate any people who are concerned about inclusion and dispel myths about trans people. Excluding people because other have biased misconceptions about them only increases oppression and discrimination, and does not work to create safe spaces.

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Sample Discussion Questions for the Classroom Dear Friend, The following are some suggestions for guided classroom discussion before and after viewing the video.Welcome Feel to free the to Toilet use theTraining questions Companion given or Guide use them for Activists as inspiration and Educators. for your Welesson hope plan. this will provide some useful information to help you use this video as an organizing or educational tool in your community. We have screened Toilet Training across the country, 1.and Why tried are to bathroomsuse the questions segregated asked by by sex? viewers to determine what kinds of information mighta. be What helpful are supplements some potential to the benefits video. of having sex-segregated bathrooms? b. What are some drawbacks? Inside this toolkit you will find: Discussion Questions for the Classroom 2. BathroomsTalking are Points only aboutone type Sex-Segregated of sex-segregated Facilities facility. Name all the sex-segregated facilities you can Genderthink of. Neutral Bathroom Survey a.Sample Why are Letters they sex-segregated?for Bathroom Activism b.Resources Is there another for Education way that and those Organizing aims could be met? c. and What more… might be the effects of those facilities being sex-segregated on transgender and We hope thatgender that different this video people? will be a useful conversation starter and training tool for activists and educators doing work related to transgender communities and trans 3.liberation. The question We sought of women’s to represent safety ais diverse a very setcommon of trans argument identities against and examine desegregating the bathrooms byintersections sex. of transphobia, sexism, racism, economic injustice, ageism and ablism to demonstratea. What the do ways you thatthink different about this people criticism? who transgress gender norms are policed by a transphobic culture. b. Do sex-segregated bathrooms increase women’s safety? This video, we hope, will start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but 4.also The about video the shows impact how of all social sex-segregated factors in additionfacilities to(shelters, gender jailsaffect and access prisons, to safegroup bathrooms. How mighthomes, the drug following treatment affect facilities, safe bathroom etc.) on people access? who do not fit within gender norms. This is one of the most controversial and important fronts in the struggle to end gender identity discrimination,a. Class and we strongly believe that community education is key to dispelling culturalb. myths Homelessness and fears and establishing understanding about the struggles faced by those c.who Race do not fit easily into existing norms of binary gender. d. Age We hopee. Abilitythis information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how you used the video and what your experience with it was.

5.In WhenSolidarity, you made your list of sex-segregated facilities, did you notice that many are places disproportionately accessed by low-income people? What significance might that have? Dean Spade 6. How might disproportionate police presence in some communities impact using a bathroom?

7. What did you think about the discussion of disability in the video? How do issues of access overlap between communities fighting ableism and communities fighting transphobia?

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Activity Ideas: Dear Friend, 1. In a public place (at your job, school, while out running errands, attending a public event) try Welcome to the Toilet Training Companion Guide for Activists and Educators. We hope tothis locate will providea non-gendered some useful or unisex information bathroom. to help Did you you use find this videoone? asHow an long organizing did it take? or Did you haveeducational to ask someone tool in your in ordercommunity. to locate We it? have screened Toilet Training across the country, and tried to use the questions asked by viewers to determine what kinds of information 2.might Have be you helpful ever supplementsseen someone to inthe the video. bathroom you thought might not “belong” there? What did you do? How did you feel? Why did you do what you did? Inside this toolkit you will find: Discussion Questions for the Classroom 3. If youTalking generally Points have about no problem Sex-Segregated using the Facilities bathroom typically expected for your sex, spend some timeGender thinking Neutral about Bathroom using the Survey other bathroom. (This is best accomplished in a public place near theSample bathrooms. Letters Extra for Bathroomcredit if you Activism really have to go when you undertake this activity). Hang around forResources a while. for Education and Organizing and more… a. What would it take for you to go into the “wrong” bathroom? We hopeb. Howthat that does this the video prospect will beof adoing useful so conversation make you feel? starter and training tool for activistsc. andWould educators you feel doing comfortable work related walking to transgender right in? communities and trans liberation.d. What We sought other thoughts to represent or experiences a diverse set did of transyou have identities during and this examine activity? the intersections of transphobia, sexism, racism, economic injustice, ageism and ablism to demonstrate the ways that different people who transgress gender norms are policed by a transphobic culture.

We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how you used the video and what your experience with it was.

In Solidarity,

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Gender Neutral Bathroom Survey Results San Francisco Human Rights Commission (2002)

Many transgender and non-transgender people have no safe places to go to the bathroom - get harassed, beaten, and arrested in BOTH women’s and men’s rooms. Many avoid public bathrooms altogether and develop health problems. This affects not only self-identified transgender people but anyone who is perceived to not fit our society’s strict gender norms.

To document the severe harassment and violence that occurs in gender segregated bathrooms, we surveyed almost 500 people in the San Francisco Bay Area asking about their experiences in the currently segregated bathrooms. We also asked about the solution - whether or not people wanted more gender neutral bathrooms.

Quotes from the Gender Neutral Bathroom Survey:

• transgender people who do not identify as female or male: “security chased me,” “got the shit kicked out of me for using the ‘wrong bathroom,’” “I run into problems 80% of the time,” “This is a problem every day.”

• ftm/male and mtf/female identified people: “Yelled at -- ‘you’re using the wrong bathroom” (mtf), “I have been slapped, pushed, and dragged out by security guards” (ftm), “got physically pulled out” (mtf), “having the door almost knocked down by teenagers” (ftm), “I have spent so many hours avoiding public multi-stall bathrooms that I have damaged my bladder and put pressure on my kidneys,” “The problem was a daily one. I’d think about where I was going, what bathrooms I’d have access to, how much I drank during the day, whether I’d be with people who could help stand guard...”

• butch women (who do not identify as transgender): “being followed by a police officer,” “women told me to leave the women’s room and then tried to beat me up,” “women jump out of their shoes; I get harassed by the guys,” “I run into problems all the time,” “all of my butch female friends, ex’s, etc. ALL have experienced stares, harassment, threats, etc. in the women’s room. Some only use the bathroom when they have a group of friends to accompany them.”

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• feminine men (who do not identify as transgender): “all my childhood, people told me I was in the wrong bathroom (long hair, too girly), “if my hair is long, I get stopped form going into the men’s room.”

• parents with children: “gender neutral bathrooms with changing tables so I can go in with my son, and my husband can go in with our daughter.” (non-transgender woman)

People who want more gender neutral bathrooms:

N: Number of people responding A: Percentage of people who want gender neutral bathrooms of some form B: Percentage of people who want single person gender neutral bathrooms C: Percentage of people who want multiple person gender neutral bathrooms D: Percentage of people who want gender neutral bathrooms in addition to male/female bathrooms E: Percentage of people who want gender neutral bathrooms replacing female/male bathrooms

Gender N A B C D E

Transgender and not male or female 70 100 99 96 50 69 Transgender and ftm or male 76 100 97 74 49 46 Transgender and mtf or female 49 98 94 59 65 33 Total transgender 195 99 97 78 53 51

Not transgender and not male or female 27 96 96 81 59 48 Not transgender and female 195 97 93 78 57 45 Not transgender and male 51 100 98 90 64 48 Total not transgender 273 98 94 81 58 46

Partially transgender 19 100 100 74 74 68

Total 487 99 95 79 57 49

“Safe-stress free bathrooms should not be a privilege for just a few traditionally-gendered individuals.”

“I just need a place to pee.”

for more information or the complete survey results, For more informationplease or the contact complete the surv Transgenderey results, please Law contactCenter Dylan Vade at the Transgender Law Center

State Nondiscrimination Laws in the U.S. This map was last updated on July 1, 2009

WA ME MT ND VT 1 MN for out updates check http://transgenderlaw.org/ndlaws/index.htm on charts, these OR NH ID WI NY MA SD MI RI WY CT IA PA NE NJ NV OH IL IN DE UT MD CA CO WV VA DC KS MO KY NC AZ OK TN NM AR SC

MS GA AL TX AK LA FL HI

States banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (13 states and the District of Columbia) Minnesota (1993); Rhode Island (1995, 2001)1; New Mexico (2003); California (1992, 2003)1; District of Columbia (1977, 2005)1; Illinois (2005); Maine (2005); Hawaii (1991, 2005, 2006)2; New Jersey (1992, 2006)1; Washington (2006); Iowa (2007); Oregon (2007)1; Vermont (1992, 2007)1; Colorado (2007) Laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation (8 states) Wisconsin (1982); Massachusetts (1989); Connecticut (1991); New Hampshire (1997); Nevada (1999); Maryland (2001); New York (2002); Delaware (2009)

1California, DC, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont first passed sexual orientation nondiscrimination laws, then later passed gender identity/expression laws. 2In 1991, Hawaii enacted a law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in employment. In 2005, it enacted a law prohibiting sexual orientation and gender identity/expression discrimination in housing. In 2006, public accommodations protections were added for sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

www.theTaskForce.org Jurisdictions with Explicitly Transgender-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Laws

U.S. Population Covered by a Transgender-Inclusive STATE LAWS Nondiscrimination Law: 110,163,314 = 39% (13 and D.C.)

U.S. Population Not Covered = 61% California – 33,871,648 Maine – 1,274,923 (Total U.S. Population: 281,421,906) Colorado – 4,301,261 Minnesota – 4,919,479 District of Columbia – New Jersey – 8,414,350 572,059 New Mexico – 1,819,046 Hawai`i – 1,211,537 Oregon – 3,421,399 (housing and public accommodations only) Rhode Island – 1,048,319 Illinois – 12,419,293 Vermont – 608,827 Iowa – 2,926,324 Washington – 5,894,121

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In Arizona In Illinois In Maryland In New York In Pennsylvania, con’t: Tucson: 486,699 Carbondale: 20,681 Baltimore: 651,154 Albany: 95,658 Harrisburg: 48,950 Champaign: 67,518 Montgomery County: Buffalo: 292,648 Lansdowne: 11,044 In California Cook County: 5,376,741 873,341 New York City: 8,008,278 New Hope: 2,252 Los Angeles: 3,694,820 Incl. Chicago: 2, 896,016 Rochester: 219,773 Philadelphia: 1,517,550 Oakland: 339,337 Decatur: 81,860 In Massachusetts Suffolk County: 1,419,369 Pittsburgh: 334,563 San Francisco: 776,733 DeKalb: 39,018 Boston: 589,141 Tompkins County: 96,501 Scranton: 76,415 San Diego: 1,223,400 Evanston: 74,239 Cambridge: 101,355 Incl. Ithaca: 28,775 State College: 38,420 Santa Cruz County: 55,602 Peoria: 112,936 Northampton: 28,978 Swarthmore: 6,170 Incl. Santa Cruz: 54,593 Springfield: 111,454 In Ohio West Chester: 17,861 West Hollywood: 35,716 Urbana: 36,395 In Michigan Cincinnati: 331,285 York: 40,862 Ann Arbor: 114,024 Dayton: 166,179 In Colorado In Indiana Detroit: 951,270 Oxford: 21,943 In South Carolina Boulder: 94,673 Bloomington: 69,291 Shaker Heights: 29,405 Columbia: 116,278 1 East Lansing: 46,525 Denver: 554,636 Indianapolis/Marion County : Ferndale: 22,105 Toledo: 313,619 781,870 Grand Rapids: 197,800 In Texas In Florida In Oregon Hamtramck: 22,976 Austin: 656,562 Broward County: 1,623,018 In Iowa Beaverton: 76,129 Huntington Woods: 6,151 Dallas: 1,188,580 Gainesville: 95,447 Decorah: 8,172 Bend: 52,029 Lansing: 119,128 El Paso: 563,662 Gulfport: 12,527 Iowa City: 62,220 Benton County: 78,153 2 Saugatuck city: 3,590 Miami Beach: 87,933 Johnson County: 21,559 Corvallis: 52,950 In Washington Saugatuck twnshp: 1,065 Monroe County: 79,589 Waterloo: 68,474 Hillsboro: 70,186 King County: 1,737,034 Ypsilanti: 22,362 Incl. Key West: 25,478 Lake Oswego: 35,278 Incl. Burien: 31,881 In Kentucky Lincoln City: 7,437 Incl. Seattle: 563,374 Palm Beach County: In Minnesota Covington: 43,370 Multnomah County2: Olympia: 42,514 1,131,184 1 Minneapolis: 382,618 Jefferson County : 693,604 660,486 Tacoma: 193,556 Inc. W. Palm Bch: 82,103 1 St. Paul: 287,151 Inc. Lake Worth: 35,133 Incl. Louisville : 256,231 Incl. Portland: 529,121 Lexington-Fayette Urban Salem: 136,924 In West Virginia County: 260,512 In Missouri Charleston: 53,421 In Georgia Kansas City: 441,545 In Pennsylvania Atlanta: 416,474 University City: 37,428 In Louisiana Allentown: 106,632 In Wisconsin New Orleans: 484,674 Easton: 26,263 Madison: 208,054 Erie County: 280,843 Milwaukee: 596,974

1Metro Louisville, the merged Louisville and Jefferson County government, repassed and combined these laws in 2004 to apply to Metro Louisville. Indianapolis and Marion County’s shared governmental structure passed this law. 2The law passed in Johnson County only applies to unincorporated areas of the county, population 21,559, although the national statistics are unaffected because Iowa now has a statewide law. 2,135 Portlanders live outside of Multnomah County and that 2,274 Lake Oswegoans live inside of Multnomah County, however this doesn’t affect the national statistics because Oregon now has a statewide law.

NOTE: Only laws that reach private entities are included above. Additional states and cities have policies against discrimination against public employees. The most recent version of this fact sheet is available on the transgender issues section of www.thetaskforce.org. Population data from 2000 Census. Last updated July 2008.

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MRR:In Solidarity, What does it take to be good trans allies?

DS:Dean Good Spade trans allies do more than use the right terms or come to a drag show. Being a good trans ally, like being a good activist in general, involves thinking personally about ideas and applying them to your own life in an intimate way. It means being as invested in transliberation as you think a trans person is, and working as closely to uncover how you participate in gender regulation as you can. So much of gender policing occurs in ways that seem trivial or personal, and it requires each of us to really take apart our minds and find the locations of these norms in order to create safe spaces for new gender actualizations to thrive. Welcome SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT WWW.SRLP.ORG Interview with Maximum Rock and Roll Toilet Training

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In general, gendered signs on doors cannot not We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how stop violent people from entering those rooms in order to commit their acts. The best remedy for con- you used the video and what your experience with it was. cerns about violence taking place in bathrooms, and, I think the best remedy for many bathroom safety issues,In Solidarity, is to provide single-stall bathrooms with locks on the doors. However, because we need to work with the structures already in place in our building, I will be providing other policy options below. Dean Spade In any case, the second issue I mentioned above, about women feeling unsafe in bathrooms that are gender neutral, is a serious concern. While I do not think it is safe to assume that a gendered sign on a bathroom door will protect anyone from a person who desires to harass or assault, it is reasonable that in a sexually violent culture, women may prefer to use facilities that are preserved for people who identify as “women.” For this reason, it may be important to preserve a location where women who are seriously concerned about this issue may have access to a place that feels comfortable to them. Of course, it would be essential that bathrooms designated “women” be available for use by gender variant and transWelcome women SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT WWW.SRLP.ORG Sample Letters for Organizing Toilet Training

COMPANION GUIDE FOR ACTIVISTS AND EDUCATORS as well as women who are not trans-identified. Dear Friend, Based on the facilities that I have seen at UJC, my recommendation and request is that the bathrooms weWelcome have here to bethe made Toilet gender-neutral, Training Companion preserving Guide a women's for Activists room andif there Educators. are women We on hope staff who be- lievethis thatwill providethis is the some appropriate useful information way to allow to women help you staff, use clients, this video interns, as anand organizing volunteers or to feel com- fortableeducational using tool the infacilities. your community. We have screened Toilet Training across the country, and tried to use the questions asked by viewers to determine what kinds of information might be helpful supplements to the video. I look forward to discussing this with all of you at length. It is a major policy change, and will certainly seemInside unfamiliar this toolkit to manyyou will of you.find: Of course, in addition to negotiating amongst ourselves, we will also need to engageDiscussion these Questionsquestions with for the the Classroomother tenants who share our bathroom facilities. It is my goal that we canTalking create Points a policy about that Sex-Segregatedallows all of us to Facilities safely and comfortably access the bathroom facilities here. An Genderunderlying Neutral principle Bathroom of my programSurvey and my activism generally is that a rigid binary gender system whichSample requires Letters everyone for Bathroom to be identified Activism as “men” or “women” and act according to restrictive cultural standardsResources is fora disservice Education to andall people, Organizing keeping us for equally accessing resources and being able and more… to self-determine our lives. As long as our world is structured by this coercive system, those who tradi- tionallyWe hope bear that the that weight this ofvideo it, women will be and a useful non-traditionally conversation gendered starter and people, training will continuetool for to struggle to re-shapeactivists our and institutions educators todoing improve work equal related acess to transgenderand equal justice communities for everyone. and I transam excited to join the peopleliberation. at UJC We who sought have to been represent pioneering a diverse this work set offor trans years. identities I hope you and will examine join me the in coming up with creativeintersections solutions of transphobia,to the variety sexism,of issues racism, that this economic letter addresses. injustice, ageism and ablism to demonstrate the ways that different people who transgress gender norms are policed by a Sincerely,transphobic culture. This video, we hope, will start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but Deanalso aboutSpade the impact of all sex-segregated facilities (shelters, jails and prisons, group homes, drug treatment facilities, etc.) on people who do not fit within gender norms. This is one of the most controversial and important fronts in the struggle to end gender identity discrimination, and we strongly believe that community education is key to dispelling cultural myths and fears and establishing understanding about the struggles faced by Samplethose who Lettersdo not fit easily for Organizinginto existing norms (II) of binary gender. We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how The following is a letter from the acrtivinst PISSR (People In Search of Safe Restrooms) to the San Francisco LGBT you used the video and what your experience with it was. Community Center. In Solidarity, Use this letter as a guide for careful and sensitive ways of opening conversation about gendered bathrooms. Dean Spade What if you had to think twice when trying to access a restroom to relieve yourself? What if you entered a bathroom most appropriate for your gender identity only to be escorted out by the police? Or even more traumatic had an accident because no one would let you use a toilet in either the men’s or women’s room because they had a preconceived notion that your presence would upset some unspoken bathroom balance. All of these examples and more are just some of the obstacles that gender-variant, differently-abled, and some not so stereotypically male or female folks encounter when trying to do something as simple as use a toilet. Welcome SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT WWW.SRLP.ORG Sample Letters for Organizing Toilet Training

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PISSRDear Friend,(People In Search of Safe Restrooms) is a group of gender-variant, differently-abled and traditionally gendered individuals who are very interested in creating safe bathroom space for people who do notWelcome fit the tobinary the Toiletgender Training construct Companion of female and Guide male, for or Activists have special and Educators.circumstances We that hope might require this will provide some useful information to help you use this video as an organizing or a differently gendered caretaker to escort them to the toilet. We recognize that even in San Francisco, educational tool in your community. We have screened Toilet Training across the country, manyand tried people to usehave the no questionssafe places askedto go to by the viewers bathroom. to determine They get whatharassed, kinds beaten, of information and arrested in both women’smight be and helpful men’s supplements rooms and many to the avoid video. public bathrooms altogether, hence developing health problems. We understand that this affects people with a range of gender identities including people who do notInside identify this astoolkit female you or will male, find: transgender people who do identify as female or male, as well as many masculineDiscussion and butch Questionswomen, and for feminine the Classroom men. Therefore we are committed to establishing gender- neutral bathroomsTalking Points and we about believe Sex-Segregated that all people, Facilities regardless of their gender identification or presentation haveGender the right Neutral to access Bathroom safe and Surveydignified restroom facilities without fear of harassment, judgment, Sample Letters for Bathroom Activism or violence. Resources for Education and Organizing and more… So where does the SF Center come in? In response to these issues the New York GLBT Center has implementedWe hope that multi-stall that this videogender-neutral will be a usefulbathrooms conversation on every starterother floor and trainingof their building.tool for Currently the Sanactivists Francisco and educatorsLGBT Center doing only work has onerelated gender to transgender neutral toilet. communities By the very nature and trans of the LGBT Com- munityliberation. Center We it sought seems tothat represent your organization a diverse wouldset of transbe a good identities first candidateand examine for the the sorely needed implementationintersections of of transphobia, such bathrooms. sexism, How racism, exciting economic and culturally injustice, appropriate ageism itand would ablism be ifto the Center weredemonstrate the first theorganization ways that in different the city ofpeople San Francisco who transgress to formally gender create norms multi-stall are policed gender-neutral by a bath- transphobic culture. rooms for future benchmarking practices locally and nationally! This video, we hope, will start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but Wealso have about been the consulting impact of with all sex-segregated the Transgender facilities Law Center (shelters, as well jails as have and aprisons, working group relationship with thehomes, HRC drugLGBTAC treatment and we facilities, have found etc.) that on there people are who no legal do not barriers fit within prohibiting gender the norms. creation This of multi- stallis one gender-neutral of the most controversialbathrooms in theand city. important So what fronts might in multi-stall the struggle gender-neutral to end gender bathrooms identity look like?discrimination, Well, we have and ideas we butstrongly would believe relish the that opportunity community to education more precisely is key develop to dispelling a model specific to thecultural needs myths of the SFand LGBT fears Communityand establishing Center. understanding We have a panel about that the would struggles be willing faced to bymake a presen- tationthose to who the do Center not fit staff easily and into board. existing As a leadernorms ofof the binary LGBT gender. community, establishing multi-stall gender-neutral bathrooms at the center would set a positive example to both organizations and businesses We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how throughoutyou used the the video city with and thewhat end your result experience being SAFE with restrooms it was. for all.

WeIn Solidarity,hope that our letter has been compelling enough to call you to attention. Please contact us so we can set a date to make our presentation and begin the process of the Center’s participation in creating safe restroomsDean Spade for all.

With best regards,

PISSR (People In Search of Safe Restrooms)

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Metropolitan Community Church of NY 212-629-7440Dear Friend, / www.mccny.org Religious services, support groups, social activities, 12 step meetings. Excellent trans specific programs. Welcome to the Toilet Training Companion Guide for Activists and Educators. We hope Peoplethis will of provide Color some in Crisis useful information to help you use this video as an organizing or 718-230-0770educational /tool www.pocc.org in your community. We have screened Toilet Training across the country, HIV/AIDSand tried servicesto use the and questions support asked by viewers to determine what kinds of information might be helpful supplements to the video. Positive Health Project Inside this toolkit you will find: 212-465-8304Discussion / www.positivehealthproject.org Questions for the Classroom Needle exchange,Talking support Points groups,about Sex-Segregated good programming Facilities for people of color and trans people Gender Neutral Bathroom Survey Queers Samplefor Economic Letters forJustice Bathroom Activism 212.564.3608Resources / www.q4ej.org for Education and Organizing Queers forand Economic more… Justice is committed to challenging and changing the systems that create poverty and economic injustice in our communities, and to promote an economic system that embraces sexual and gender diversity.We hope that that this video will be a useful conversation starter and training tool for activists and educators doing work related to transgender communities and trans SAGEliberation. We sought to represent a diverse set of trans identities and examine the 212-741-2247intersections / www.sageusa.orgof transphobia, sexism, racism, economic injustice, ageism and ablism to LGBTdemonstrate senior organization the ways that different people who transgress gender norms are policed by a transphobic culture. Samuel Lurie This video, we hope, will start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but 802-453-5370also about the / www.tgtrain.org impact of all sex-segregated facilities (shelters, jails and prisons, group Transgenderhomes, drug awareness treatment training facilities, for health etc.) care on providers,people who medical do not students, fit within and genderhuman servicenorms. providers This is one of the most controversial and important fronts in the struggle to end gender identity TGIdiscrimination, Justice Project and we strongly believe that community education is key to dispelling 415-252-1444cultural myths / www.tgijp.org and fears and establishing understanding about the struggles faced by Worksthose towho challenge do not and fit easilyend the into human existing rights normsabuses committedof binary gender.against transgender, gender variant/gender- queer and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and beyond. We hope this information is helpful, and we look forward to hearing from you about how Transformingyou used the video Justice and what your experience with it was. 415-252-1444 / www.transformingjustice.org TransformingIn Solidarity, Justice is a national network dedicated to envisioning ways to stop the cycles of imprisonment and criminalization in transgender communities. They seek to create a national conversation, all voices are in- Dean Spade vited to join.

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Papers

Arkles, Gabriel. “Safety and Solidarity Across Gender Lines: Rethinking Segregation of Transgender People in Detention.” 18 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 515 (Spring 2009).

Currah, Paisley and Shannon Minter, “Unprincipled Exclusions: The Struggle to Achieve Judicial and Legislative Equality for Transgender People,” William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 7, Issue 1.

Currah, Paisley, Shannon Minter & Jamison Green “Transgender Equality: A Handbook for Activists and Policymakers” - June 19, 2000. the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force [ available online @ http://www.ngltf.org/downloads/transeq.pdf ]

Gehi, Pooja. “Struggles from the Margins: Anti-Immigrant Legislation and the Impact on Low-Income Trans- gender People of Color.” 30 Women’s Rts. L. Rep. 315 (Winter 2009).

Gehi, Pooja & Gabriel Arkles. “Unraveling Injustice: Race and Class Impact of Medicaid Exclusions of Transi- tion-Related Health Care for Transgender People.” 4(4) Sexuality Research & Social Policy 7 (December 2007).

Lee, Alexander, “Nowhere to Go But Out: The Collision Between Transgender & Gender- Variant Prisoners and the Gender Binary in America’s Prisons” 2003. [available online @srlp.org]

Spade, Dean. “Documenting Gender.” 59 Hastings L.J. 731 (2008).

Spade, Dean. “Keynote Address: Trans Law & Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape.” 18 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 353 (Spring 2009).

Spade, Dean. “Resisting Medicine, Remodeling Gender.” 18 Berkeley Women’s L.J. 15-37 (2003).

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