West Hollywood law requiring gender-neutral...

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West Hollywood law requiring gender-neutral restrooms goes into effect

As of Thursday, all single-stall bathrooms in Los Angeles County’s West Hollywood municipality must be gender-neutral.
Existing businesses have 60 days to replace signs and make other accommodations to turn any single-stall restrooms into all-gender spaces, while new buildings will have to plan on gender-neutral single-stall restrooms immediately. The law will expand and simplify bathroom access for trans people, people with disabilities, and people with children of a different gender.
A city statement also said the law would benefit “the many people who have waited in line for a gender-specific restroom when a restroom for a gender for which they don’t identify remained empty.”
Washington, D.C., passed a similar law in 2006 and recently began threatening businesses with fines for not complying.
In 2013, Oregon’s Multnomah County passed a law that requires single-occupancy, gender-neutral restrooms in all new construction projects, while the Philadelphia City Council passed a similar law the same year.
Yes. This everywhere, please.

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