Wiping Away Gender

Standing or sitting, Thai students will feel comfort knowing they are welcome in the loo.

Wiping Away Gender

In response to numerous transgender boys in need of a place to go wee, a Thai school built a third option: the "transsexual toilet", equipped even with its own signage … decidedly much more fashionable than the boring iconography of old.

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Inclusion, Transsexual, Toilet, Thai

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