06-11-2021, 11:33 AM
(06-11-2021, 10:52 AM)ac3r Wrote: The patronizing tone in which he states "make yourself sound great, impressive and oh so socially friendly and forward thinking" that bugs me. Transgneder people from bathroom discriminations all the time, this offers them a place to go without anyone freaking out. It is oh so socially friendly and forward thinking.
Society is rife with performative advocacy that takes little to no effort and results in little to no improvement. It's pride month right now, and suddenly every corporation is seemingly advocating for the LGBTQ community. I'm willing to bet Shell isn't sharing posts like this in Saudi Arabia: https://twitter.com/Shell_Canada/status/...18/photo/1, so posts like this do more to boost their brand in Canada than help their employees or LGBTQ people in general.
I think jeffster makes a good point - the washroom situation for trans people likely didn't weigh heavily, if at all, in choosing this portable washroom - these sorts of facilities are almost always unisex by default - so spinning it as a measure for trans people is more of an exercise in brand building for the City of Waterloo than it is trans-advocacy.
At the same time, you're 100% right that unisex bathrooms are important for trans and gender-non-conforming people and having public washrooms like this helps a great deal. Maybe the post from the City even serves to raise awareness on how problematic washroom accessibility can be.