Fall 2015
Committee:
Equitable Practices
Whereas there is a lack of accessible gender-neutral restrooms across California community college campuses and the majority of available gender-neutral restrooms are single-stall, causing students who need to use these restrooms to wait to use them, taking away from time spent working on school, and
Whereas, transgender students are at a high risk of violence when using the restroom, with 55% avoiding restrooms at school out of fear of harassment in all levels of schooling and 20% in higher education being denied access to restrooms because of their gender identity or expression, as stated in Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey by National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and
Whereas, there is an inequality in the treatment of transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming students when they have more restrictions around which restrooms they can use which violates section 66010.2 part c of the California Education Code by not establishing an environment where all students can reach their full potential,
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate for an issuance of an equal standard for gendered and non-gendered restrooms across the state,
Resolved, that the standard of all-gender restrooms include ADA certified accessibility, appropriate and inclusive signage, and that at least one all-gender restroom meeting these criteria per pair of Men’s/Women’s restrooms in each new building constructed on California community colleges campuses and old buildings where feasible as determined by each campuses’ Facilities Planning Committee or an equivalent committee.
Resolved, that all urinals be converted to stalls for any multi stalled gender-neutral bathrooms.
Citation: Grant, Jaime M., Lisa A. Mottet, Justin Tanis, Jack Harrison, Jody L. Herman, and Mara Keisling (2011). Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. Retrieved from http://www.thetaskforce.org/static_html/downloads/reports/reports/ntds_full.pdf
Whereas, transgender students are at a high risk of violence when using the restroom, with 55% avoiding restrooms at school out of fear of harassment in all levels of schooling and 20% in higher education being denied access to restrooms because of their gender identity or expression, as stated in Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey by National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and
Whereas, there is an inequality in the treatment of transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming students when they have more restrictions around which restrooms they can use which violates section 66010.2 part c of the California Education Code by not establishing an environment where all students can reach their full potential,
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate for an issuance of an equal standard for gendered and non-gendered restrooms across the state,
Resolved, that the standard of all-gender restrooms include ADA certified accessibility, appropriate and inclusive signage, and that at least one all-gender restroom meeting these criteria per pair of Men’s/Women’s restrooms in each new building constructed on California community colleges campuses and old buildings where feasible as determined by each campuses’ Facilities Planning Committee or an equivalent committee.
Resolved, that all urinals be converted to stalls for any multi stalled gender-neutral bathrooms.
Citation: Grant, Jaime M., Lisa A. Mottet, Justin Tanis, Jack Harrison, Jody L. Herman, and Mara Keisling (2011). Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. Retrieved from http://www.thetaskforce.org/static_html/downloads/reports/reports/ntds_full.pdf