A case for a third restroom
It is violent and inclusive.
A third restroom acknowledges that gender is a spectrum, not a binary. It recognizes the existence of individuals whose gender identity hovers in the ambiguity between the present gender polarity (or transcends it), amplifying their visibility in society and mandating their acceptance.
Insistence of access to the current heteronormative layout of public restrooms only reifies the grand narrative that only two genders exist, aiding in the justification and perpetuation of injustices that succeed such narrative.
It does not accept, it pigeonholes.
It is non-violent, hence, impotent.
To me, it is either a third bathroom to celebrate the nuance of gender identity and expression; or communal restrooms to celebrate the oneness of humanity.
Of course, the first one is more resource-intensive, the second suggestion is more pragmatic.
Over and out.
