Battle for pronouns & restroom equity at CQE (University of Chicago)

STEM events, even in “liberal” or “progressive” places like the University of Chicago, are still very lacking and behind when it comes to restrooms. 

When I got to the event this morning, of course name tags had no pronouns on them and the only way to get one’s pronouns on the tag was to write them by hand. 

And the only restrooms that were clearly marked with explicit signs were the women’s and men’s — until I complained and a sign was put up to indicate the location of a gender-neutral bathroom (hidden on the uppermost floor in the employee’s wing)… 

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