@skinnylatte @minmi

So who needs *actual* public toilets?

Each study, no matter which city it was from, concluded that actual #PublicToilets are used overwhelmingly by:
- a #parent/ #caregiver with young #children (often using baby strollers)
- #elderly people
- #disabled people
- #unhoused people

… and since basically no one gives much of a rip about the last three on that list, ESPECIALLY unhoused people, there is little political will to ensure #accessible public #toilets are a priority.

A critical point made most clear by #Calgary's #yyc report (complete with maps and photos of site incidents!) is that #HumanWaste is a #biohazard #HazardousWaste, as human diseases can easily pass to others by #feces.

TL;DR: Alas, withholding development of #facilities and #services that would benefit all people in a community, including unhoused people, is a common policy program driven by political optics. And it stinks. 😡

#accessibility
#washrooms
#bathrooms
#Canada

@skinnylatte @minmi

I did a research paper some years' back wrt fearmongering by anti-#trans activists.

(At the time, much of that was coming out of the USA and being copied word-for-word by the same sort of activists in #Canada -- which was always surreal as not only was terminology NOT typical for Canadian usage, but the very laws themselves were absolutely NOT what were being claimed.)

In any case, I discovered through this that many Canadian cities had done #WashroomStudies wrt #PublicToilets.

They were a fascinating read: most folks think there are far more than in reality because the toilets they use when out and about are open to the public *in businesses*. Assuming they're not preventing unhoused people from access, they're still not avail 24/7.

Also: folks assume tourists need them, but generally tourists have the means to go to restaurants, etc and also use those toilets, plus they are housed at hotels, etc.

1/2

#accessibility
#HumanWaste
#washrooms
#bathrooms