Same-sex toilets at London primary school spark outrage among parents

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An east London primary school has provoked a furious backlash from parents after it introduced same-sex toilets for pupils over the age of eight.

The controversy arose after a new £12m building at Leytonstone’s Buxton School was equipped with the gender-neutral bathrooms.

Despite a petition protesting against the new toilets having nearly 700 signatures on Sunday, the school’s headteacher Kath Wheeler welcomed the change.

She said the full-height unisex toilets created a safe space where pupils show respect towards each other and feel respected, according to the East London and West Essex Guardian.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/unisex-school-toilets-gender-neutral-london-inclusive-bathrooms-lgbt-same-sex-a7441841.html

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The parents are being very dramatic. They didn't replace the toilets. They added to the normal scheme. Based on the photo it seems like they basically just turned the "handicap" single stall toilet into a "Transgender or Handicap" stall.

Not that I think the change makes a practical difference (it seems more of a 'gesture' of inclusiveness). If someone wanted to use that bathroom I'm pretty sure they would be allowed to use it even if it just had the "Handicap" sign only. You aren't allowed to ask someone what their "Handicap" is so anyone is free to use the special toilet.