Anti-trans laws fueled a spike in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth
19thnews.org
A new study is believed to be the first to measure the impact of anti-trans legislation on youth mental health.
  • kevindqc@lemmy.world
    451·
    2 months ago

    Entirely predictable. Republicans, the “pro-life” party, couldn’t care less though - it’s the good kind of people trying to end their lives.

  • tabris@lemmy.world
    442·
    2 months ago

    This is why we say “the cruelty is the point” because this is where that cruelty leads.

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
    213·
    2 months ago

    Its particularly annoying because single unisex bathrooms are superior and solve all these issues, but then there wouldn’t be anything to bitch about for the right

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      113·
      2 months ago

      unisex bathrooms are superior and solve all these issues

      Unisex bathrooms tend to be single-occupant, which is less desirable in high traffic areas. Imagine a baseball stadium or movie theater without the rows of stalls or piss-troughs.

      • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
        151·
        2 months ago

        I mean as long as you had full floor to ceiling stalls I think it would be fine to have un-gendered bathrooms with stalls, there’s no real reason to segregate the sinks

        • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
          25·
          2 months ago

          Floor to ceiling stalls are much harder to clean. The gaps underneath allow for water to drain out when washing everything.

          • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            11·
            2 months ago

            Having cleaned bathrooms before, I’m not sure how you envision it happens. Do you imagine they attach a host to the sink and just spray it down?

            And even if that was the case, floor drains exist.

            I don’t understand why you are choosing this hill to die on, this is a solved problem. The majority of European stalls employ floor to ceiling design, and have for many years.

          • Tessellecta@feddit.nl
            31·
            2 months ago

            You can have stalls with gaps under then, that also protect privacy. Like a 15cm gap under the stalls and no gaps around the doors and the chances of accidentally seeing something you shouldn’t are practically zero.

  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    204·
    2 months ago

    Here’s a calm reminder that the restroom is not a masculine or feminine place. it is a place to piss and shit, and also to wash one’s hands and face. if you leave a mess you are a monster. if you are homeless, you are entitled as the rest of us, but you may not leave a mess.