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.
  • tabris@lemmy.world
    332·
    17 hours ago

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

  • kevindqc@lemmy.world
    361·
    18 hours 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.

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
    183·
    17 hours 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
      111·
      16 hours 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
        101·
        14 hours 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
          22·
          10 hours 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
            6·
            8 hours 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
            21·
            7 hours 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
    174·
    17 hours 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.