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Transgender Vt. teen wants genderless bathrooms

A transgender teenager is lending his voice to a movement in Vermont to require the state's middle and high schools to offer genderless bathrooms.

NY public toilets feature TVs, tuxedoed attendants

What a relief! The free public restrooms operated by the Charmin toilet paper company in Times Square during the holidays have been rolled out for another year.

Royal Flush: NYC Gets Fancy 'Thrones'

Even amid the flashing lights and dizzying colors of Times Square, this is one tourist magnet that's hard to miss: a huge, glowing blue sign bearing the word "Restrooms" and an arrow pointing down.

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Young girls walk in on four people having sex in restaurant bathroom
Source: wndu.com

The parents of two young girls say their daughters walked into a downtown restaurant bathroom and saw four people having sex. Their parents are so disturbed, they want all parents to be aware.

No Handles On Public Restroom Doors: New Building Code

You've seen it, I've seen it, we've all seen it: somebody comes into the public restroom while you are in there, they proceed to conduct their business, then they boldly stride past the hand-washing area and proceed to grab the handle with their unwashed hand.

RunPee.com: New movie review site suggests best scenes for making bathroom runs
Source: Lifehacker

Jumbo-Sized soda and intricate plots are a dangerous mix. Get relief, and the most out of your movie-going money, with RunPee.com, a site that's like a friend who's seen every flick out there and knows when the bathroom break moments are.

Warning: Soap Dispensers Contaminated?
Source: nbc15online.com

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala -- It's one of those rules parents try to enforce every time their child goes to the bathroom, especially if that bathroom is public. "Always wash their hands and use sanitizer," said Rudolph Scott, a father of two boys.

Mesa adding porta-potties at light rail line
Source: The Arizona Republic

Saying that "bladders matter in Mesa," Mayor Scott Smith announced that the city has installed portable toilets its light rail Transit Center for the convenience of light rail and bus riders.

Conquering the 'ewww' factor of the public potty
Source: CNN

Most of us have them -- the personal ritual to deal with the "ick" of a public bathroom: wiping the seat with toilet paper, using a paper seat cover or even rolling up several pieces of toilet paper to create a thicker barrier between the skin and ... the unknown.

Urine Bottles: Another Result Of High Fuel Prices?, Urine-filled Bottles: Ore. Cops Think High Gas Prices Making Drivers Skip Rest Areas - CBS News
Source: CBS News

Evidently, the price of gas has gotten so out of hand that travelers have taken to peeing in empty bottles and tossing them off to the side of the road.

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Source: homeprovements.com

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Yes, it's time to drink toilet water. Your dog wants you to get in line
Source: Slate

Officials in Orange County, Calif., will attend opening ceremonies today for the world's largest water-purification project, among the first "toilet-to-tap" systems in America.

City Room: A Toilet That Uses 14 Gallons? 'Oh Gosh!'
Source: The New York Times

The new public pay toilet in Madison Square Park uses a large amount of water to clean itself, compared to the low-flush and even waterless units now in vogue for environmental reasons.

Gender-neutral bathroom facilities stir campus debate
Source: Chicago Tribune

This fall, the single-stall bathrooms on American University's campus are getting a name change. In the next month and a half, signs that once designated the toilet for men or women will be replaced with the more general term "restroom." The change is more than cosmetic.

The Discreet Charm of the Ladies' Room
Source: TIME

Wandering by Japanese ladies pushing their Italian greyhounds in doggie strollers through the new Tokyo Midtown shopping complex on a recent weekend, I sensed that my morning coffee had worked its way through my system.

When using toilet in Japan, be careful what you wipe with. It could be money!
Source: jokestarter.com

Some rich person is hiding wads of money and well-wishing notes inside public toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.

Toilet phobia makes life hard
Source: BBC News

Toilets are a particular problem for Pete. He always makes sure he uses the toilet at home before he goes out in order to minimise any need he might have to use a toilet away from home. He will never sit on the seat of a toilet or allow his children to.

The Year Without Toilet Paper
Source: The New York Times

DINNER was the usual affair on Thursday night in Apartment 9F in an elegant prewar on Lower Fifth Avenue.

2000 Students, 1 Bathroom
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Students Urinate In Bottles After School Locks Down Restrooms

Bill Would Require Access to Rest Rooms
Source: The Buffalo News

It makes me so angry when I ask if there's a bathroom and they say NO. Do they think I actually believe that there isn't one??????????MORONS. They're too damn lazy to open it to the public - it would require cleaning - that's the issue.

Social housing refurbishment drive gets multi-billion pound boost

Thirty eight councils in England have been given the go-ahead for their plans to transfer more than 94,000 homes during the next two years, as part of the Government's social housing refurbishment drive.

Male Restroom Etiquette
Source: johnchow.com

All men of the world can find common ground in these simple rules of "evacuation" etiquette.

Knockin' boots at brunch
Source: NY Daily News

And here I thought it was just us gay men who did that.... well, some gay men. I don't like public washrooms in general, so to me, it's kind of hard to see the romantic side of this particular method of rendezvous.

Toilet Seats and Germs
Source: Popular Science -

The paper toilet-seat cover can be a guardian angel for the backside, but only if the seat is dry to begin with. When the cover is placed onto a seat that's wet, it ferries bacteria and viruses from the toilet seat up to your bare skin.

Schools battle toilet trespassers in Uganda
Source: BBC News

It's not just London where they have issues with their bathrooms.

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