Why Yelp Is Helping People Find Bathrooms

JUST ONE WEEK AFTER TRUMP MOVED PROTECTIONS FOR
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
ARE IMPLEMENTING A NEW TOOL ON THEIR PLATFORM THAT WILL ALLOW
USERS TO FIND GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS IN THEIR AREA.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER THIRD PARTY APPS LIKE REFUGE RESTROOMS
WHICH ALLOWED TRANSGENDER MEMBERS TO FIND OTHERS THAT ARE
SAFE EXCEPT FOR ALL GENDERS BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT AN
APP IS SO WIDELY USED LIKE YELP IS INTO PENDING SUCH A FEATURE.
THE COMPANY RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THEIR BLOG SAYING THAT
YELP WILL COLLECT THIS INFORMATION FROM USERS AND
BUSINESS OWNERS IN TWO WAYS.
WE WILL BEGIN ASKING USERS TO CHECK INTO OUR REVIEW
BUSINESSES LIKE RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS IF THOSE
ESTABLISHMENTS OFFER RESTROOMS BETTER GENDER-NEUTRAL.
ADDITIONALLY, BUSINESS OWNERS CAN EDIT BETTER GENDER-NEUTRAL
RESTROOMS ATTRIBUTE FROM THEIR BUSINESS USER ACCOUNT.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT MOVE OBVIOUSLY IN THE WAKE OF
TRUMP REMOVING THOSE PROTECTIONS FOR A LOT OF TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE WHO OFTEN WELL NOT DRINK WATER, THEY WILL DEHYDRATE
THEMSELVES ON PURPOSE TO AVOID THESE SORTS OF ISSUES AND
WHO WILL OFTEN HOLD THEIR URINE FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY HAVE A REALLY HIGH RISK OF GETTING UTIS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT MOVE BY GELB THAT IS OFFERING THIS
FEATURE FOR THEIR MEMBERS AND I APPLAUD THEM FOR DOING SO.
ANALYTIC NOTICE BY RELEASED HERE IN LA JUST IN THE PAST FOUR
MONTHS, I'M MAKING THAT TIME PERIOD UP, MAYBE FOUR WEEKS BUT
NOW THREE OF THE LAST FIVE RESTAURANTS I'VE GONE TO
HAVE GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE TWO BATHROOMS AND THEY JUST SAY
RESTROOM.
ON A CLEANER?
NOW THEY ARE GENDER-NEUTRAL.
BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE TO GO IN THEM.
BOYS ROOMS ARE GROSS.
THERE'S ONLY AN UPSIDE FOR US.
THE BATHROOMS WILL PERHAPS BE CLEANER.
I DON'T KNOW,
THAT IS IT, I HAVE NO DATA TO BACK IT UP, BUT
OBSERVATIONALLY I WOULD SAY THAT THAT HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN
HERE, THEIR RESTAURANTS ARE JUST TAKING AWAY THE IDEA OF
MEN OR WOMEN AND YOU CAN GOING TO EITHER ONE.
I THINK THAT'S A SOLUTION.
YOU CAN DO IT AT PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
I'M NOT IN YOUR HOUSE, WELL, YOU'VE NEVER INVITED ME OVER -
I WOULDN'T.
I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD BE, I WOULDNíT SAY WHERE'S THE MEN'S
ROOM WHEN IíM AT YOUR HOUSE.
EXACTLY.
THAT IS A CONSTRUCT WE HAVE CREATED.
IT WASN'T LIKE AT THE DAWN OF MAN
THERE WAS A DRESSED THING AND A PANTS THING.
BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK OF MIDDLE AMERICA, THE SOUTH, OTHER
PLACES THAT ARENíT AS LIBERAL AS THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE PROBLEM IS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE ñ I THINK THIS IS A
GREAT IDEA FROM YELP AND KUDOS TO THEM FOR COMING UP WITH THE
IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TROLLS AND THE GUYS WHO
MALICIOUSLY LOOK TO SORT OUT AND MESS WITH THESE TYPES OF
INSTALLATIONS AND SAY NO, IT'S GENDER FRIENDLY JUST TO GET YOU
TO GO THERE AND HARASS YOU.
AT THE MOST EXTREME THAT MAY
HAPPEN BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
THAT JUST HELP OTHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WHETHER GOING.
RESTROOMS HAVE RULES WHETHER GENDER-NEUTRAL OR NOT, IF
SOMEBODY YOU IDENTIFY AS A PERVY TRANS PERSON WALKS INTO THE
BATHROOM IT'S STILL ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO GROPE YOU.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT EVEN IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
USE THE SAME BATHROOM AS YOU THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
EVERYTHING YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT YOU THINK IS
ENABLED BY ALLOWING TRANS PEOPLE USE THE BATHROOM, ALL THE
THINGS YOU ARE AFRAID OF ARE STILL ILLEGAL IF THEY DO THEM.
YOU KNOW?
THEY TOUCH YOU, OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I
WASHING MY HANDS AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT MY GENITALS.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN SO MUCH OF THE STORIES AND THE
FEARS ABOUT THAT ARE JUST MADE UP.
I THINK THAT IS FAKE NEWS FRANKLY BUT I THINK THE BIGGER
ISSUE IS THAT ALL OF THESE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND REPUBLICANS
WHO WANT TO ACT AGAINST THESE SORTS OF ACCESS FOR TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE PRETEND THAT THEIR PRO-LIFE BUT APPARENTLY THAT
DOESN'T EXTEND TO AFTER A CHILD IS BORN DOCTRINE STUDENTS HAVE A
50% RATE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND THAT IS COMPARED TO A
4.6% COMPARED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THAT IS ASTONISHING.
ITíS TERRIFYING AND IT COMES
FROM HAVING AN INCREASED RATE OF HAVING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE
ORDERS FOR NOT BEING ACCEPTED ARE WELCOME IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
HAVING A GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOM, IT COULD BE A
SINGLE BATHROOM, WHATEVER BATHROOM, DOESN'T MATTER.
THAT SAVES LIVES.
THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR PLATFORM TO BE PRO-LIFE
THIS IS A MOVE THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE.
DID YOU GUYS SEE THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS?
THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE OSCARS, THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IVA SEASON PAST ALWAYS HAVE A RECORDED.
IT'S A GOOD SHOW AND THEY GIVE IT TO A BUNCH OF
INDEPENDENT MOVIES OF WHICH SOME ARE ALSO OSCAR-NOMINATED,
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA WAS INDEPENDENT.
BUT JOHN LANEY AND NICK KROLL HOSTED IT AND THEY ARE
9 1/2 MINUTES TO OPEN THE SHOW IS TO SIMPLY WORTH WATCHING.
THEY CRESTED THAT THEY WERE FANTASTIC.
BUT AMONG THE THINGS THAT WERE SAY ABOUT CHUMS ORDER BECAUSE AS
YOU SAID, REFERENCING THE PEOPLE WHOM I COME IN AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS, PEOPLE GET ABUSED IN PUBLIC BATHROOMS
ARE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE DOING THE ABUSING.
THAT IS FAKE NEWS.
IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY TURNED AROUND.
THIS HAS JUST POINTED OUT, THEY'RE DOING THEIR OPENING
IN A SAY TRUMPET SHOULD THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER THEY WERE
LIKE THANK GOD BECAUSE TRANSGENDER CHILDREN HAVE
JUST HAD IT TOO GOOD FOR TOO LONG.
IT IS ABSURD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE CONTEXT OF
PROTECTING US FROM DANGEROUS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHEN IT
IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND OUR
AND JUST GO MEET 1.
GO TALK TO SOMEONE.
YES, IT'S TERRIFYING BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE
THINKING RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE TRAPPED IN YOUR OWN MIND,
IN YOUR OWN PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS WHICH ARE WRONG.
THAT'S OKAY TO ADMIT THAT YOU ARE WRONG.
GO WATCH A VIDEO THAT IS LIKE A TRANS MAN USES BATHROOM AND
IT IS SOMEONE WHO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM LOOKS LIKE A DUDE
WITH A BEARD AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REEVALUATE WHETHER YOU
THINK THAT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THAT PERSON WITH A
BEARD TO WALK INTO A MEN'S ROOM.
JUST GET OVER IT.

Why Yelp Is Helping People Find Bathrooms

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