All Gender Restroom Resource Page
During Baltimore Center Stage’s historic 2015/16 renovation, we gave special attention to the restrooms. The goal was to increase the number of available restrooms, the number of floors with restrooms, and to install 6’ privacy stalls in both the men’s and women’s room. This was the first step in a multi-year process to create a more welcoming environment for many staff, patrons, and guests in the building.
Through the end of the 2022 season, we kept moving with the project to help create spaces more inclusive of transgender and gender non-conforming, spaces where parents with kids of a different gender identity could escort their children to the restrooms, and family members and personal care assistants with individuals with disabilities could safely and without judgement utilize facilities.
We are very excited to announce that all rooms have the same privacy stalls we installed during the 2015/16 to create All-Gender restrooms. All-gender restrooms are inclusive of anyone who needs to use the restrooms at any time. As we strive to continue to create diverse cultural spaces in Baltimore, facilities that reflect this goal are incredibly important. And as we continually improving the customer experience, there will no longer be long lines at the women’s room during intermission while the men’s room is empty.
All Gender Restroom Facilities
- Both restrooms have all stalls.
- Stalls are 6′-0″ in height.
- Stalls have reduced visible space between the door and the partition.
Why All Gender Restrooms?
Baltimore Center Stage is dedicated to gender justice. Having all gender restrooms creates a safer environment for non-binary, gender nonconforming, and transgender members of our community.
Resources
For further learning opportunities see the resources below:
On gender: MedicalNewsToday: Sex and Gender: What is the Difference?
Baltimore Outloud: Trans Is the Target by Sam McClure
Maryland District Court Case: M.A.B vs Board of Education Talbott County
Urban Justice Center: We Got Rid of Gender-Specific Bathrooms and It’s Been Fine
The National Center for Transgender Equality: What Experts Say
NBC News: No Link Between Trans-Inclusive Policies and Bathroom Safety
Lamda Legal: FAQ Answers to Some Common Questions
Terms
Gender: As opposed to assigned sex at birth. Gender is a spectrum and there are are many different expressions in addition to the binary of male/female.
A person whose identifies their gender with the sex assigned at birth is known as cisgender.
A person who identifies in the spectrum but outside the binary often uses terms like nonbinary, genderqueer, or genderfluid, among other terms.
A person whose identity may be different than their assigned sex at birth might identify as transgender.