The Bathroom Access Project wants to keep you updated on our progress! Check out the following results:

100 establishments have been visited.

70 establishment were non-compliant with DC regulations.

63 establishments have been reported to the DC Office of Human Rights.

53 establishments have been followed up with by the DC Office of Human Rights.

36 establishments have received a Director's Inquiry.

65 establishments have changed their signs as a result of corporate change brought on by the DC Center's and DC Transgender Coalition's efforts 

 

99 establishments total have changed their restroom signs as a result!

 

The Bathroom Access Project is dedicated to informing business owners about Chapter 8, of Title 4 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, which reads, "All entities covered under the Act with single-occupancy restroom facilities shall use gender-neutral signage for those facilities..." (os.dc.gov). This means all single-stall restrooms, or restrooms designed for single occupants, in Washington, DC must be gender neutral or unisex. 

The DC Center and the DC Trans Coalition have noticed this isn't always the case. We want to make sure the transgender community is both comfortable and safe everywhere in Washington, DC; including the bathroom! If you have seen a non-compliant bathroom please email me- Renee- with the name of the business and it's location. Pictures of these bathrooms are also encourage. 

 

If you have seen a compliant bathroom please message me as well! We want to thank those business who are making an effort to make DC a safer place for all. 

 

Renee's email: renee@thedccenter.org

For more information about safe places to pee in DC and around the country, please visit safe2pee.org.

 

For more information on this regulation please visit the DC Office of Human Rights website.

 

Also, check out the Bathroom Access Project in the news including a press release from the OHR and the Washington City Paper.

 

Finally, all 54 Starbucks locations in Washington, DC are now gender neutral, all 4 Chop'T Creative Salad Co. locations are now gender neutral, all 10 Potbelly Sandwich Works locations are now gender neutral, all 6 Caribou Coffee locations are going gender neutral, and  George Washington University will be checking their campus restrooms to make sure they are compliant as well.

We appreciate the community's hard work to inforce this regulation. A special thank you to Bob Summersgill who has been a wonderful help to the Bathroom Access Project!

Thanks!