Use of Public Facilities

AuthorAlly Windsor Howell
ProfessionFormer practicing lawyer from Alabama
Pages39-44
We live in a binary society; one must be either female or male. Without
getting into a long drawn-out explanation of hermaphroditism and inter-
sexuality, one must say that not everyone  ts into a neat little male or female
box. This binary world naturally extends into the arena of public restrooms.
There are statutes mandating separate restrooms for women and men
in public buildings and facilities, stadiums and arenas,
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factories and mills,
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mines,
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migrant and farm worker camps,
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railroad cars,
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almshouses,
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and
1. See, e.g., C. B. & P. C § 13651, Del. Code Ann. tit. 16 § 7933, Fla. Code
Ann. § 553.86, 60 Ill. Comp. Stat. 1/155-10, 65 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/11-21-2, 410 Ill. Comp. Stat.
35/15, Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 58.200, 8 M. R. S. A. § 161, M. C A. H-
G. § 24-211, W. C A. § 101.128, W. R. C § 70.54.160, T. A. B.
C § 61.43, T. H  S C § 341.068, T. C A. § 68-120-503,
T. C A. § 4-24-301, T. C A. § 4-24-303, N.Y. L L § 381, N.J.
S. A. § 26:4B-1, N.J. S. A. § 34:6-119.2, N. R. S. § 618.720, M. A.
S. § 701.450, C. C  C. P. § 216, C. H  S C § 114276,
R.I. G. L § 11-24-3.1, A. C A. § 17-20-408, T. O. C § 1602.303,
T. L C § 92.024, R.I. G. L § 32-7-11, and R.I. G. L § 16-38-1.1.
2. See, e.g., A. C A. § 11-5-112, S.D. C L § 60-12-7, 43 P. C.
S. § 1, 43 P. C. S. § 109 and N.Y. L L § 295.
3. O. S. tit. 45 § 426.
4. See, e.g., N.Y. L L § 212-d and M. C. L § 286.642.
5. S.C. C A. § 58-15-720.
6. N.J. S. A. § 44:1-69.
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