Soooo. Why don't we just have all gender neutral bathrooms with locking stalls?
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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That's one of the things that's no longer allowed (unless the "stall" is a complete self-contained bathroom with toilet and sink).
Reading the article, it seems that the Co-op are trying their best, in light of the government's shitfuckery.
The updated policy instead says that, wherever possible, the retailer will provide individual, lockable gender-neutral facilities, with decisions about access to gendered spaces made “sensitively and on a case-by-case basis,” as reported by The Sunday Times.
The change follows the UK Supreme Court’s April 2025 ruling on the legal meaning of “woman” and “man”, as well as new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) stating that single-sex spaces should be provided based on biological sex.
A spokesperson for the Co-op, which has been a vocal supporter of trans rights, said it updated the policy following legal advice and consultation with its staff networks “to ensure compliance with our legal obligations and to support our trans, non-binary and intersex colleagues”, in a statement to The Sunday Times.
That's a lot of nuance hidden by an upsetting headline.
While the Co-op may not be transphobic itself, single occupant gender-neutral bathrooms are a solution presented by transphobes who want to continue misgendering trans men and women under the veneer of a discriminatory 'compromise'.
Trans people across the UK are having their rights marginalized.
Agreed
It's segregation unless you meet some nebulous criteria.
I'm not saying it's good news, it's just more mixed than you'd expect. Just criticising the headline.
The retailer’s former CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq had told The Telegraph last May that she would “protect trans people to the end” following the Supreme Court ruling. The Co-op has since been hit by significant leadership changes, with Khoury-Haq leaving earlier this year after claims of a “toxic” culture in the workplace. Chair Debbie White also announced her resignation last Monday (10 August).
How much of this is leadership based.
People will see this and boycott co-op for complying (on paper) with the fascist law
Um, yes? People who comply with fascists are themselves fascist
Danger toilets for all!