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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring K-12 schools to provide gender-neutral bathrooms by July 2026.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring K-12 schools to provide gender-neutral bathrooms by July 2026.

The new law, Senate Bill 760, was among a series of laws signed by Newsom Saturday to expand protections for the state’s LGBTQ community.

“California is proud to have some of the most robust laws in the nation when it comes to protecting and supporting our LGBTQ+ community,” Newsom said in a statement.

Under the law, “each school district, county office of education, and charter school” would be required to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom on campus on or before July 1, 2026. The bathroom must be available for use during school hours and during school functions when students are present, the law states.

  • quindraco@lemm.ee
    312·
    9 months ago

    stares in confusion But urinals are the absolute worst. Benefits: cost less money and less space. Drawbacks: lack of privacy and inevitable splashback. Why would you want them?

    • LwL@lemmy.world
      7·
      9 months ago

      So I don’t have to sit on a public toilet of questionable cleanliness. A small bit of splashback from my own piss is preferable.

      The privacy just has never been a concern bc no one is trying to look at other people’s dicks while pissing.

      • quindraco@lemm.ee
        31·
        9 months ago

        If you can use a urinal, you can piss in a toilet without sitting down.

        • LwL@lemmy.world
          41·
          9 months ago

          …which has all the same splashback issues except youre much more likely to have some piss spray in sone random spot outside the bowl

    • Rayspekt@kbin.social
      62·
      9 months ago

      Urinals are more convenient when you just need to take a quick piss. I don’t get why another person next to you is a problem. Also just don’t piss dead center into the thing considering splashback. Do I really have to explain pissing now?

      • quindraco@lemm.ee
        24·
        9 months ago

        Urinals offer exactly zero additional convenience, and there is no splashback-free angle.

        • Kevin@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          What using urinals offer:

          • don’t need to close a door
          • don’t need to touch the seat to lift/lower it
          • takes up much less space than toilets
          • can chat with the bros

          There is much less splash using a urinal than standing at a toilet. You’re doing something very wrong if it’s splashing all over the place (how tf?).

          • quindraco@lemm.ee
            1·
            9 months ago

            Basic physics. Toilets have zero splash because gravity exists. Urinals have maximum splash due to conservation of momentum.