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[apt_rhiannon]

Brazilian city debates separate washrooms for transvestites
Last Updated Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:04:56 EST
CBC News

A city in Brazil has proposed a law requiring some public buildings to offer separate washrooms for transvestites.

Nova Iguacu city council on Tuesday agreed that night clubs, shopping

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[banshea]

Wow, that has so much potential to go wrong. I suppose trying to be inclusive by having options for "men", "women", and "other", is understandable, but on the other hand how does separating people end prejudice?

[apt_rhiannon]

I know. This could easily produce increased discrimination, especially by expressly singling out transvestites in a highly visible way. What may be more troubling is that this 'gesture' doesn't seem like it's been put forward to produce greater equality but instead to relieve the tensions experienced by women and men [who] didn't feel comfortable with the transvestites in their washrooms at public events where a large number of transvestites also attended.

[gramhamhamham]

This is interesting, though the link is broken. Is there another?

[apt_rhiannon]

I did a quick search around the CBC. So give this a try:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/12/14/brazil_transvestites051214.html

A Definition Between "Emic" and "Etic"

[kenosis]

Carlos Eduardo Moreira said many transvestites are reluctant to go out because there's no washroom for them to use and that a third category of washroom would end prejudice.

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Moreira says the cost of building the third washroom will pay off because "transvestites like to spend."