Gender-neutral restrooms a possibility in Philly

In a campaign to make Philadelphia the most LGBT-friendly city in the world, mayor Michael Nutter signed legislation to future public restrooms gender neutral.

The move is to accommodate transgender people who feel uncomfortable going into public restrooms assigned to men and women. 

City Councilor Jim Kenney sponsored the bill. 

He spoke to N-B-C News Philadelphia on the difficult and awkward for transgender people to go into male and female restrooms.

In addition, the City is also working to give transgender people equal access to healthcare benefits as their heterosexual counterparts, a move that Kenney calls as the next iteration of civil rights and freedom in the U.S.

The gender-neutral washrooms will be built in future buildings owned by the City of Philadelphia.

Flickr Photo by: andybrannan

STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES