CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Cebu City Council is pushing for business establishments in the city to have designated gender-neutral bathrooms to encourage inclusivity. Councilor Alvin Dizon, the author of the resolution, said that Cebu City has passed an ordinance in 2012 that prohibits the discrimination of people on the basis of disability, age, health staud, […]
CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Cebu City Council is pushing for business establishments in the city to have designated gender-neutral bathrooms to encourage inclusivity.
Dizon said thay Cebu City has the first anti-discriminatory ordinance in the country yet its implementation has not been fully realized.The resolution was passed amid the controversy of a transwoman who was kicked out of a female restroom in an establishment in Quezon City on August 17, 2019.He urged the shop owners, restaurants, terminals, supermarkets, moviehouses, and other establishments to designate a gender-neutral restroom to avoid a similar incident such as what happened in Quezon City.
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