New, trans-inclusive signs are going up at washrooms at Vancouver city hall and other city-owned facilities.
City manager Sadhu Johnston made the announcement March 17, noting “everyone has the right to safe and inclusive washroom facilities.”
“This change is another step forward towards ensuring equality and inclusion for all,” Johnston said in a news release. “This updated signage aims to help trans, gender variant and two-spirit individuals feel safer accessing the washroom facility they most identify with.”
The updated signs read “Trans people welcome,” and that messaging will be in other city facilities in the coming months.
The new signs are one piece of a larger strategy rolled out by council last July called Supporting Trans Equality and an Inclusive Vancouver.
The five main pillars of that strategy cover areas including public space, facilities and signage; programs and services; human resources; communications and data and community consultation and public partnerships.