Experiences in Restrooms
Discrimination and harassment in public restrooms
- Four percent (4%) of respondents were denied access to a restroom in a public place, at work, or at school in the last 12 months.
- In the last 12 months, 6% of respondents had been verbally harassed, physically attacked, or experienced unwanted sexual contact when accessing or using a restroom.
I have issues navigating through public spaces due to social anxiety. Whenever people stare at me, I immediately think that they're clocking me. I sometimes get panic attacks in the middle of the grocery store because I feel like everyone is judging me. I'm working on changing that, but it can definitely hinder me from doing things I want and need to do.
Vanessa
Identity Documents
Name and gender markers on official records
- Nearly half (48%) of respondents who had at least one form of identity document (such a birth certificate, passport, or driver’s license), said that none of their IDs listed the name they wanted. Twenty percent (20%) had the name they wanted on some of their IDs, and 33% had the name they wanted on all their IDs.
- Fifty-nine percent (59%) of respondents who had at least one ID said that none of their IDs listed the gender they wanted, 23% said some of their IDs listed the gender they wanted, and 19% said that all their IDs listed the gender they wanted.
- Twenty-two percent (22%) of all respondents reported being verbally harassed, assaulted, asked to leave a location, or denied services when they have shown someone an ID with a name or gender that did not match their presentation.
