Synopsis:
Toilet
Training is a documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker
Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated
to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination.
The
video addresses the persistent discrimination, harassment, and violence
that people who transgress gender norms face in gender segregated bathrooms.
Using the stories of people who have been harassed, arrested or beaten
for trying to use bathrooms, Toilet Training focuses on bathroom access
in public space, in schools, and at work.
Includes
discussion of legal questions of equal access; the health effects associated
with "holding it"; and the social consequences of experiencing pervasive
discrimination in bathrooms and other gendered spaces. Interviews with
lawyers, social workers and activists explore current law and policy, and
highlight recent and future policy changes necessary to enable equal bathroom
access for all. Concluding with examples of policy change, Toilet Training
provides a necessary foundation to public education and organizing to address
this overlooked issue.
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