Image shows a row of toilet stalls with blue doors. Text reads: " I went to use the women's toilets as I was on my period and there were no gender neutral ones. A middle aged male security guard ran in after meâŚhe started banging on the [cubicle] door, trying to open it as he shouted "sir, sir you can't be in hereâ... hearing the pitch of my voice was enough for him to drop it and leave. But I sat in the toilet feeling scared, vulnerable and dirty for a good few minutes." -a non-binary person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
Image shows a sign hanging from the ceiling that says 'WC' and has male and female toilet symbols. Text reads: â A few months ago in a local LGBTQ+ owned bar, I went into the men's toilets and another guy looked at me and then yelled "Youâre in the wrong toilet" in my face at close range.â -a transmasc person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
Image shows multicoloured soft play mats and apparatus. Text reads: "I was supervising my 5 year old disabled son, who was in the establishmentâs soft play area. My son soiled himself and so I stood to take him to the facilities. However, when I made to head to the bathroom a woman who I assume to be in a senior role quickly came towards us and blocked my progress, pointing at the menâs toilets and advising me that âThe gentlemenâs are there.â -a disabled, trans woman
(who had been making her
way to the accessible toilet) tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
Image shows 3 toilet signs one accessible, one women's and baby changing and one men's. Text reads: "I was stopped going into a bathroom by another tourist who stated that âthese are the womenâs toiletsâ. I stated that I am a woman and therefore using the âcorrectâ toilet for my gender. This is the most recent example of me being harassed going into a toilet in the past year. Which has gone from never to 6 incidents now." -a cis, butch dyke tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
We have been tracking peopleâs experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.