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May 25, 2026Advocating for Practical Policy: A Conversation on All-Gender Bathrooms
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Our LGBTQIA+ Alliance co-organized an incredible event on December 2, 2025 to build upon the work from the past decade around single stall bathroom compliance in New York.
Alongside the AIANY Interiors Committee the program explored the path to advocating for practical policy as design professionals, using all-gender bathrooms as a case study. It also referenced the article in the Summer 2025 Teamwork Issue of Oculus magazine, A Stall for One, A Stall for All. The discussion focused on how AIANY approaches advocacy for design professionals, the path for pursuing legislative action to remedy a persistent design challenge, and the process for making the case. In conversation with local and state legislators, practitioners, business owners, and advocates, the panel examined the bill to amend the plumbing code to enable the design of multi-stall, all-gender bathrooms, making it easier for design professionals to meet client’s requests for inclusive design.
We highly encourage you to watch the full conversation of the panel here.
LGBTQIA+ Alliance
The AIANY LGBTQIA+ Alliance advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, plus other sexual and gender marginalized communities within the architecture profession by creating space to build community, host events and discussions, and foster diversity and inclusion within our profession and organization, both in the city and state of New York.
