{"id":2081,"date":"2019-10-18T20:40:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2019-10-18T20:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:42:56","slug":"pingry-installs-another-gender-neutral-restroom-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/2019\/10\/18\/pingry-installs-another-gender-neutral-restroom-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pingry Installs Another Gender Neutral Restroom on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ashleigh Provoost (IV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the summer, Pingry installed a gender neutral restroom in the athletics wing. This was a big step forward for Pingry and its continued advocacy for a more inclusive school community; this engagement has provided a bathroom that allows privacy for all who choose to use it. It ensures a safe space for people who may not feel comfortable using cisgender bathrooms and upholds Pingry\u2019s values of acceptance and inclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe GSA was heavily involved in the planning process,\u201d said&nbsp; Sarah Gagliardi (IV), one of the student leaders of GSA. \u201cThey talked to the Head of School and collaborated with [faculty and staff].\u201d The GSA, or Gender Sexuality Alliance, is a club at Pingry that promotes acceptance of all people regardless of their identifiers. The goal of GSA is to create a welcoming community at Pingry in which members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community can feel safe. Members of GSA brainstormed ideas to make the community more inclusive, and having the new bathroom available for the entire community is a true testament to the commitment of past and present GSA members and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new bathroom aligns both Pingry and GSA values. \u201cBy expanding the amount of inclusive bathrooms, it creates a safer and more welcoming environment for students and faculty, where they feel that they\u2019re accepted,\u201d noted Gagliardi (IV).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this school year, there were no bathrooms on campus specifically labelled as gender neutral. With the help of faculty and staff, GSA worked to make this bathroom a reality. Now, it is available to students who feel more comfortable using a bathroom facility that ensures privacy and security, as well as the entire community. Implementing the bathroom is an important step towards Pingry\u2019s continued commitment to diversity and acceptance of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gender neutral bathrooms are extremely important to the community at large, and Pingry\u2019s accommodation of people of all identifiers allows for a safer environment that embraces all people.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashleigh Provoost (IV) Over the summer, Pingry installed a gender neutral restroom in the athletics wing. This was a big step forward for Pingry and its continued advocacy for a more inclusive school community; this engagement has provided a bathroom that allows privacy for all who choose to use it. It ensures a safe space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","tag-school-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2104,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}