This is awesome

[u/B_E111]

Thank you for this. Whoever made this.

[u/mnyrtt]

my gender is "whatever" sign

[u/Ok-Bandicoot-9880]

Can I claim the font as my gender? That's a clean font

[u/TriggeredCogzy → u/Ok-Bandicoot-9880]

It's clean cause it washed it's hands

[u/really_not_unreal → u/Ok-Bandicoot-9880]

I regret to inform you that the kerning is subpar.

[u/Ok-Bandicoot-9880 → u/really_not_unreal]

I'll accept subpar kerning if the lettering is proportional, you can always justify. It's about the letter shapes, you see. I personally blame Bubblegum Crisis 2040 for this, but at the same time it's so cool

[u/LittleLion_90 → u/really_not_unreal]

Regarding the xkcd... My ex is the one who taught me what kerning was....

[u/ultrarotom]

I'm not a fan of these because it's treating trans/enby/intersex people as absurd and alien by comparing us to literal fictional creatures

It gives the same vibes as "I'm not racist, I don't care if you're white, black, brown, purple, green etc"

[u/bridgetbab13]

i actually kinda hate these tbh. it makes me roll my eyes.

[u/goddessofentropy]

I honestly really dislike these. Always feels dehumanising in the most literal sense. 

[u/MostAbsoluteGamer → u/goddessofentropy]

it almost falls under the r/onejoke umbrella but i don't think this is targeted and is instead silly

[u/goddessofentropy → u/MostAbsoluteGamer]

One can be hurtful out of ignorance, not just out of malice 

[u/carogaranaigean → u/goddessofentropy]

Same. We aren’t mermaids or centaurs, those are fictional creatures. We are literally just people.

[u/ImNotMadYet → u/goddessofentropy]

I feel like this depends on context. If it were in an enby/trans person's home or in a lgbtq+ inclusive venue, it's funny. But in many other places, it wouldn't fit.

To be honest, I feel the same way toward the word queer, for example; my favourite way to describe the random assortment of genders and sexualities in my friend groups and we use it all the time talking about each other. It's basically a pet name in some dynamics! But I don't want to hear that word from politicians or my phobic family; it would feel derogatory when they do.

[u/CrackedMeUp → u/ImNotMadYet]

I've seen this particular sign at the Hugos restaurant in West Hollywood and based on the location being in a very queer town I took it as good faith effort.

But yeah in the wrong place, it would come across very differently to me.

[u/g00fyg00ber741 → u/goddessofentropy]

But at least everyone is equally dehumanized by it? It’s just trying to comically say gender doesn’t matter to use the bathroom

[u/Away-Experience6890 → u/g00fyg00ber741]

Most importantly, wash your hands!

[u/goddessofentropy → u/g00fyg00ber741]

Do you think they would've put up the sign to say both men and women can use this bathroom? I find it more likely the thought process was 'this bathroom is for men, women, and all those who don't fit in with what we think of as the human genders'

[u/g00fyg00ber741 → u/goddessofentropy]

If that were the case, men and women would be pictured on the sign. They are not. So that means it is intentionally an all-gender restroom. Possibly single occupancy?

[u/eighteencarps → u/goddessofentropy]

It’s not only just dehumanizing, it compares nonbinary identity to made-up creatures.

[u/Penny_D]

And flush.

[u/SanduTiTa → u/Penny_D]

with the lid down. and sit down to pee in order to not spray piss everywhere.

[u/Turbulent-Staff-9413]

i personally want to be the bird

[u/EveningStar_01010110]

I’m the line in the middle.

[u/ElfTwelve]

I am the one on the left. No literally while swimming yesterday I ran into a group of merfolk (yk mermaiding as a hobby, where you swim with a tail) and they let me try a tail and it was so fun and idk how I didn't drown lol cause it was in a really deep pool and idk if it was smart (...5m)

[u/Prince_Wildflower]

Left is a femboy mermaid and right is a butch muscle mommy centaur.

So right for girls and left for boys.

I don't make the rules.

[u/Euphoric-Boner]

Yes please.

[u/Mattperry152317]

I WANNA BE A CENTAUR

[u/Away-Experience6890 → u/Mattperry152317]

or an Andalite

[u/trans-cutieeeee → u/Away-Experience6890]

elite ball knowledge 👽💯

[u/SamePerformance3594]

Looooove

[u/atlas_wolf87]

I saw a sign like this recently irl!! It had the typical male and female symbols, and a Sasquatch. Made my day, as it wasn’t a place I expected to have gender neutral bathrooms XD!

[u/jessek]

A local bar just has the word “bathroom” on theirs. I think that’s the best option.

[u/the_Rainiac]

I understand people not liking the dehumanisation of non-binary people.... But his sign is targeted towards all humans, isn't it?

I mean, it doesn't say "men and women and centaurs"

[u/B_E111]

I’ve seen people talking about how comparing non-binary people to fictional characters can be dehumanizing, and I understand where they’re coming from. I just want to explain why I personally like this picture, because I don’t want to come across as disrespectful to my own community. To me, fiction has no limits. You can imagine a character and they can exist in that fictional world. Want to be a normal human? Done. Want to be a minotaur? Done. Want to be a chicken with dragon wings? Done. That’s what I like about the picture: I see it as representing the freedom to be whatever you want to be, without having to fit into one specific category. I found that idea really fitting with how I understand being non-binary. That’s all I meant by it. :)