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Toilets

TU Dortmund University has developed a concept for gender-neutral single-occupancy restroom facilities so that people who do not assign themselves to a binary gender or who are in a gender transition process can use the toilets without discrimination.

  • New concept for single-occupancy restroom facilities
    Initially, the gender designations will be removed from all individual toilets and a symbol for "sitting toilet" or "standing toilet" will be added. In new construction projects, both single toilets are planned and multiple toilet facilities are built in such a way that the cubicles are accessible without having to pass through the standing toilets. In this way, the as yet unadapted Workplace Ordinance can be complied with and future reclassification made possible.

Further information:

In an interview on 18 July 2019, Dr. Ute Zimmermann reported in the UA Ruhr student newspaper "Kurt" on how the toilet issue is being dealt with at TU Dortmund University.

Places on campus where gender-neutral single-occupancy restrooms can be found

Overview

Building name Room name
IBZ International Meeting Center, Emil-Figge-Str. 59, HM03
Sports building Otto-Hahn-Strasse 3
  • 114
  • 121
  • 140
The sports extension, which is directly adjacent to the existing building at Otto-Hanh-Str. 3, has gender-neutral toilets and a gender-neutral changing room.
STATML Chair of Uncertainty Quantification and Statistical Learning, Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 25
Rivvers Rivvers Dortmund-Campus - Coworking Space (formerly Work Inn), Martin-Schmeißer-Weg 4
Emil-Figge-Straße 50
  • AStA office, ground floor
  • Department 13, 4th floor between building sections D and E
Mathematics Office Vogelpothsweg 87, U91
Chemistry 2 Otto-Hahn-Straße 6
  • 01-032
  • 01-033
  • 07-033
Institute for Robotics Research Otto-Hahn-Straße 8, Room 130
Research Center / LAMARR Institute Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 25
  • U73
  • E71
  • E76
  • E77
  • 176
  • 272
  • 276
Building name Room
Rudolph Chaudoire Pavilion Baroper Str. 297
CET Co-learning space Wilhelm-Dilthey-Straße 2abc
GB I August-Schmidt-Straße 6
  • 514 DG
  • 137 GROUND FLOOR
GB II August-Schmidt-Strasse 8
  • 528 DG
  • 124 GROUND FLOOR
  • 1 GROUND FLOOR
  • 2 GROUND FLOOR
GB III August-Schmidt-Straße 10
  • 528 DG
  • 128 GROUND FLOOR
MB III Baroper Str. 303
  • U.021
  • U.023
Pavilion 8 Pavilion 8, Wilhelm-Dilthey-Straße 1, U.015
(basement, former janitor's apartment)
Office container Wilhelm-Dilthey-Straße 2B
  • 0.007
  • 0.008