Restrooms for all at LUH

Toilets that cannot only be used by women or men have a wide variety of names: All-gender toilets, unisex toilets, gender-neutral toilets. LUH has decided to call these sanitary facilities restrooms for all. 

These toilets are mostly pairs of toilets, so that there is always a former women's toilet with cubicle toilets and a former men's toilet with cubicle toilets and urinals. You can tell whether a toilet has a urinal by the sign. The toilets are also equipped with a sink and waste garbage cans, and some have baby changing facilities or disabled toilets.

You can find details of the toilets in our lists: restrooms sorted by building or by campus area.

You can use our overview lists by campus area or by building to find a restroom for all. Click on the room number to go directly to the LUH location finder.

You can recognize the restrooms on site by the signs: WC or WC + U (the U stands for urinal/pissoir).

People whose appearance does not clearly fit into the usual gender images sometimes experience discriminatory and exclusionary behavior due to the predominantly two-gendered toilets at LUH, i.e. men's and women's toilets. Trans* and intersex or non-binary people in particular experience unpleasant looks or even insults or expulsions.

Discrimination on the basis of gender and gender identity is prohibited under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), which is why there are now more than 30 toilets at LUH that can be used regardless of gender and gender identity. The aim is to counteract discrimination and create safe spaces.

So who benefits from the restrooms for all?

• non-binary, trans* and inter* people
• Fathers who have no changing facilities for their children in men's toilets
• People with disabilities who have assistants of the opposite sex who need their help when going to the toilet
• Parents who go to the toilet together with their children
• Everyone, as this means there are more toilets for all genders

There are no fixed specifications for the equipment of a WC for all. Here are our recommendations:

• Use a pair of toilets (a women's AND a men's toilet) so that there is a suitable toilet for all needs.
• Make sure that there is a waste garbage can next to each toilet. 
• Please use the signs provided by Department 3: Door signs for restrooms for all. 
• Let us know if you would like us to include the toilet in our list.

We can of course also advise you individually: beratung@chancenvielfalt.uni-hannover.de

• "Ein Plädoyer für Unisex-Toiletten bei der Arbeit" by Louka Goetzke in Neue Narrative.
• "All-Gender-Toiletten - ein wichtigter Schritt zu mehr Gleichberechtigung an der FH Kiel" by Nele Becker.