Gender-neutral toilets were unveiled at Wimbledon yesterday as part of a string of changes made by the club this year. Some fans have criticised the All England Club of breaking with tradition to appease a woke minority.
According to The Telegraph:
In 2021, organisers did away with his and hers towels and began handing out the same coloured towels to men and women players, after holding “progression” talks.
Earlier this summer, it was also confirmed that Mrs and Miss titles would be scrapped from the female champions honours board, ending a tradition of almost 140 years.
These were some of the last male-female distinctions to go after the AELTC committed to equal pay in 2007, making Wimbledon the last of the four major tennis tournaments to award equal prize money.
While one long-time female fan complained that the decision to implement gender-neutral lavatories at Wimbledon disrupted a tournament that was “about tradition and doesn’t have to follow every fad”, others were not opposed….
Priya Bhogal, an NHS doctor, said: “I think it’s great, why not? It should be. I think it’s amazing and how it should be but I also like going to a toilet where the toilet seat is down.”
The 27-year-old added: “The only real downside for me are guys in the toilet, but I think I can put that to one side.”
Rosina Webber, who attended Wimbledon with her 80-year-old mother, said: “The way the world’s changing, you’ve got to go with it.”
Single-sex lavatories have still been made available throughout the grounds. A spokesman for the AELTC said: “A toilet at Gate 1D which has a gender-neutral sign was part of a build back in 2020.”
