{"id":1949,"date":"2016-02-22T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uucsv.org\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2016-02-22T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:47:18","slug":"please-trust-that-each-individual-knows-which-bathroom-is-most-appropriate-and-comfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/?p=1949","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Bathroom Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please trust that each individual knows which bathroom is most appropriate and comfortable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For transgender or gender non-conforming people, use of public bathrooms can present not only deep\u00a0discomfort, but also risk of harassment, assault, and even arrest for using the \u201cwrong\u201d bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>We are encouraged to thoughtfully examine and challenge our assumptions around gender identity and\u00a0gender expression. As part of our work on right relationship, we invite compassionate and ongoing\u00a0dialogue around these issues. Please contact our minister or one of our Board members if you would\u00a0like to discuss your thoughts and feelings on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>UUCSV is a Welcoming Congregation. We continue to learn how we can be better allies to our\u00a0transgender and gender non-conforming friends and guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please trust that each individual knows which bathroom is most appropriate and comfortable. For transgender or gender non-conforming people, use of public bathrooms can present not only deep\u00a0discomfort, but also risk of harassment, assault, and even arrest for using the \u201cwrong\u201d bathroom. We are encouraged to thoughtfully examine and challenge our assumptions around gender identity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-principles-and-policies","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uucsv.jordicomas.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}