All-Gender Restrooms

An all-gender restroom(s) are restrooms that are considered for any person to use. All-gender multi-occupant restrooms and single-occupant restrooms can benefit many different people, including families, differently abled persons, and trans & nonbinary people.

Historically, restrooms have been a place for harassment, discrimination, and threats of injury and arrest towards transgender people. All-gender restrooms provide an opportunity for our community members to enter a room without being questioned or interrogated. If you are hosting an event in a building with all-gender restrooms, it is common practice to announce to all participants where they are located in that building.

Below, you will find some resources about all-gender restrooms on campus. Many are single stall, locking restrooms, while some in the residence halls are multi-stalled. Signage for these restrooms do not always indicate that they are single stall, or all-gender restrooms.

Also note that, not every all-gender restrooms is accessible. 

Residence Halls and Houses

Please review this page from Bates College’s Residence Life which provides names and number of all-gender multi-occupant and single-occupant restrooms that can be located within the Residence Halls and Houses.

Residence halls and houses are currently only accessible to current Bates students.

Other Campus Buildings

There are many campus buildings that have single-occupant restrooms, and these continue to grow.

Building Name and addressNumber of single-occupant restrooms
Bonney Science Center, 45 Campus Ave1st floor: 1 | 2nd – 3rd floor: 5 each
Carnegie Hall, 44 Campus Ave1st floor: 4 | 2nd – 5th floor: 2 each
Chase Hall, 56 Campus AveAll floors: 2 each
Commons, 136 Central Ave2nd floor: 1
Dana HallAll floors: 4 each
Hathorn Hall, 3 Andrews RdGround Floor: 2 | 1st floor: 1 |
2nd (Mezzanine) – 3rd floor: 2 each
Harward Center, 161 Wood St1st floor: 1 | 2nd floor: 2
Hedge Hall 3rd floor: 2
Health Services, 31 Campus Ave1st -2nd floor: 2 each
Ladd Library, 48 Campus AveGround floor: 1 | 1st floor: 2 | 2nd floor: 1 | 3rd floor: 2
Lane Hall, 2 Andrews RdGround floor: 2 | 1st floor: 3 | 2nd floor: 1, ADA compliant | 3rd floor: 2
Multifaith Chaplaincy, 163 Wood St1st – 2nd floor: 1 each | 3rd floor: 2
Peter J. Gomes Chapel, 275 College StGround floor: 2
Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St1st floor: 2 | 3rd floor: 1
Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Rd4th floor: 2
Roger Williams, 9 Andrews Rd2nd – 3rd floor: 2 each

Please note this list continues to be updated. If you have questions or bathrooms to add to the list, please contact adelreal@bates.edu