Queering Bathrooms

Description

Public restrooms are often seen as neutral infrastructures, yet they are contested spaces and a symbol of current debates on queer inclusion. Standardised, binary design norms appear immutable and privilege certain gender roles while excluding other identities.
Both opponents and supporters of gender-neutral toilets argue from a desire for greater safety — making redesigns more difficult and often leading to emotional conflicts.

The project Queering Bathrooms addresses the marginalised position of queer lives, especially in light of growing attacks from the political right, and examines the issue of restrooms both in design and theory. The pink toilet with its protruding tongue responds to the heated discourse with self-irony and aesthetic disruption, signalling a shift in perspective in favour of queer individuals.