Whanganui District Council
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Q1: Do you provide communal single-sex changing and showering facilities?
Yes
Q2: Do you provide single occupancy changing and showering facilities? If so, how many at each site?
Yes – however most of these are within the single-sex changing facilities themselves. One Mens changing room has 3 cubicles for changing and 1 shower cubicle, the other is cubicle showers but no cubicle changing.
Both womens have cubicle changing spaces (7 all up) and one of those have 3 cubicle showers.
We have two family rooms, three disability/shared spaces – only one of these have a shower.
There is two toilet cubicles that stand alone.
Q3: Please provide any policies or procedures that apply to trans-identified people who wish to use the changing and showering facilities in your sites.
We do not have a specific policy in place currently but refer to guidelines from Recreation Aotearoa as basis – trans-identified people should use the space appropriate to their gender.
Q4: How are your different changing and showering facilities labelled and described?
Womens, Mens, Womens Family Friendly, Mens family friendly, family, family/disability and disability changing rooms
Q5: At your sites, which changing room and showering facilities is a trans-identified male permitted to use?
As per point 3 - trans-identified people should use the space appropriate to their gender.
Q6: If applicable, do your facilities allow trans-identifying males to attend Women Only swim sessions?
N/A
Our Verdict
Whanganui District Council uses the Recreation Aotearoa guidelines which prioritise gender over sex, so their signage needs to reflect this.
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