Unisex restroom in Hebei goes unused  

河北白洋淀现“中性卫生间” 称方便老幼病残(图)

网友发帖称，白洋淀惊现“中性卫生间”，引发网友围观，许多网友对此不解，中性是什么性别？白洋淀旅游码头工作人员解释称，这种厕所实际上是为了方便老幼病残而建造的，是一种人性化厕所。由于这些人行动不便，所以允许异性亲属陪同进入。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A post showing a unisex restroom in Hebei's Baiyangdian has sparked interest on the Internet, Yanzhao Metropolis Daily reported.

A staffer at Baiyangdian Tourism Wharfs responded that it was built for the elderly, infirm and handicapped.

The staffer, surnamed Wang, said the unisex restroom, which was common internationally, allowed relatives of people with reduced mobility to accompany them.

"It was built three or four years ago, and has passed acceptance checks," he added.

The unisex restroom is much bigger than standard ones, but very few tourists use it.

Tourists don.t know about the unisex restroom, and no further explanation of the restroom was provided, so they choose not to use it, a cleaner said.

Unisex restrooms first appeared in Thailand, which were built specifically for transgender men, and then developed into the one for the infirm.

Female and male symbols with a wheelchair usually indicate a unisex restroom.