Cenk Uygur
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Why Yelp Is Helping People Find Bathrooms
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March 4, 2017
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6:32Now PlayingYelp is helping transgender people find bathrooms in public. Hannah Cranston, Ben Mankiewicz, Brett Erlich, and Kenny Hamilton, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why they decided to do this. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“On Friday, Yelp announced that it will now allow users to find out if a business has a gender neutral bathroom. Yelp’s definition of a gender neutral bathroom is a single-stall bathroom accessible by any gender.
There are third-party apps such as REFUGE Restrooms that allow individuals to find restrooms that are safe or accessible for all genders, but this is the first time we’ve seen this sort of feature rolled out in an app used as broadly as Yelp. The feature will now exist on desktop and mobile, and according to the company, in the next few weeks, users will be able to specifically search for gender neutral bathrooms. (We’re guessing this means it will be introduced as a filter, but we’ve reached out to confirm.)
So how will Yelp get this information? On the Yelp blog, the company details how it will work:
Yelp will collect this information from users and business owners in two ways. We will begin asking users who check into or review businesses like restaurants and retail shops if those establishments offer restrooms that are gender neutral. Additionally, businesses owners can edit the Gender Neutral Restrooms attribute from their business user account.”
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Hosts: Hannah Cranston, Ben Mankiewicz, Brett Erlich, Kenny Hamilton
Cast: Hannah Cranston, Ben Mankiewicz, Brett Erlich, Kenny Hamilton
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