gender neutral toilets (model motion).

Hey there everyone,
A bunch of talented trans activists have been working together over the last week to put together a motion for one of their institutions' union council meeting to 'pave the way' for the introduction of Gender Neutral Toilets (GNTs).
The NUS Policy Unit is just finishing up a policy briefing on GNTs, which I'll come back and include a link to once it's online (if you need it before a link appears here, please contact me).
Below is the motion which everyone worked together to put together, it originally also included some coverage of monitoring forms, but for the purposes of acting as a 'model motion' those have been removed from this motion. Further model motions will appear in the coming year:

This Council notes:
1. Its own Equal Opportunities policy.
2. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, which makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of gender, and the Sex Discrimination Regulations 1999, which make it unlawful to discriminate against people intending to undergo, undergoing or who have undergone gender reassignment on this basis, and also the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Regulations, 2008 Amendment, which affords protection from discrimination for transsexual people in the areas of The Provision of Goods, Services, Facilities and Premises.
3. That sex, biologically, is not a straightforward issue as many are born with an ambiguous sex, and that gender is not a simple binary.
4. That trans people are widely discriminated against, facing ignorance, harassment and sometimes violence.
5. [The Insitution] has a hidden population of trans students, including those who are transsexual and those who identify outside of the gender binary, and there are no doubt also intersex students.
6. Some students, including some trans students, would prefer to use gender-neutral toilets, however as these don’t exist in [Institution] Union buildings, students are forced to [either] use gender specific facilities[, or to travel across campus to College buildings with gender-neutral toilets].
7. The Union’s opening hours extend far beyond the opening hours of College buildings.
8. In April the NUS passed policy to provide gender-neutral toilets at events. The NUS LGBT Campaign also has policy to campaign for gender-neutral toilets in all educational institutions and student unions.

This Council believes:
1. Gender is self defined, not physically assigned, and the latter would be a denial of the existence of trans students [and a contravention of Union policy].
2. Confining gender to a binary distinction discriminates against students who do not define as only either male or female.
3. That people have the right to live according to their gender identity, free from discrimination and harassment, and that [Institution] Union has a responsibility to uphold this right.
4. The availability of gender-appropriate facilities is an access issue, as students, particularly trans students, may be reluctant to make use of the Student Union buildings due to a lack of facilities that they would feel safe and comfortable using.
5. Many students would benefit greatly from the existence of gender-neutral toilets.
6. That gender-neutral toilets may also be used by cisgender (non-trans) students.
7. That moves towards making gender-neutral toilets available, by student bodies in many UK universities such as Bradford, Bath, Staffordshire, and Manchester provide a positive precedent.

This Council Resolves:
1. To condemn transphobia and discrimination based on gender identity.
2. To be aware of how gender-neutral words actively contribute to promoting equality and inclusiveness.
3. To increase education and awareness by providing training sessions on trans issues for members of Union Council [and all Union staff].
5. To support students in their right to use toilets in line with their gender identity.
6. To provide facilities required by trans students in [Institution] Union buildings.
7. To publicise the existence of these provisions, their locations, and the reasons for them at the beginning of every year to all students.
8. To make ‘feminine hygiene’ services available in these facilities in a similar manner to in the women’s toilets for those trans students with particular needs associated with the female sex, and female students who choose to use the gender-neutral toilets.
9. To support all students who wish to use the facilities appropriate to their gender, whether these facilities are gender-neutral or gender-specific.