Noida-based institute sets up gender-neutral toilet on student's request

A Noida-based private institute has set up a gender-neutral toilet after its sole transgender student highlighted the problem of choosing between the men's and women's bathroom.

The gender-neutral toilet at the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) was built after Koushik Hore, a resident of West Bengal, raised the issue with the management, institute officials said.

They claimed that this was probably the first time an educational institute in India had taken such an initiative.

Now, the toilet can be used by anybody regardless of their gender, the officials said, adding that it was inaugurated earlier this month.

Hore, a post-graduate student at ISDM, said, "I took up the problem with the institution's management to resolve my conflict of choosing between the men's and women's toilets."
"Following Koushik's request, the idea was conceptualised four months ago and it was implemented in three to four weeks. We are sensitising people on the usage of the toilet as hygiene is of utmost importance," ISDM