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Presenter BBC Front Row&Newswatch.Freelance Journo,Visiting Prof Kingston Uni.Spiritual Berliner,ex-LosAngeleno,movie connoisseur,especially Westerns&SF.

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    Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4

    Dear @BarbicanCentre women's loos labelled "gender neutral" so full of men who ALSO hv a " urinal" to themselves. Totally ridiculous.

    12:11 PM - 4 Apr 2017
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      2. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Give us back women's loos for ALL women. (Cinema 1)

        4 replies 18 retweets 75 likes
      3. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Why do women lose our space to men!? All women can use ladies loos. This isn't the USA.

        5 replies 25 retweets 119 likes
      4. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Right hv asked some @BarbicanCentre staff who say they pointed out that turning ladies into gender neutral loos was going to be a mistake.

        2 replies 21 retweets 67 likes
      5. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        So dear @BarbicanCentre bosses listen to your customers. Women hv enuf trouble with Q s without you imposing your politics.

        2 replies 28 retweets 80 likes
      6. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Or just Turn the gents into gender neutral loos. There's NEVER such a queue there & you know it. Thankyou.

        9 replies 37 retweets 162 likes
      7. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Ah the irony of having to explain discrimination having just been to see I Am Not Your Negro IN YOUR CINEMA. (Great event btw) :)

        2 replies 13 retweets 58 likes
      8. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 6
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Where I say "penis" on @bbcradiolondon for 2nd time in my life in a discussion on gender neutral loos: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04xf5n9 … (1 hr45m 39)

        5 replies 5 retweets 23 likes
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    1. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 5
      Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

      Can I just add I love the @BarbicanCentre apart from the gender neutral loo madness

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      2. Barbican Centre‏Verified account @BarbicanCentre Apr 5
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK

        We introduced gender neutral toilets in part of the Centre as part of our commitment to welcoming all & creating a supportive (1/2)

        6 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Barbican Centre‏Verified account @BarbicanCentre Apr 5
        Replying to @BarbicanCentre @SamiraAhmedUK

        and tolerant space. We welcome all your feedback about the new system as we look to ensure an outstanding audience experience for all. (2/2)

        24 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      4. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 5
        Replying to @BarbicanCentre

        .Thanks for the reply but there's no way this works fairly. Hope your bosses will see non binary commonsense & restore ladies loos.

        4 replies 5 retweets 58 likes
      5. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 5
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK

        Looks like i'm going to be on @BBCRadioLondon Breakfast show after 835am discussing THOSE "gender neutral" loos at the Barbican Centre.

        1 reply 8 retweets 28 likes
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      2. Shelagh Fogarty‏Verified account @ShelaghFogarty Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        I've stopped going to the Barbican. Arduous experience no matter how great the performance/play/show

        3 replies 7 retweets 10 likes
      3. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 4
        Replying to @ShelaghFogarty @BarbicanCentre

        This is important. I've told staff. It's ridiculous as the impact only hurts women. We need our loos back. Wd like response please @barbican

        0 replies 33 retweets 81 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Jonathan Dunn‏ @JonathanD1962 Apr 5
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Lack of adequate loos for women in public venues has long been a national scandal. Ashamed to see queues in theatres, St Pancras, Ascot....

        1 reply 2 retweets 12 likes
      3. Jonathan Dunn‏ @JonathanD1962 Apr 5
        Replying to @JonathanD1962 @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Not sure why never been campaign 2 have legislation put this right. Maybe public schoolboy mindset in media/politics just thinks it's a joke

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Samira Ahmed‏Verified account @SamiraAhmedUK Apr 7
        Replying to @JonathanD1962 @BarbicanCentre

        That's exactly it.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Scottee‏ @ScotteeIsFat Apr 4
        Replying to @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Agree wee-space is disproportionate but surely that's a issue of remodelling space not enforcing binaries?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Eve Endor‏ @EveEndor Apr 5
        Replying to @ScotteeIsFat @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        a suspicious number of men are keen on 'not reinforcing the binary' - maybe that's because men are a danger to women & not vice versa. 🙄

        1 reply 8 retweets 30 likes
      4. Scottee‏ @ScotteeIsFat Apr 5
        Replying to @EveEndor @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Painful truth - a door with a 🚺 on will not stop men being violent towards women. As a genderqueer gender neutral space is where I feel...

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Scottee‏ @ScotteeIsFat Apr 5
        Replying to @ScotteeIsFat @EveEndor and

        ..safe. It's tricky this new world of toilet politics. Agree re: safe space but perhaps he reading of male could also be thought about.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Eve Endor‏ @EveEndor Apr 5
        Replying to @ScotteeIsFat @SamiraAhmedUK @BarbicanCentre

        Painful truth - women feel intimidated by strange males regardless of how those males 'id'. We need our own space.

        0 replies 4 retweets 38 likes
      7. End of conversation

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