The classic male and female bathroom symbols have been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, but it doesn’t look like they’re going away any time soon. While the crude stick-figures may not ...

Modern geneticists no longer use these familiar symbols and instead rely on a square (for male) and circle (for female): This symbolism was developed by Pliny Earle, a doctor with the Bloomingdale ...

Jennifer Daniel, designer at Google, thinks about this deep irony at the heart of visual language all the time. She traces it back to the age-old problem with the male bathroom symbol. “That ...

Brighton Council to open 'gender neutral' public toilets as it 'phases out male and female lavatories' A new development will include toilets that can be used by any adult or child ...