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GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS ON THE RISE
Nearly a quarter of businesses with gender-neutral restrooms are restaurants, according to Yelp's data Data from a new feature on Yelp that allows consumers to mark if a business has gender-neutral restrooms has been pouring in since the company introduced the feature in March, with more than 160,000 businesses being listed as having such facilities. Consumers can either select an option to mark if a business has gender-neutral restrooms, or the business itself can log onto its profile and volunteer that information. “We’re not trying to particularly highlight places that don’t have gender-neutral restrooms, we’re just trying to make it easy for folks to find places that do,” says Rachel Youngblade, senior public relations manager at Yelp. According to the data from Yelp, 24% of businesses with gender-neutral restrooms are restaurants, followed by almost 15% that are categorized as beauty services, 14% that are health businesses, and 13% that are food establishments. About 7 percent are shopping-related businesses and another 7 percent are auto-related businesses. |
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