The city of St. Petersburg, Florida decided to convert all of its public bathrooms that are single-use or for families to "all gender" bathrooms to support transgender people. St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch sign an executive policy to change all single-occupancy, and family restrooms or changing facilities to "all-gender."
By next March, all 164 city-owned single-use bathrooms will have new signs marked for all genders. The executive policy signed Sept. 1 by Mayor Ken Welch applies to all single-use and family bathrooms in city facilities, including those that are under rental agreements, such as at the Mahaffey Theater, Al Lang Stadium and Tropicana Field. The policy comes with a compliance grace period of six .