I survived tournament day without passing out from overheating! Also, with no pain or irritation from binding for 16 hours*, and shockingly enough with 0 dysphoria, despite being automatically read as a woman by most people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's a miracle what a well-fitting shirt and suit can do to one's self esteem xD
Also, gender-neutral toilets! They had a gender-neutal toilet! And yes, I realize that's a non-issue for 99% of participants, but it is INSANE how much of my background anxiety that relieved. My cognitive capacity improved tenfold just by not being constantly busy on the background with figuring out whose changing room I'd have to invade, just to pee.
Honestly, normally at events I just don't pee. I drink only the bare minimum of liquids during the day and hold it for like 8+ hours, just to avoid having to go through the discomfort of being in the wrong changing room. Having an actual option was such a game-changer! I could actually hydrate adequately throughout the day!
*I promise I don't make a habit of doing that! It's only like 3 times a year for competitions, and with a special sports binder that is super flexible.
I am really happy for you that this went so well!!
Congratulations on surviving the event. At least you don't take spiro that makes you pee every 15 minutes.
When I was in Sweden, mostly in Stockholm, I saw it that most of the toilets in public space are gender neutral. Like for example the toilets on the airport. And no one have any prolbem with this. And really, I hope that this will be normal for most of the countries. Becuaose, if its not the issue for most of the people and it can help some of them - why we cannot have this like Sweden?
@ver0nika Thank you ^^ It really went way better than I expected!
@second-life-syndrome Haha, omg, I would hate that that for all sorts of reasons xD But I hope the positives of it weigh out the discomfort of constant toilet breaks for you ^_^
@hormeza Oooh, that would be so amazing. I wish it would spread. In the last few months I've been to two places that only have ungendered toilets - both arcade-like places, but I haven't really encountered any others in the wild.