Preschoolers Should Have Gender Neutral Bathrooms

Transgender and gender nonconforming people generally feel uncomfortable when they need to use the restroom. This problem needs to be addressed because 53 percent of transgender people report being harassed in bathrooms (Lambda Legal). In fact, bathrooms remain one of the only publicly gender separated areas in the United States (Kopas). It was not that long ago that the idea of mixed-race water fountains, let alone public restrooms was radical. Gender-neutral bathrooms should be required everywhere there are gender binary bathrooms. This would eliminate the general uneasiness with transgender people about bathrooms and result in a more inclusive society (Kopas).
Imagine this scenario: a preschooler needs to use the bathroom for the first time

I would hold [it] in because I didn't want to go there and I often had accidents. It's so stupid. I don't think it should be limited to just that boy/girl system. I think we should have unisex bathrooms.
The second benefit of having gender-neutral bathrooms is only having to construct one large bathroom instead of two. It should, however, be at the discretion of the building owner as to whether or not there should also be binary bathrooms. Legislation requiring all public spaces in Philadelphia to have gender neutral bathrooms, and has caused no widespread issues (Fortune). This system will protect managers from forcing people to use a bathroom with which they are not comfortable and addresses the cries about equality from the right (Ford).
There are definitely people opposed to this change, mostly out of pure ignorance and fear (Ford). Some politicians, such as Mike Huckabee, use this fear to gain traction with conservative audiences as seen in his speech at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention:
Now I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE… I’m pretty