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Board approves free period supplies in all county restrooms

Original post made on Mar 26, 2021

Santa Clara County supervisors took a stand for menstrual equity Tuesday by unanimously approving a plan to stock restrooms in all county facilities with free period products.

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Posted by Tim MacKenzie
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 26, 2021 at 3:26 pm

Tim MacKenzie is a registered user.

This is great to see! Mountain View committed to providing free period products in women's bathrooms within the city this past January, expanding on a program initiated by Mayor Kamei. It would be excellent for the city to take the step that the county has to include free products in all bathrooms since trans men menstruate as well. Hopefully other cities in the Bay follow suit soon too.


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