The planned introduction of unisex toilets at the Lycée Technique du Centre (LTC) has sparked significant opposition, generating an unprecedented 14 parliamentary petitions against the proposal.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Parliamentary Petitions Committee had processed seven of these submissions, with the remaining seven scheduled for review in its next session. Francine Closener, President of the committee and an MP of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP), told RTL that such a volume of petitions on a single topic is without precedent.
According to parliamentary regulations, only the first admissible petition on a given topic is formally accepted. Subsequent petitioners on the same issue are, however, able to add their support to the initial submission.
In response to mounting public criticism and widespread misunderstanding, Education Minister Claude Meisch clarified the government’s position in an RTL interview on Monday. He stated that traditional boys’ and girls’ toilets would be retained, with gender-neutral facilities serving as an additional option.
