Did organizers at the Democratic National Convention eliminate women's bathrooms and turn them into gender-neutral restrooms? No, that's not true: Women's restrooms were still offered at the 2024 DNC as of August 21, 2024, according to images from the convention site and information from the venue itself. Lead Stories staff covering the convention noted men's and women's restrooms as well as gender-neutral restrooms.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on X, formerly known as Twitter, on August 19, 2024. It said:
DNC national convention eliminated Women's bathrooms.
Here is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Wed Aug 21 17:01:47 2024 UTC)
The post declaring women's restrooms were eliminated appears to use photos posted by a Washington Examiner reporter on their X account (archived here), which they noted were photos from inside the "press filing center at the DNC."
There are multiple verifications that women's bathrooms were offered at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August 2024.
Site map
According to the "United Center Map" (archived here) provided by the DNC, which does not include restrooms in locker rooms or private areas, this is the breakdown of bathrooms in the venue:
21 women's restrooms
26 men's restrooms
5 gender-neutral restrooms
Convention operations insider
A source familiar with DNC operations told Lead Stories via email on August 21, 2024, that there are "there are two women's rooms, one gender neutral, and one men's," in the Advocate Center, which is the designated press filing center.
DNC site video
The DNC provided a video of the press filing center to Lead Stories, which showed the restroom doors there. These screenshots of the signs from the women's, men's and gender-neutral restrooms show that women's bathrooms have not been eliminated:
(Source: DNC video screenshot taken on Wed Aug 21 17:04:22 2024 UTC)
(Source: DNC video screenshot taken on Wed Aug 21 17:05:14 2024 UTC)
(Source: DNC video screenshot taken on Wed Aug 21 17:07:29 2024 UTC)
(Source: DNC video screenshot taken on Wed Aug 21 17:10:54 2024 UTC)
Other Lead Stories fact checks about the 2024 Democratic National Convention can be found here.
