Resources

• Front-back-zipper pants! These were made with squatting in mind, but they are a GAME CHANGER for stand-to-pee device (STP) use. Check out Gnara or Ziphers. Ziphers also has some availability on Amazon. Completely pee funnel compatible.

• Aqua Underwear makes trans- and size-inclusive underwear that can be custom-made to accommodate not just STPs, but packers, pads, and anything else you have in your pants. There are also plenty of premade options.

• Trans Guy Supply. (This store has some NSFW pages.) There’s also an awesome blog!

• Trans Tool Shed. Education-based as well as offering supplies. And there is a guide for how to buy their products! As above, some stuff is NSFW.

• Kula Cloth! Most stand-to-pee devices are designed so that you don’t need to wipe, but if you want extra protection or you still like squatting, try these out. They can also be used to clean your pee funnel hygienically on the go. In addition, Kula offers an antimicrobial pouch to carry your pee funnel, the Kula Pocket. They ALSO have a waffle design called “Twat Waffle” so that is highly excellent.

• Want to save money, help the environment, and get up to 12 hours of period protection on long hikes? Try the cup or disc. There are a ton of these on the market, but Diva cup was the first, and they really put these products on the map. They also do a disc. As I say elsewhere, I use a disc myself, because I can’t feel it. I don’t want to feel anything. Or pay for tampons.

Leave No Trace is an amazing resource about respecting nature. It’s just what it sounds like: an ethos of not leaving a mark on the wild. Check out their site for information and ways to get involved.

The Rich Earth Institute is all about recycling human urine into fertilizer. No, it isn’t gross! It’s ecologically sound and protects the environment. We all pee. Why not do something with it?

• pStyle’s blog (which is pretty great) has a very popular article about safe, legal public urination. Of course it assumes you’re using a pStyle, but most STPs would work.

• Here’s an Autostraddle article by Gabe Dunn called “A Trans Guy’s Guide to the Men’s Bathroom.” It’s a guide for men who have transitioned. It’s not explicitly about STPs, although they do get a mention. (He says they get pee on his hands. What are you doing, Gabe?)

Want a second or third opinion?

• Backpackers did a “Complete Guide to Female Urination Devices” which is all over the internet if you Google “pee funnels.” And we do not see eye-to-eye! They rated Pibella the highest, which people tend to love or hate, and placed the SheWee second. I guess the author had more time to practice than I did. But I’m just one woman! I’d also note that it features the second generation Freshette, which only has a 5-inch tube. The current, 7-inch model, in my opinion, is better.

• Here’s another ranking, and this one includes weight: “10 Best Female Urination Devices and Pee Funnels” from Greenbelly. They rank Freshette lower than I would. But that’s why you gotta research and form your own opinions!

• Do you just take it as a natural and ordinary thing that women have to wait longer than men to use the bathroom at public events? Sometimes inequality is so commonplace that it slips under our radar. Time Magazine has an article about potty parity called “‘Potty Parity:’ Equal Wait Time for Men’s and Women’s Restrooms” that explores this topic.

• This article about bathroom practices in the geosciences highlights the fact that problems arise when we don’t talk about bodily functions. It might seem a little niche, but lack of dialogue about bathroom opportunities plagues a number of different professions in ways that can be exclusionary to women, trans people, and disabled people.

• The “urinary leash” is still keeping women at home. Here’s an article from the BBC that provides a little history of the term as well as some very stark facts about contemporary toilet access.

• This very introductory video essay on gender theory by Judith Butler is a great place to start if you feel like maybe there’s more to gender than the idea of biological sex.