Resources

lower half of woman wearing Ziphers khaki hiking shorts with panel showing rear view
diamond-shaped magenta Kula cloth with teal giraffe in profile

Ziphers shorts with front-to-back zip; Kula Cloth

Photo credit: Ziphers, Kula Cloth

Extra Products

  • 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.

  • 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. I have not tested these, but they have a waffle design called “Twatwaffle” so that is highly excellent.

  • Looking for something more gender affirming? Here’s Trans Guy Supply. (This store has some NSFW pages.) There’s also an awesome blog!

  • More gender-affirming goodness at Trans Tool Shed, which is education-based as well as offering supplies. Again, some pages are NSFW. They actually have a guide for how to buy their products— very cool!

  • 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.

I do not receive any money from the sale of these products. Honestly, I didn’t even get free samples.

Guides

  • 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 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.

  • Want a THIRD opinion that includes weight? Here’s another ranking. “10 Best Female Urination Devices and Pee Funnels” from Greenbelly. They rank Freshette lower than I would. But that’s why you gotta research!

Articles

  • Do you just take it as a natural and ordinary thing that women have to wait longer 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.