“All Gender Restroom… Permanent modifications coming soon,” read the crimson sign posted outside the women’s first floor restrooms in the east end of the CUB.

The restrooms have temporarily opened as multi-stall gender inclusive restrooms from Monday until Friday, according to a WSU News release. There are currently several single-stall gender neutral bathrooms on campus, but the CUB and the Chinook Student Center, which is slated to be completed by spring 2017, will be the first two facilities on campus to have multi-stall gender inclusive restrooms.

While these restrooms are only open for the week, the long-term vision is to open them permanently as gender inclusive, according to the WSU News release.

The multi-stall gender inclusive restrooms will be the first of its kind in the building.

The location of these gender inclusive restrooms will one day be the location of the permanent ones.

The restrooms were planned to be open this week in celebration of National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11. According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), National Coming Out Day celebrates those who are coming out or have already come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) or as an ally. This year is the 28th anniversary, according to the HRC.

The initiative to open the restrooms was led by students involved with the Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Resource Center (GIESORC), and in collaboration with CUB Advisory Board, Dean of Students Melynda Huskey and ASWSU.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all that students’ voices count here,” Heidi Stanton-Schnebly, director of GIESORC, said. “This is what they have asked for and need, and the students have advocated for each other.”

In spring 2014, ASWSU voted unanimously in support of a resolution that called for at least one gender-neutral bathroom to be installed in each extensively renovated and newly constructed building on the Pullman campus.

“The goal for these restrooms is to retrofit the existing space in a way that promotes privacy and inclusivity, without disrupting the pre-existing HVAC, air circulation, fire suppression, drainage and lighting,” Karee Shaw, CUB senior associate director, said.

Based on the design proposal the Board of Regents was given in fall 2015, the Chinook Student Center will have both multi-stall gender inclusive restrooms and a gender inclusive locker room, according to the press release.

“I am excited about the accessibility these restrooms will bring to students,” Stanton-Schnebly said. “I think people don’t think about the stress some individuals feel trying to find a bathroom where they can go into and not be questioned.”

The CUB remains committed to making an environment that is as welcoming and inclusive as possible. There are currently 25 other buildings on campus that have single stall gender-neutral bathrooms, according to a list by WSU.