UNISEX bathrooms would be installed in Victorian high schools under a proposal from the state's peak student body.

The "non-gendered" bathrooms would cater for students who don't identify with the gender they were born as.

The Victorian Student Representative Council plans to raise its idea during meetings with Education Minister Martin Dixon and school officials.

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It follows a high-profile case in Queensland where a nine-year-old transgender student was initially denied access to the girls' toilets after identifying as female.

Representative council spokeswoman Krista Seddon said students who didn't identify as a "binary" gender needed to feel accepted and safe.

Single-sex toilets would remain under the proposal.

"We believe that school is a place for students to develop and explore their own identity, and this should be allowed to happen without having to be confined by labels,'' Ms Seddon said.

"Students of all ages have struggled with the issue of gendered bathrooms; it is a very real issue for students all over Victoria."

The council, made up of secondary school students and run under the auspices of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, resolved to lobby for having both single-sex and non-gendered bathrooms.

It is now seeking stories from students who have been bullied or felt unsafe because their school hasn't provided a gender-neutral bathroom.

"The motion was brought to the attention of the congress because anecdotal evidence about this issue was already emerging within the state of Victoria,'' Ms Seddon said.

"VicSRC is seeking this change because, as students, we want to feel safe and respected in school.''

Parents Victoria executive officer Gail McHardy said schools needed to be respectful of individual student needs, noting family and aircraft bathrooms were unisex.

"It seems quite a reasonable request by students,'' she said.

"We need to be confident that all students feel safe at all times".

Education Department spokesman Stuart Teather said it supported diversity and had guidelines to help schools support students with transgender or intersex status.

"Schools develop a plan with students and their parents, which includes an agreement on the use of toilet and shower facilities appropriate to the gender the student identifies with,'' he said.

"Students get the most out of their time at school when their schools are safe, supportive and inclusive environments."

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