It seems the tiny town of Dunedin in the very south of New Zealand is becoming a leader in accepting non-binary gender identities.

Just a week after a school made its uniform options gender neutral, the local theatre has made its restrooms open to all identities with a pretty novel sign.

The 1650-seater Regent Theatre just installed a new restroom sign that shows it accessible to people of all abilities, genders and intergalactic species.

Underneath the alien were the instructions, ‘whatever, just please wash your hands’.

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Installed on Friday, the sign was the brainchild of theatre director Sarah Anderson.

‘We like people to be relaxed and that’s the point of having the sign,’ Regent Theatre marketing manager Hannah Molloy told the Otago Daily Times.

‘It takes any anxiety away for people who might feel pressured into going into toilets specified for one gender, or another, when they don’t necessarily relate to that gender.’

The sign was installed to help people ‘to feel more comfortable and safe’.

It proved a hit with locals who took to social media to congratulate the Regent.

‘People are delighted … we haven’t had any negative feedback at all. Clearly there is a demand for it – society is ready,’ Molloy said.