Reason

Women-Only Naked Spa Lacks Constitutional Right to Exclude Transgender Patrons with Penises

From Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein's opinion yesterday in Olympus Spa v. Armstrong (W.D. Wash.): The Olympus Spa is a Korean spa "specifically designed for women," and the services offered there "are ...
LGBTQ Nation

Women-only spa ordered to let in trans women who haven’t had bottom surgery

A district court judge has ordered a spa in Washington state to allow trans women who have not undergone bottom surgery to access its facilities. According to local media outlet the Lynwood Times, the ...
Courthouse News Service

After banning trans women, Washington spa fights antidiscrimination laws at Ninth Circuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle. (Barbara Leonard/Courthouse News) SEATTLE (CN) — A traditional Korean spa that requires nudity and caters only to “biological women” ...
Reason

Women-Only Naked Spa Lacks First Amendment Right to Exclude Transgender Patrons with Penises

From Olympus Spa v. Armstrong, decided today by Ninth Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown, joined by Judge Ronald M. Gould: In 2020, the HRC [Human Rights Commission], the agency tasked with enforcing WLAD ...