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Female-Only Spa With Compulsory Nudity Must Admit ‘Transgender Women’ With Penises: Judge

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Female-Only Spa With Compulsory Nudity Must Admit ‘Transgender Women’ With Penises: Judge
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
6/10/2023|Updated: 6/12/2023
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A spa that for years has served only women must admit men if they claim to be women, a judge has ruled.

The constitutional rights of the owners, employees, and patrons of the Olympus Spa in Washington state weren’t infringed when officials in the state ordered the facility to provide services to “transgender women” with male genitalia, Washington District Court Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein said in a June 5 ruling.

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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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