Seattle Female-Only Spa Must Allow Transgender Customers After New Court Ruling

Ninth Circuit Court Rules a Spa’s Anti-Trans Ban is Not Protected By the First Amendment

Photo by Michael Discenza on UnsplashErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.The Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that the owners of a Washington spa were not deprived of their First Amendment rights after the government told them they could not discriminate against a transgender patron.The case stems from Olympus Spa, which is designated as a “women’s-only” s…

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Seattle Female-Only Spa Must Allow Transgender Customers After New Court Ruling

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects the religious freedom claims by the owners of Olympus Spa.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules Seattle spa must allow “male with fully intact genitals” to bathe naked with women – IOTW Report

Caleb “Haven” Wilvich is a man who likes to wear dresses. Imagine this guy strutting naked around women with the blessing of America’s courts:

Ninth Circuit sides with state in Olympus Spa transgender lawsuit

LYNNWOOD—The Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled that Olympus Spa – a Lynnwood-based, female-only, Korean spa that requires patrons to be fully nude – cannot sue the Washington State Human Rights Commission on First Amendment grounds for requiring transgender women into its facilities. (L-R) Haven Wilvich, the transwoman who launched the complaint against Olympus Spa and Nineth Circuit Court Judges who ruled on the case: Margaret McKeown, Rona…

WDI USA Statement on the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Olympus Spa v. Armstrong

On May 29, in a 2-1 decision of a 3-judge panel, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that a Washington state law prohibits a female-only spa from excluding men (specifically, men who have penises). One judge published a dissenting opinion. WDI USA, which had filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief before the Ninth Circuit, was not surprised by this decision.  In this post, we’ll explain the lead-up …