A federal judge ordered a Korean-American women\u2019s spa with compulsory nudity to admit men who identify as women, even if they have intact penises, in a decision on Monday.<\/p>\n
Olympus Spa attempted to sue the Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC) after being ordered to remove any mention of \u201cbiological women\u201d from their website and to admit transgender men without question. Senior District Judge Barbara Rothstein dismissed the lawsuit, upholding the WSHRC\u2019s orders as legal and requiring the spa to comply.<\/p>\n
Haven Wilvich, a man who identifies as a woman, complained to the WSHRC in 2020 and claimed the spa declined his membership request. Wilvich alleged that the spa said, \u201ctransgender women without surgery are not welcome.\u201d The spa disputed this claim, stating they had no record of an application.<\/p>\n
The family-owned spa is modeled on jjimjilbang \u2014 traditional sex-segregated bathhouses in Korea. The spa only admitted trans-identified men if they had \u201cgone through post-operative sex confirmation surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n
In March 2021, the WSHRC served spa owner Myoon Woon Lee with a Notice of Complaint of Discrimination. The spa\u2019s president, Sun Lee, explained to the commission that Olympus was a family-owned \u201cwomen\u2019s Korean traditional health spa\u201d that required nudity for certain treatments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe firmly believe it is essential for the safety, legal protection, and well-being of our customers and employees that we maintain adherence to this adaptation of a females-only rule,\u201d Lee wrote.<\/p>\n
The president also educated the board on the traditions of Jjimjilbang, arguing that the spa had \u201cworked so hard over many years to build and preserve, simply for the sake of promoting gender neutrality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both the owner and the president said they were Christian and cited their faith \u2014 the Christian belief in modesty between the sexes \u2014 as a reason why they did not wish to accept biological males into the women\u2019s nude spa. Employees also involved in the suit \u2014 all of whom were women \u2014 refused to perform body scrubs on naked men, citing Christian principles as well. The District Court rejected their religious liberty claim.<\/p>\n
The court upheld the WSHRC\u2019s requirement that the spa removes all references to biological women from their site and subject their staff to \u201cinclusivity\u201d training. The spa challenged this as \u201ccompelled speech\u201d in violation of the First Amendment, which Rothstein also rejected. The court rejected the spa\u2019s third argument, which claimed that the WSHRC\u2019s requirement of admitting men violated the right of association.<\/p>\n
After the WSHRC ruling in 2021, Wilvich celebrated on social media, saying the order allowed \u201call self-identified women access regardless of surgery and genitals.\u201d<\/p>\n
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