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Transman kicked out of gay sauna

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Badstyley · 31/10/2018 18:15

[ www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-man-sauna/ ]

Seems a transman was asked to leave a male only sauna because he didn’t have a penis.

The sauna said they would have to approach the council to find out if their license would allow them to admit transmen.

Hope the clicky works. If it doesn’t I’ll post the link below.

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Badstyley · 31/10/2018 18:51

Having said all that, there’s a little part of me that’s glad gay men are getting a taste of the medicine now. Now they might wake the fuck up and stop supporting this nonsense. They’re quite happy to ignore it when it doesn’t affect them, but when it lands on their doorstep they might not be so nonchalant.

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Badstyley · 31/10/2018 18:48

The whole thing just looks like a boundary pushing exercise. How far can I go? What can I get away with? I bet a grand total of 0 females have ever tried to get in before now. Honestly I can’t believe this shit is being pandered to.

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SirVixofVixHall · 31/10/2018 18:42

Agree all. Are gay men not allowed any men-only spaces now ? Ridiculous.

StarsAndWater · 31/10/2018 18:36

They should’ve stuck to their guns. I bet the regular clientele won’t be happy if lots of vagina havers start rocking up. I can’t believe the nerve of these people.Homosexual, the clue is in the word itself.

Agreed. This is nonsense and astoundingly arrogant.

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Badstyley · 31/10/2018 18:32

They should’ve stuck to their guns. I bet the regular clientele won’t be happy if lots of vagina havers start rocking up. I can’t believe the nerve of these people.Homosexual, the clue is in the word itself.

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 31/10/2018 18:23

Gender is not a protected characteristic, sex is.

Gender reassignment is protected.

In this case though I think they have reason to discriminate by sex.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 31/10/2018 18:22

Christ that article is a mess.

If I ruled the world I would decree that people would have to understand the difference between sex and gender before writing.

Anyway, I think the sauna was quite right to turn the individual away, and I think they are wrong to apologise and say they are inclusive of transmen.

CosmicCanary · 31/10/2018 18:21

Its ridiculous!!

Here believe this bit of paper rather than your own eyes and actual reality. Halloween Hmm

BigGreenOlives · 31/10/2018 18:20

From my understanding the space is single sex and entitled to be exclusively for men (in the same way as the Garrick Club). Gender is not a protected characteristic, sex is.

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Badstyley · 31/10/2018 18:16

Bugger!

www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-man-sauna/

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