Bern City apologises to trans woman forcibly removed from a female-only nudist lido by police after refusing to leave

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They were ejected from the “Paradiesli” nude section of the Marzili lido in Bern on Sunday after complaints from other swimmers that they did not appear biologically female.

After two female swimmers said they felt harassed by the presence of the bather, some visitors began challenging the trans woman’s presence at the popular swimming spot and asking them to leave.

Others supported the trans woman, prompting some swimmers to report the incident to the private security service.

Staff called the police after failing to de-escalate the situation. ...

Bern has now apologised and criticised the police after pointing out that the person concerned met access requirements under Switzerland’s self-identification rules.

The city said in a statement that the decision to remove the trans bather “turned out to be wrong in hindsight”.

It said the bathing company “mistakenly opted for a police-ordered removal of the trans woman. The tense atmosphere led to this misjudgment of the situation.”

The city said it “expressly regrets this decision and apologises to the woman affected… All individuals who identify as women and live as such have access to the voluntary nudist area.” ...

Full article at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/01/police-eject-trans-woman-from-nudist-lido/

And at https://archive.is/UaDR0

Jesus Christ. Well I’d never go there again, they can only vote with their feet.

FFS. Surely nobody with genuine dysphoria would want to display their (presumably intact) genitals in this way... So we all know what he was doing.

"All individuals who identify as women and live as such..."

Aside from the usual issues about defining the nonsensical phrase "living as a woman," when someone turns up at a pool how on earth do you know how they live? What do they do with their spare time? Do they knit or play football? Is the gas bill in a female name or a male name? Do their friends and family use female or male pronouns for them? Have they felt this way for 10 years or did it just happen today? when they realised they could get in the women's pool. How can the staff have any knowledge about the stranger that turns up and wants entry?

Link to earlier thread about this.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womensrights/5548647-city-of-bern-apologies-to-tw-with-certain-physical-characteristics-that-were-not-percieved-as-female-was-removed-from-nudist-area-of-women-only-pool

Exhibitionist’s gonna exhibit. Is Switzerland very TWAW now?

I read that Switzerland got self-id into law without a referendum. Switzerland famously uses referendums all the time, even for trivial things.

That's what I've always thought, they had a referendum on whether women could wear a Hijab, but not on whether men who claim to be women could access spaces that are for women. 🤬