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# Sydney baths ban trans women
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/sydney-baths-ban-trans-women/
- Published: 2021-01-14T08:08:05.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-13T17:10:18.000Z
- Description: McIver’s Ladies Baths in Sydney, Australia, has faced backlash after updating it’s regulations to ban trans women who have not yet undergone gender-reassignment surgery.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Australia, LGBTQ, Trans Rights, trans women, Transgender

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McIver’s Ladies Baths

**McIver’s Ladies Baths** in **Sydney, Australia**, has faced backlash after updating it’s regulations to ban trans women who have not yet undergone gender-reassignment surgery. According to an Australian news [outlet](https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/mcivers-ladies-baths-sydney-pool-slammed-over-rule-for-transgender-women/news-story/28a508e8e7efc12dd289177fce88b573?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the women-only pool added new regulations on its website, which stated: *“Only transgender women who have undergone a gender reassignment surgery are allowed entry.”* However, following negative reactions on social media, the organisation said: *“Yes. Transgender women are welcome to the McIver’s Ladies Baths, our definition for transgender is as per the NSW Discrimination Act.”*

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Facebook users expressed outrage at McIver’s policies, with one user saying: *“I’m happy to swim with non-op trans women any day of the week (and yes, before the trolls go bonkers, I can and will do so at other pools); not happy with your dodgy reductive policy.”* Another added: *“As a long-time swimmer at the pools I am really disgusted and upset by this policy. I’ve always enjoyed McIver’s because I’ve seen it as a safe and accessible haven for so many in Sydney. Your website says a ‘safe space for all women’ but this policy says another.”*

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One said the policy was trans-exclusionary: *“This is deeply shameful, exclusionary and has changed my perception of you from a safe space for women to one that is highly unsafe, You should be deeply ashamed about this.”* However, some were supportive of the new codes, with one social media saying: *“Many thanks McIver’s. Women and girls value the opportunity to have spaces that are for women and girls only. These spaces are rare and it hurts no one.”*