"This is a case about swinging d**ks. The Christian owners of Olympus Spa - a traditional Korean, women-only, nude spa - understandably don't want them in their spa. Their female employees and female clients don't want them in their spa either. But Washington State insists on them. And now so does the Ninth Circuit."
"You may think that swinging d**ks shouldn't appear in a judicial opinion. You're not wrong. But as much as you might understandably be shocked and displeased to merely encounter that phrase in this opinion, I hope we all can agree that it is far more jarring for the unsuspecting and exposed women at Olympus Spa - some as young as thirteen - to be visually assaulted by the real thing."
Lawrence VanDyke, a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge appointed by Trump, issued a dissent in Olympus Spa v. Armstrong using vulgar and transphobic language to oppose Washington state's anti-discrimination law. The case involved a women-only Korean spa that refused service to a pre-operative transgender woman. VanDyke's dissent employed crude terminology and framed the issue around protecting female patrons from transgender women. The case originated when Haven Wilvich, a trans woman, filed a complaint after being denied service in 2020. The Washington Human Rights Commission reached a settlement in 2021 requiring the spa to change its policies. Twenty-seven active and senior judges publicly denounced VanDyke's dissent as vulgar and inappropriate for judicial proceedings.
#judicial-conduct #lgbtq-discrimination #transgender-rights #anti-discrimination-law #federal-judiciary
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