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Seattle Parks and Recreation has confirmed an adult male inappropriately used a female locker room at Evans Pool in Green Lake while a youth swim team used the facilities on Feb. 8
Was the individual a male inappropriately using the facilities or a transgender female well within her rights?
This didnt seem like a transgender issue to staff someone who was identifying as a woman, Seattle Parks and Recreation Communications Manager David Takami told me via email. We have guidelines that allow transgender individuals to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity.
At around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, an adult went into the locker room to change. Takami says that at no time did he verbally identify as female, nor did he request to be treated as transgender.
At the time, a local youth swim team was using the facilities. Young girls and some of their parents became alarmed that the male was changing in the female locker room and alerted the front desk staff. Staff members then asked the man to leave and offered the availability of a family changing room.
He did not accept the offer.
After his swim, he again entered the womens locker room to change. Front desk staff once again asked him to leave and he eventually did.
Perhaps complicating matters, a witness who contacted KIRO Radio indicated this male was wearing mens clothing as he entered the locker room.
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In following guidelines laid out by the Washington Human Right Commission, the person did not exhibit a gender presentation or gender identity consistent with gender of the locker room as was asked to leave that locker room, said Gunner Scott, transgender advocate and former LGBT Commission for the City of Seattle. A concern I have is if this was a setup by opponents of LGBT equality to try to exploit the recent debate of basic rights of transgender youth, adults and families, as that tactic has been used by these opponents in different states.
Its a valid concern and one I fear will happen just to make a point. But thats another reason parks and recreation failed by not calling the police to report the lawbreaker.
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