In June a video depicting a woman at #WiSpa complaining of a nude male in the women's section went viral, prompting protests.
The individual in question has been revealed to be a convicted sex offender with two prior convictions for indecent exposure.
nypost.com/2021/09/02/cha…
The individual in question has been revealed to be a convicted sex offender with two prior convictions for indecent exposure.
nypost.com/2021/09/02/cha…
Several mainstream media outlets referred to the incident as a "transphobic hoax", and even after five women filed reports with the LAPD, @Slate @guardian @thedailybeast @washingtonpost @thenation have not yet retracted this baseless claim.
https://twitter.com/WomenReadWomen/status/1421708883848953859
Merager is also facing six felony counts of indecent exposure.
"Merager claims to identify as female so he can access women’s locker rooms and showers," reads an internal flyer by the LA Sheriff’s Department sent to law enforcement departments in southern California in late 2018.
"Merager claims to identify as female so he can access women’s locker rooms and showers," reads an internal flyer by the LA Sheriff’s Department sent to law enforcement departments in southern California in late 2018.
The claim that the #WiSpa incident was a hoax can be tracked down to a vociferous transactivist who harasses women online and writes smear articles. Major media outlets picked up the rumor and repeated it uncritically.
https://twitter.com/44_ajs/status/1433471138773049351?s=19
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