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Community Photo: Silas Baisch/Unsplash Recently, the McIver’s Ladies Baths in Sydney came under fire for their (since removed) policy stating “only transgender women who’ve undergone a gender reassignment surgery are allowed entry”. The policy was seemingly in defiance of New South Wales’ anti-discrimination and sex discrimination acts. Managed since 1922 by the Randwick and Coogee Ladies Amateur Swimming Club, the baths are a haven for women and the last remaining women’s-only seawater pool in Australia. Just over 100 public ocean pools sit on Australia’s rocky coast,...

Last week, the McIver’s Ladies Baths in Sydney came under fire for their (since removed) policy stating “only transgender women who’ve undergone a gender reassignment surgery are allowed entry”. The policy was seemingly in defiance of New South Wales’ anti-discrimintation and sex discrimination acts. Managed since 1922 by the Randwick and Coogee Ladies Amateur Swimming Club, the baths are a haven for women, and the last remaining women’s-only seawater pool in Australia. Just over 100 public ocean pools sit on Australia’s rocky coast, most in New South Wales. Segregated baths g...