# The Legal Battle Over Who Gets To Show Their Genitals at a Nude Spa Takes an Unexpected Turn

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-legal-battle-over-who-gets-to-show-their-genitals-at-a-nude-spa-takes-an-unexpected-turn/
- Published: 2026-11-15T12:00:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T12:18:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Reason (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://reason.com/2026/11/15/the-legal-battle-over-who-gets-to-show-their-genitals-at-a-nude-spa-takes-an-unexpected-turn/
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- Washington voted to allow genital-based entry rules where nudity is central.
- Olympus Spa is asking the Supreme Court to review its dispute with the state.
- The rule’s effect on the case and wider law remains uncertain.

## Summary

Washington’s Human Rights Commission voted to let businesses where nudity is central set entry rules based on genital characteristics. The change could allow a single-sex nude spa to exclude customers with particular genitalia, and may affect the legal dispute over whether Olympus Spa broke state anti-discrimination law by refusing entry to a transgender woman.

The Lynnwood spa’s owners are challenging the case at the US Supreme Court, arguing both that their First Amendment rights were violated and that their Christian beliefs should exempt them from the law. A federal appeals court previously rejected the First Amendment argument, saying the state was enforcing the law rather than targeting the spa’s message. The commission’s vote still needs to be formally filed as a rule; the article says the change may not resolve the case or the broader legal questions.

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