Women's-only spa takes fight over transgender access to the Supreme Court

A dispute over who should be allowed inside a women's-only spa where clients are nude has moved from Lynnwood to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a petition was filed today asking the justices to weigh in. At issue is transgender access, specifically transgender women at Olympus Spa, which offers traditional Korean body scrubs, open soaking pools and steam rooms in Lynnwood and Tacoma. The case stems from a battle that began more than six years ago, when a transgender woman said she was denied access to the spa. Olympus Spa had a longstanding policy that transgender women are welcome, but...