A Korean spa in New Jersey has been ordered to allow transgender individuals who have not undergone gender-transition surgeries into female-only areas after being sued for refusing to allow a biological male into the facility.

King Spa, in Palisades Park, N.J. — which is modelled on Jjimjilbang, gender-segregated bath houses in Korea and requires nudity in some areas — refused to allow Alexandra ‘Allie’ Goebert into the women’s area while visiting the spa in 2022 with a female friend.

Goebert, who uses she/her pronouns, was granted entry to the spa and given access to the men’s locker room, despite showing a driver’s licence identifying her as female, according to the lawsuit obtained by Reduxx .

Goebert complained, explaining to spa staffers that she was a “transgender woman,” and wa

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