The Trans Woman And The Wi Spa Controversy

Phaylen Fairchild
7 min readJul 11, 2021

Last week, a video recorded by Instagram user “cubanaangel” showed herself angrily approaching the counter of a popular, LGBTQ inclusive spa and angrily alleging that a man had come into the women’s area, disrobed and “Was naked expo(s)ing his testicles and penis slinging it left to right in front of young girls, teens and grown women.”

Ordinarily, this would be a pretty heinous violation that should require police intervention and the immediate removal of the perpetrator. There is no situation where any person, man or woman, has the right to provocatively thrust their genitalia around and behave in a sexually charged, performative fashion toward other customers. It is quite plainly an assault.

However, the outraged customer immediately turned her complaint into a brutal anti-transgender tirade, arguing with the staff of Wi Spa, who explained to her that their policy had always been inclusive of all people.

This is where it becomes a little suspect.

The customer never identified the alleged offender as transgender until another customer, watching the escalating scene, asked her “Are you talking about a transgender person?”

“There is NO SUCH THING AS TRANSGENDER!” she scolded. “He has a dick!”

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Phaylen Fairchild

Actor, Filmmaker, LGBTQ+ & Women’s Rights Activist All work copyright phaylens@gmail.com