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Dunedin City Council
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Q1: Do you provide communal single-sex changing and showering facilities?
Yes
Q2: Do you provide single occupancy changing and showering facilities? If so, how many at each site?
Four dry room, 9 with showers – Moana Pool; Te Puna o Whakaehu 3 with showers.
Q3: Please provide any policies or procedures that apply to trans-identified people who wish to use the changing and showering facilities in your sites.
The Council is inline with the Recreation Aoetearoa guidelines.
SUFW note: on page 8, RA encourages organisations to develop specific guidelines
Q4: How are your different changing and showering facilities labelled and described?
Male, Female, Family Change, Dry Change
Q5: At your sites, which changing room and showering facilities is a trans-identified male permitted to use?
The Council does not have a policy. The Council meets the requirements of the Human Rights Act 1993 to not discriminate also inline with the Recreation Aotearoa guidelines.
Q6: If applicable, do your facilities allow trans-identifying males to attend Women Only swim sessions?
Not applicable.
Our Verdict
Using the Recreation Aotearoa Guidelines means gender identity is prioritised over sex, bad news for women. Their signage needs to be updated to reflect the reality, it is currently misleading,
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