Gabi Young said the incident took place in New York City on 20 August at a gym he had specifically joined for the swimming facilities.
Young, a transgender man using he/they pronouns, was wearing a blue swimming top and blue swim shorts when he was stopped by a female lifeguard as he approached the pool.
The lifeguard asked: “Excuse me, can I help you?” “I’m going into the pool,” Young responded. The lifeguard then allegedly told Young, “You need a bathing suit to go into the pool,” adding that it needed to be a “One piece.
A female one piece.” Young was eventually allowed to use the pool after objecting to the comments, but stated that he no longer feels comfortable in the gym because of being “judged”. “I was embarrassed that she came up