Here’s a headline from the Daily Mail that perfectly captures the insanity of the current cultural moment: “Trans woman is cleared of flashing her penis at three women using Ohio YMCA after judge ruled she’s too FAT for her genitals to be visible.”
Incredibly, the story itself is even more ridiculous than the outlet’s unironic use of the phrase “her penis.”
A Xenia, Ohio, judge ruled this week that Rachel Glines, a man who began identifying as a woman in 2021, did not commit indecent exposure when he stripped naked in the women’s locker room of a YMCA, exposing his male genitals to several women, including minors. Apparently, the fact that Glines weighs more than 350 pounds somehow excuses his behavior since his body fat somewhat covered his visible penis.
“Quiet simply, the facts do not exist to support a find of guilt, as charged,” wrote Judge David McNamee. “Glines’ genitalia was not visible as a result of other portions of [his] body covering same.”
More important to the case, however, was the fact that the YMCA of Greater Dayton had granted permission to Glines to use the women’s locker room in all YMCA facilities in the area, as McNamee noted…