A Tasmanian newspaper has come under fire after it published a misleading letter which falsely reported an incident involving a man entering the female toilets at an aquatic centre.
Launceston’s local paper The Examiner printed a letter penned by a reader outlining her “disgust” towards a council swimming pool that allowed a transgender male to use female facilities.
It was published under the Letter to the Editor section of the paper, under the title ‘Girls getting changed, then walks in a man’.
“I am writing to express my absolute disgust at the Launceston aquatic centre and concern for our children,” a resident by the name of Olivia Nettleford wrote.
“Recently while getting changed in the FEMALE change rooms with many young girls present, an adult MALE walked in and started to undress, in front of the kids!”
The incident allegedly happened at the Launceston Leisure & Aquatic Centre, although investigations found it did not occur. Picture: Facebook/@LauncestonLeisureAndAquatic
She then explained a father of one of the girls who was in the change room “walked in and forcibly moved” the man, before the incident was reported to centre staff.
“They shrugged and said there was nothing they could do because the person ‘identifies as female’,” Ms Nettleford said.
“The father who, (sic) in my opinion did the absolute right thing any parent would do, has now received a life ban from this facility. (sic) Simply for protecting his child.”
The woman then went on to explain that...
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