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To Wax or Not To Wax:  Question 3 Radio Debate on Gender Identity Puts Transgender Beauty Spa Case Front and Center

To Wax or Not To Wax:  Question 3 Radio Debate on Gender Identity Puts Transgender Beauty Spa Case Front and Center

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The Milton beauty parlor bikini wax case featured prominently in a radio debate on Question 3 on Thursday night, as advocates battled over the details and whether the state's gender identity law could be used to force a female spa worker to provide intimate hair removal services for a biological male who identifies as a woman. State Representative Paul Tucker (D-Salem), a retired Salem police chief, argued for a Yes vote on Question 3, which would continue a state law that prohibits discriminat

The Milton beauty parlor bikini wax case featured prominently in a radio debate on Question 3 on Thursday night, as advocates battled over the details and whether the state's gender identity law could be used to force a female spa worker to provide intimate hair removal services for a biological male who identifies as a woman. State Representative Paul Tucker (D-Salem), a retired Salem police chief, argued for a Yes vote on Question 3, which would continue a state law that prohibits discriminat…