Overview
- At a town-hall–style event, Los Angeles musician Tish Hyman challenged Scott Wiener on how he would protect women’s spaces after she alleged harassment in a Gold’s Gym women’s locker room.
- Hyman’s video of the exchange circulated widely, and audience members booed after she replied that trans women are not women.
- Wiener said he wants everyone to be safe, stated that trans women are women, and noted that trans women also face violence.
- Coverage identified the person Hyman confronted as Alexis Black, with reports citing a 2022 Ohio domestic-violence conviction and a one-year prison sentence.
- Reporting highlighted that California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act allows people to use facilities consistent with their gender identity, which shapes how such incidents are handled.