Overview
- At a Nov. 11 town-hall–style event, singer Tish Hyman pressed Scott Wiener on protecting women’s spaces, and he responded that trans women are women.
- Hyman says a person identifying as a woman harassed her in the women’s locker room at the Beverly Center Gold’s Gym and that her membership was later revoked after complaints.
- Reporting identifies the person Hyman named as Kyle Grant Freeman, now Alexis Black, who pleaded guilty in 2022 to domestic violence in Ohio and received a one-year sentence.
- Audience members pushed back as Hyman insisted trans women are not women, prompting boos before she left the venue after stating leaders were not protecting women.
- Coverage notes California guidance allowing facility access based on gender identity, and Wiener is running for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Nancy Pelosi.