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Leeway from Lloyd: Human rights off the deep end?

minster says it’s all about inclusion, but the pool was already fully inclusive.

It’s no shoes, no shirt, but a potential problem for some people with new legalities at the Bioclean Aquatic Centre, including topless swimming.

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The pool’s topless allowance is in alignment with the Alberta Human Rights Act, which does not allow for discrimination based on gender, gender identity or gender expression.

What made me laugh was seeing a man swimming the other day with his shirt on as some sort of possible reverse psychology stunt!

This “go topless” thing kicked off with Edmonton pools, but that city keeps changing its policy, with the latest adjustment being it’s only adults 18 and over who can swim topless and children have to be with an adult.

Hey Edmonton, doesn’t that go against the act you claim to defend by discriminating against teens?

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Allowing topless swimming will make it less inclusive if topless swimming is allowed at any time slot. There’s human rights, but there is common sense, too.

In Lloyd, how about just scheduling a time slot for topless swimming so other swimmers don’t have to feel uncomfortable sharing pool space if they don’t want to? No pool user has the right to swim anytime they feel like it, so scheduling a time for topless swimmers makes sense.

Since the pool is publicly funded, taxpayers should have a major say in user policy, especially since it involves kids and their use of the outdoor pool.

Gender identity and expression, on the other hand, seem more like behavioural issues or just thoughts than human rights, in many people’s minds.

Anyone can think or imagine they’re a woman or the King of England, and dress the parts as an actor would, but obviously, they’re neither. If any man claims to identify as a female and changes in the women’s dressing room, families might react and pull their kids from the pools, period. Sponsors might, too. That’s their right.

As one person from Edmonton commented, this is more like making our pools into a political statement at the expense of the majority of recreational users, especially children.

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