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  • In Australia, it’s not the same issue it is in the US. Trans rights are protected here, and so, trans folk are legally allowed to use the locker room that is right for them, and on top of that, locker rooms in Australia generally don’t involve people getting naked around each other either to change or to shower. Locker room showers are generally in individual stalls, each with its own small changing area as part of the stall (something like this). That is where the majority of people change. There is a public area with lockers, but people in that space after a shower are mostly either already dressed, or in their underwear.

    From my own personal experience, when I was a roller derby player before COVID, it was a non issue. Of course, roller derby is perhaps the most trans inclusive sport on the planet, so I’m not sure it’s a good example. Public swimming pools haven’t been an issue because of the shower design I mentioned above. And as a runner, I don’t really use public change rooms

    tl;dr - It’s only an issue because transphobes choose to make it an issue