2023-07-26 09:04:26
Deceleration: bathing life is particularly relaxed among women. Image: Getty
The Frauenbadi on the Limmat is an oasis in the middle of Zurich. It only becomes critical here when people with a mustache who are read as male demand access.
Despite the harmless concern, the gentleman from the sports department of the city of Zurich is suspicious. What exactly do you intend to do with the Frauenbadi? A story about the history of the institution on the Limmat? Or is the interest mainly focused on architecture? You stutter, but the intentions are the very best. It’s about the atmosphere, of course embedded in the history and architecture of this extraordinary place. But, according to the gentleman from the sports office: no political questions for the employees!
Last year there was a lot of excitement in the city because a man with a mustache, read as a male, asked to be admitted to the women’s baths. The person presented their ID: Woman! Since January 1, 2022, it has been possible for trans people in Switzerland to have their first name and gender changed on their ID card without any bureaucracy. The mustache-wearing person was still denied access to the Zurich women’s pool. In an interview, the head of the Zurich City Office for Equal Opportunities said that those responsible for the pools must also take into account when making their decision that the pools are visited by guests who did not go to mixed bathing establishments for religious or personal reasons. This means, for example, Muslim and Jewish-Orthodox women, for whom the Frauenbadi is a place of safety.
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