Men Can Enter Museum’s Ladies Lounge, Tasmanian Tribunal Rules

Published on April 10, 2024

Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art—better known as MONA—has been ordered to allow men into its lounge area exclusive to women, following a case before a tribunal. Housed within the Moorilla winery in Hobart, MONA is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere. Founded by Tasmanian millionaire David Walsh in 2011, it is renowned for its central themes of sex and death, and has been described by its founder, as a “subversive adult Disneyland.” The legal action was brought forth by Jason Lau from New South Wales earlier this year. Mr. Lau contended that being denied entry into the Ladies Lounge due to his gender when he visited the museum last April violated Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act....

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