The facility will shutter again this weekend ahead of more protests from conservative groups opposing equal access to bathrooms
Santee’s YMCA will close again this weekend ahead of more protests, the latest fallout from a teenage girl’s public complaint about sharing a locker room with a transgender woman.hundreds gathered outside
Even as conservative groups vow to sue the organization and overturn California’s law, a woman has stepped forward to say she was likely the person spotted by the teenager.It was not the first time Wood has faced challenges using gym locker rooms.
Earlier this month at a Santee council meeting, Phillips said she’d been showering at the YMCA when she spotted a naked person she believed to be a male.Phillips later told Tucker Carlson that she’d seen the person’s “backside.” After spending a few days out of town, she came back to a call from a friend offering her support and talking about the video. “I went, ‘What video?’” Wood said. The friend sent her an Instagram link to a video clip of the council meeting.
Asked if she felt safe returning to the Santee YMCA, Woods said, “Oh good God, yes,” adding that the facility made it clear to her that she was to report any harassment. She said she is a regular at the Y, and left Crunch Fitness after it stopped offering the class she wanted to take.The uproar has also shown fissures among conservatives.
A flyer for Saturday’s protest includes the logo for Lexit, a national organization of conservative Latinos. The group did not immediately return a request for comment.Sheriff’s deputies were not visible on the field in front of the YMCA during most of Wednesday evening, even as shoving broke out between a small group of people screaming obscenities.
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