after speaking out about an incident involving herself, a naked man using the Santee YMCA women’s locker room.
Staff said the man, who claims to be transgender, is allowed to shower wherever he wants. Since he identifies as a girl, the naked man chose to use the women’s locker room. Then, the Director of Membership for San Diego County YMCA’s, Teri Maas, called Phillips and informed her she was never in danger with the naked man in the locker room.to elaborate on her experience, and why she felt the need to speak out to protect other girls who frequent the YMCA women’s locker room in the future.
But then, on Monday, the YMCA of San Diego County issued a revised press release, adding an apology the the 17-year-old girl involved in the incident.The YMCA of San Diego County is a cornerstone of our community, positively impacting the lives of thousands of youths, adults, seniors, and families that rely on us daily. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and want to ensure everyone feels both welcome and safe at our Y.
We have a stellar reputation and proven record of protecting and safeguarding children throughout our 150+ years of history. In fact, every YMCA member and employee goes through the National Sex Offender Registry daily, and each location and program operates above and beyond California and national Child Protection laws.
All involved need to be fired. The CEO, and that scary VP woman who looks like Cruella De Vil. They’re little club is EXPOSED now.
This whole thing is so messed up! It’s not transphobia it’s fucking wrong! A man should not be on the women’s bathroom. Period!
The law supporting this needs to be challenged in court.
Meaningless blather. It's true, California law allows men into any space they please. Meaning, today, tomorrow, or any day in the future, a minor girl (even younger than this girl) or a woman will have to 'put up or shut up' if they're changing in the same room as a naked man.
I feel sorry for the YMCA and any other business Whatever they do they're open to attack from either 'side' It's crucial to put down the 'transwoman is a woman' lie- it's always the first thing that gets said And to specify that single SEX doesn't allow different GENDER access
The Transgender that was in YMCA bathroom” Lili WreneWood “ sued California Crunch Gym in 2020 for bathroom discrimination .
LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL ILLNESS. 100% of the time “I identify as…” Can be replaced with, “I pretend to be…”
coccinellanovem It’s difficult to believe that women and children no longer have legal protection from exhibitionist men in California. Is there the same disregard for single sex protections and child safeguarding in the other states? You might want to read this book:
YMCA, everything woke turns to shit! I'm out! A wholehearted apology does not even begin to address your total lack of understanding of basic conditions required for human safety.
Sad that it had to take a news feed to have this done.
To comply with California state law, why don't facilities have transgernder bathrooms and showers? Young children who don't understand, who will be forever scared emotionally/mentally should not have to be put in this position. When do we consider the children's mental health!
They do operate in accordance with California law. I bet most Californians don’t know the law is that it is illegal to provide women a woman only space. Maybe you can do a piece on this law? It needs to be overturned. Cal Civil Code 51.
It would be nice to have a legal expert break down the actual law. It seems that the victim is being discriminated against based on her sex. The courts will have to decide if single sex spaces for women are discriminatory. Which should be prioritized sex or gender identity?
Why can’t the trans identified male use the “gender neutral” space? Why does she need to be banished from the women’s locker room for being female? Ridiculous-she is being discriminated against by the Y.
That was a non apology. The male gets to walk around in the women’s changing with his junk out whilst they provide a *gender neutral* single sex space for women. WTH?
'Sorry you're upset that fully intact, naked men are allowed around naked girls in the showers.'
Mad about having to follow the law 🤔 Even 24hourfitness and similar organizations have to follow the same policies
Lol. ymca: “We can’t legally keep minors or women safe.” whYmca
So the girl needs to go to the special place instead of the wierdo ?
Dont forget tyat the YMCA in Washington threw out a 80 year old woman from a shower who complained about a man in the woman’s space. The Washington YMCA supported men who beat her when she complained.
Bullshit. They’re not sorry. This is so fucked up. I guess that’s why people are moving out of California.
More gaslighting by the YMCA.
This poor young girl. YMCA of San Diego county is a disgrace. They “apologize for not providing her with the level of support she deserves” SAFETY. They did not provide SAFETY. 🤬
The values of the YMCA are lost with wokeness and now people are paying the price. Remember YMCA started out as a Christian group and these woke policies are not very Christian!
What a bunch of crap! KUSI should be ashamed. Shitty news organizations. One of the worst!
Dan Cruz, unless your background checking the sex offender registry of your members - that point is moot. Most sexual predators aren’t on the registry until caught and have 100s of victims. I learned that in sexual grooming of children training when I did my background check.
I hope the YMCA is sued to oblivion after the first child molestation occurs at their gym. YMCA supports naked men in women’s locker rooms. Also have a large autistic population too also very vulnerable. I’ll be the first in line to help the plaintiffs SUE the balls off the Y.
Dan Cruz, the Y PR man basically says: YES 👍 the YMCA of San Diego supports and will allow naked men in the women’s locker room. Don’t like it? too bad. We’re allowing sexual predators in, and there is nothing any parent, member, or young girl can do about it.
If I am hearing you correctly, California law allows a naked man to shower with a minor girl as long as it is a locker room.
How else do they justify their pedo friends? They don't want you safe. They want you scared and disarmed.
Remember staying silent and complying 2 years ago? Where'd that get you? SPEAK UP NOW...on all absurdities.
THE LACK OF SUPPORT IS BECAUSE IT'S A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION.
I wonder if GavinNewsom would let his daughters change in a YMCA locker rooms in the presence of naked men?
A few years ago, that man would be arrested as a sex offender. Now the response is just an apology for the girl’s “hurt and frustration.”
It’s totally disgusting and a pedos dream come true
Weak as fuck. Almost as weak as that PR guy Dan that was poorly trying to run cover for the YMCA on TV the other day. “Get the girls another curtain.” 🤡🤡🤡🤡
This is so wrong, this is a good example of letting 5% of the people run our country.
Democrats side with pedophiles. Simple as that
Our society has really broken down. It's just sad to be a part of this.
So they feel perfectly justified in providing male predators access to naked teenage girls so long as those men *say* they are female, but they feel bad about not providing sufficient sympathy to the child. Got it.
🖕fruit loops. Boy is boy girl is girl. End of sentence end of story!
They have a private shower, she’s at an age to excuse herself and use the private shower if she feels uncomfortable next to any naked stranger.
Boycott!
Bathrooms are SEX segregated. Sure, the names “men” and “women” are used to describe them, but that was when gender meant the SAME thing as sex! Law should continue to provide for sex segregated spaces to protect and provide dignity and respect for females
Done with ymca. If I had a daughter, I’d never let her go there.
YMCA How about supporting by keeping penises out of the women’s locker room? Especially when little girls are there, too. Have a single shower for ppl like him/her. Can’t protect 1 while violating everyone else!
Oh hell no
Good for the YMCASanDiego for standing up for diversity and their efforts to provide gender-neutral options, and comply with State law. Voters gonna vote.
Okay, it's time to draw the line in the sane. There are two sexes. Male and Female. God created us this way.
Which 'her' are the referring to
A totally insufficient response. ymca is deflecting responsibility of sexual assault of a child (minors cannot consent to adults exposing themselves) saying they follow the experts & state law. Cowards! The men need to man-up and deal with men like this in their own space.
tepid response
As a non-profit religious organization they are not required to be bound by California's bathroom policy. This is a choice they are making on their own.
What ever happened to “Indecent Exposure “ and jail time?
What a big news 🤪
They only apologized because it went viral
Naw, they fucked up and I hope everyone drops their membership and they have to close their doors!
I wonder if any of you complaining voted to recall Newsom. 🤔Or are you just now realizing all the laws he unilaterally signed into law without public voting...blame the real cause- NEWSOM. Just keep voting democrat. That's working so well - homelessness and crime also solved. 😆
Is anyone studying or looking for a cure for this nonsense?
What will it take for us to come to our senses?
This is where women...not trans...start suing for their rights to be upheld
This should have not happened in the first place!
What we need to hear is biological men will have to use the men’s restrooms and locker rooms. Biological women will use women’s facilities. Period!
A female's right to privacy & security is being destroyed. YMCA is supposed to be a Christian organization and should be protecting the innocence of children. Females use gym locker rooms & showers with the implied expectations of privacy & security. Fix it or leave California.
I'll say the unpopular opinion. Just because you think you are a specific gender, or non-gendered, it is just that, only in your mind. You are born male or female, even in cases of ambiguel genatalia. No amount of body mutilation changes that. Stop confusing 'style' with gender.
They failed to protect a minor and apologised - but haven't changed their policy. I see. Words are fine but... cheap. I hope other families will make it clear they can't support an organisation that prefers to put men's feelz before women's safety.
my_real_name The level of support she needs is a single sex women’s changing room and for men to be banned from using it
Too little too late - this woke ideology will continue to alienate 99% of your members. You are cowards with this stance.
Why aren’t they interviewing the Trans Man?
The ymca is not space for children. Why is the ymca caving in ? Follow the money ?
You need a new policy that prohibits persons with male genitalia from using the Woman’s Locker Room. Exposing girls and women to male genitalia is insensitive and traumatic.
🤦🏻♂️
YMCA needs to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Probably the family should sue the YMCA for emotional distress for their daughter, since they did not take her compliant seriously. This apology is a bunch of vacant words.
being a minor she should file indecent exposure report hope this is the end of the Y in santee
too late
This is so wrong as a matter of fact that’s child abuse on my book a naked male walking around female minors is just wrong YMCA you have failed our childrens!!
YMCASanDiego, Apology is not good enough. YMCA is a nonprofit organization that gets funded by state and federal government, they should lobby to change the laws to protect their members. Men and Transgenders don’t belong in women bathrooms and locker rooms period!
POS response. I'm sorry, but it seems women are going to have to take things into their own hands.
Cut the guy's nuts off if - he wants to identify as a woman doesn't he. Yeah, right. No parent should strand for this stuff. Progressives have used woke-ism to create a pedophiles paradise it seems.
Just because trans individuals want to feel comfortable, does not mean that non trans individuals need to be exposed to their trans behaviors. Smh
And certainly support for the rest of the vulnerable individuals who use showers and bathrooms at the YMCA? What will it take for logic and common sense to prevail? Less than 1% of our population has 'identity concerns', but the way of life for the 99% is being affected. 🤦♀️
So much wrong with this I can’t even start
Forced to add the apology, but still prioritizing Diversity, Inclusion,Equity 1st in this 'revision'... Apology comes last. 17yr old around a naked man- of course she's going to be uncomfortable. This is gaslighting. Apologize that it happened, not that she felt uncomfortable!
Not even close to good enough
The Krocs would be horrified.
YMCA failed in the protection of a Minor...shame on them and this facility
You gotta D... You need to use man's locker room or the man's restroom Simple!!!
YMCASanDiego
I think if you still have your wanker you need to use the individual bathroom or gender specific. Your gender identity should not have exposed a minor to your bedroom fetish.
Too little too late. Prohibit it!!!!FedupwithFletcher and lawsonremer too. Disgusting
That does not solve the problem. How I'm reading this is, that young lady can use the private bathroom. Why is this small minority of people now dictating how we have to live our lives?
If the YMCA is going to stand for 'trans' nonsense, then San Diego doesn't need a YMCA, at all. They've already scrubbed 'Christian' from their name (check their website, not one mention of the word). They're just another tool of the left. Condemn the building. Protest loud!
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