<p>A group of elite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feminist-group-condemns-ncaa-for-ignoring-pleas-of-female-swimmers-shielding-trans-swimmer-who-didnt-do-particularly-well-in-mens-swimming-competitions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">female swimmers</a> from Roanoke College in Virginia spoke out about the &#8220;demoralizing&#8221; battle they had after a trans-identifying male swimmer joined the team and said the school did nothing to help them.</p>
<p>The swim captains called on schools across the country to create a plan for dealing with trans athletes and said they were shocked their school left it up to them to tell the swimmer if they had a problem with him, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12591769/roanoke-college-virginia-transgender-swimmer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no blueprint for this, which is also why we want to stand up and get our voices heard,&#8221; captain of the sophomore team Kate Pearson told the outlet. &#8220;Because there should be, there should be a blueprint for this kind of thing.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s so many &#8216;grown ups&#8217; around that should be making these decisions,&#8221; she added. &#8220;That&#8217;s part of their job. It was just a hot mess. I was like, what is happening.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fellow senior captain Bailey Gallagher said, &#8220;It was so exhausting, every aspect: emotionally, physically, mentally. It was just the longest month of our entire life.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added that it was &#8220;so defeating&#8221; watching how fast the biological male swimmer was. &#8220;It&#8217;s like, why would we even jump into the pool, and even try to compete against this person? Because we know our best will never compete with their best, right?&#8221;</p>
<p>Pearson said the person was known to them as a man and informed them &#8220;last year&#8221; &#8220;of their transition.&#8221; The girls said they were supportive of him in his personal life, but thought it was unfair to have to swim against him.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨NEW EXCLUSIVE: Elite female swimmers at Roanoke College are demanding urgent action to protect their sport, after a male student joined their women’s team, leaving the coaches and athletes &#8216;demoralized&#8217;, angry, and unsure how to cope.<a href="https://t.co/K4f5NwsLCU">https://t.co/K4f5NwsLCU</a></p>
<p>— Independent Women&#8217;s Forum (@IWF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IWF/status/1709895936049131903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Junior captain Lily Mullens said when they were told the person would be joining the team there was confusion. The three captions decided to hold a meeting to discuss their concerns about competing against a biological male swimmer.</p>
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<p>&#8220;And after that meeting, I feel like Kate and Lily can agree, we almost felt like a sense of relief that we weren&#8217;t the only people like feeling this way, and that our other teammates also were feeling this way,&#8221; Gallagher added.</p>
<p>&#8220;The school put so much onto us,&#8221; Mullens said. &#8220;I feel like and whenever we made efforts to move forward with this to try to express how we felt, every time we were just shoved to the side. Like, we told you guys to do this, but we&#8217;re not going to pay attention. It was just so ridiculous.&#8221;</p>
<p>A college spokesperson told the outlet no decision had ever been made to allow the trans swimmer to be on the team.</p>
<p>&#8220;This fall a Roanoke College student who identifies as trans (male to female) requested consideration to join and compete with the women&#8217;s swim team,&#8221; the person said. &#8220;While the College&#8217;s leadership was reviewing NCAA and national sport policies on eligibility, the student withdrew her [his] request before any decision had been made.&#8221;</p>
<p>The swimmers told the outlet that they were unaware the swimmer had withdrawn their request to join the girls team and had been told he was a member of their squad.</p>
<p>Last week, the girls said they received a letter indicating the swimmer was withdrawing from the team.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-blasts-karine-jean-pierre-for-ducking-question-on-transgender-athletes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines Blasts Karine Jean-Pierre For Ducking Question On Transgender Athletes</a></strong></p>


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Virginia Female Swimmers Speak Out About ‘Demoralizing’ Battle After Trans-Identifying Man Joined Team

Virginia Female Swimmers Speak Out About 'Demoralizing' Battle After Trans-Identifying Man Joined Team

Social Issues

Sports

Swimming

Transgender

Transgender Athletes

U.S.

Virginia

<p>Australian swimmer Cate Campbell trashed the United States after last week&#8217;s World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, saying that not hearing the American national anthem on the first day of competition made her &#8220;happy.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/australian-swim-star-rips-us-world-aquatics-championships-stop-sore-losers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Campbell</a>, who <a href="https://swimswam.com/cate-campbell-drops-out-of-aussie-world-championship-trials/#:~:text=Four%2Dtime%20Olympian%20Cate%20Campbell,forgoing%20this%20summer%27s%20World%20Championships." target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not even compete</a> in Fukuoka after sitting out the trials in Melbourne in mid-June, took several swipes at the United States in an interview that aired on Australia&#8217;s Channel 9. She claimed that the American swimmers were &#8220;sore losers&#8221; and said that even though China bested both the U.S. and Australia in the total gold medal count, she was just happy to see the Americans take a back seat.</p>
<p>&#8220;Australia coming out on top of the world is one thing, but it is just so much sweeter beating America. The first night of competition, we did not have to hear ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ ring out through the stadium. I cannot tell you how happy that made me,&#8221; Campbell said. &#8220;If I hear that song again it will be too soon. Bring on Paris (2024 Olympics). That’s all I have to say to the U.S. Stop being sore losers.&#8221;</p>
<p>Campbell went on to complain about another U.S. team tradition — a cowbell that they ring as team members walk out for their events.</p>
<p>&#8220;The U.S. have this internal cowbell they ring. As someone leaves to go to the competition pool, they ring out, &#8216;USA, USA,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;I have never wanted to punch someone more and steal the cowbell. I really hope someone did.&#8221;</p>
<p>American Olympian Lilly King (breaststroke) fired back at Campbell in a tweet, saying, &#8220;Sorry we aren&#8217;t so uptight we can&#8217;t cheer for our teammates as they walkout for events. See you in Paris.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sorry we aren’t so uptight we can’t cheer for our teammates as they walkout for events👀 See you in Paris🥰 <a href="https://t.co/wnt9Qe46GJ">https://t.co/wnt9Qe46GJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Lilly King (@_king_lil) <a href="https://twitter.com/_king_lil/status/1686403473154113536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The 2023 World Aquatics Championships marked the <a href="https://olympics.com/en/news/world-aquatics-championships-2023-women-4x200-free-relay-australia-result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first time since 2001</a> that the United States did not top the <a href="https://olympics.com/en/news/world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-medallists-full-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gold medal count</a>: China finished with 20, Australia with 15, and the United States with seven. The U.S. won the overall medal count, however, with 44 (seven gold, 22 silver, 15 bronze) — China finished with 40 medals (20 gold, eight silver, 12 bronze), and Australia finished third with 30 medals (15 gold, nine silver, six bronze) in total.</p>
<p>As for the Americans being sore losers, if veteran world champion Michael Phelps is any indication, Campbell has it all wrong.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/katie-ledecky-ties-michael-phelps-record-at-world-champs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phelps</a>, who sat in the commentators&#8217; booth during the event, was on a live mic when one of his own personal world records was shattered by 21-year-old French swimming champion Leon Marchand.</p>
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<p>In addition to cheering for the younger swimmer — who bested his 400 Individual Medley world record by more than a full second — Phelps was on hand to present Marchand with his gold medal and congratulate him in person.</p>
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Aussie Swimmer Snipes At U.S. After World Championships: ‘So Much Sweeter Beating America’

Aussie Swimmer Snipes At U.S. After World Championships: 'So Much Sweeter Beating America'

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Japan

World

<p>Olympic champion <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/katie-ledecky-michael-phelps-swimming-world-championships-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katie Ledecky</a> delivered the goods during this past week&#8217;s World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, tying a record set by her former Olympic teammate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greatest-olympian-all-time-michael-phelps-swims-michael-qazvini" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Phelps</a> in the process.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-good-and-the-bad-katie-ledecky-exits-tokyo-on-a-high-note-simone-biles-withdraws-from-vault-uneven-bars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ledecky</a> sealed the deal with a decisive win in the 1500-meter freestyle, marking her 15th individual world title. Phelps may still be the most decorated Olympian in history &#8212; he has 28 medals: 23 gold, three silver, and two bronze &#8212; but he also holds 15 individual world titles.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">THAT&#39;S KATIE LEDECKY!<a href="https://twitter.com/katieledecky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@katieledecky</a> is the first person to win five world titles in two different events AND she ties Michael Phelps for the most individual world golds in swimming (15).</p>
<p>And she won this 1500m free world title by 17 seconds. 🤯 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AQUAFukuoka23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AQUAFukuoka23</a> <a href="https://t.co/y6WeHj99IJ">pic.twitter.com/y6WeHj99IJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1683805410673799175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Ledecky, 27, clocked her third best time ever in the event — 15:26.27 — and she finished with a 17-second lead on her closest competitor, Italy&#8217;s Simona Quadrella.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Katie Ledecky just won the 1500m freestyle World Title by so much that she was the only person on camera when she touched the wall.</p>
<p>Once again, Katie swimming so fast that she looks like she&#39;s the only one swimming.</p>
<p>Greatest freestyler of all-time, no contest. <a href="https://t.co/xSUg7M6gJX">pic.twitter.com/xSUg7M6gJX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kyle Sockwell (@kylesockwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylesockwell/status/1683802643083190273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;It hurt a lot, but I am really happy with the outcome,&#8221; Ledecky said just after the race finished. &#8220;The secret is just a lot of hard work and having really great people around me, including my coaches over the last 10-plus years.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">1500🥇Pretty pumped about that one if you can’t tell 😂 Thank you all for the support &amp; Go USA 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/2UH4ijWTkb">pic.twitter.com/2UH4ijWTkb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) <a href="https://twitter.com/katieledecky/status/1683976083409104898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Ledecky responded to the news that she had tied Phelps&#8217; record, noting that she had looked up to him long before they were teammates — Phelps&#8217; Olympic career began in 2000, while hers did not take off until 12 years later.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve known Michael for many years now, looked up to him as a little kid,&#8221; Ledecky said later in a press conference. &#8220;Just never really imagined I would be in this position. It&#8217;s always an honor to win a medal for Team USA, especially gold.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ledecky could yet <a href="https://www.si.com/olympics/2023/07/25/katie-ledecky-matches-michael-phelps-record-swimming-world-championships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">topple the record</a> entirely, with her 800-meter race still to go on Friday and Saturday.</p>
<p>Phelps, who has seen a number of his records fall since his retirement after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, seems unbothered &#8212; and even excited &#8212; about the prospect.</p>
<p>Phelps <a href="https://swimswam.com/livebarn-race-of-the-week-marchand-erases-phelps-last-world-record-in-400-im-402-50/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> alongside 21-year-old Leon Marchand, a French swimmer, who took down his &#8220;untouchable&#8221; record in the 400 Individual Medley. Phelps initially set the world record in 2002 with a time of 4:11.09, breaking it again in Beijing in 2008 with a time of 4:03.84. All told, Phelps held the world title in that event for 20 years and 342 days &#8212; until Sunday.</p>
<p>When Marchand dropped a full second off that time, finishing with a time of 4:02.50, Phelps was on hand to congratulate him — and award him his gold medal.</p>
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<p>Phelps even provided commentary throughout the race, cheering Marchand as he raced to victory and a new world record &#8212; and saying that he believed the 21-year-old had the potential to break four minutes in the grueling event.</p>
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Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships: Swimming – Day 3

Katie Ledecky Ties Michael Phelps Record At World Champs

Olympics

<p style="font-weight: 400;">A former University of Pennsylvania swimmer for their women’s team revealed that she and her teammates were forced to undress numerous times each week in the same locker room as biological male Lia Thomas — and when they protested, they were offered psychological counseling.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Paula Scanlan, now a spokesperson for the Independent Women’s Forum, spoke before a House Judiciary subcommittee on Thursday. Scanlan began by noting that although she was not an NCAA champion, she held the New England independent school league record in the 400-yard freestyle record, a record that has stood since March of 2017.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Lia, formerly Will, had personal best times in every freestyle event that were faster than the women’s world records,” she stated. “Once the season began, Thomas was leading the country in multiple events while only placing in the top 500 in those events on the men’s team.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“While many of you already know this, what you do not know is the experiences of the women of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team,” she asserted. “My teammates and I were forced to undress in the presence of Lia — a 6’4 biological male fully intact with male genitalia — 18 times per week. Some girls opted to change in bathroom stalls and others used the family bathroom to avoid this. When we tried to voice our concerns to the athletic department, we were told that Lia swimming and being in our locker room was a non-negotiable and we were offered psychological services to attempt to reeducate us to become comfortable with the idea of undressing in front of a male.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“To sum up the university’s response, we, the women, were the problem, not the victims,” she said. “We were expected to conform, to move over and shut up. Our feelings didn’t matter. The university was gaslighting and fearmongering women to validate the feelings and identity of a male.”</p>
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<p>&quot;We were told that Lia swimming and being in our locker room was a non-negotiable, and we were offered psychological services to attempt to reeducate us to become comfortable with the idea of undressing in front of a male.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/pA42el4J78">pic.twitter.com/pA42el4J78</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1684574244653748226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">In April, Thomas suggested that women athletes who criticize Thomas for competing in women’s sports are “transphobic” but too scared to say so.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas made the comments — which included the charge that seeing men as men and women as women was derived from “patriarchal ideas” —  while <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crd1_kAJLRL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speaking</a> to former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar, who claims to be a man, on Bailar’s podcast.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Asked about the letter sent to the NCAA by parents of Thomas&#8217; teammates, warning against its rules permitting Thomas to participate in women’s sports, Thomas responded, “They&#8217;re like: ‘Oh, we respect Lia as a woman, as a trans woman, whatever, we respect her identity, we just don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair.’ You can&#8217;t really have that sort of half-support, where like, I respect you as a woman here, but not here.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“You can&#8217;t do that; you can&#8217;t sort of break down me as a person into little pieces,” Thomas declared.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“They&#8217;re using the guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs,” Thomas insisted. “I think a lot of people in that camp sort of carry an implicit bias against trans people, but don’t want to, I guess, fully manifest or speak that out. And so they try to just play it off as this sort of half-support.”</p>


Lia Thomas

‘18 Times Per Week’: Former Teammate Of Lia Thomas Recalls Humiliation Of Undressing

University of Pennsylvania

Women's sports

<p style="font-weight: 400;">A woman who identifies as male bared her breasts during a trial session for prospective lifeguards in Jacksonville, Florida, all within view of 40 to 50 children no more than 15 to 20 feet away.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The woman was one of 21 lifeguard trainees in the trial session at Cecil Aquatic Center.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“A transgender person, a female who identifies as male, removed their shirt exposing their bare breasts, and completed a portion of the training with 20 other trainees,” a spokesperson for the city of Jacksonville stated, Action News Jax reported. “While we cannot confirm the age of the individuals participating in the training, JaxParks recruits lifeguards starting at age 15. This occurred within view of several dozen children and their parents sharing the same pool at the same time.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The GOP mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, acknowledged complaints had been made as he condemned the action, saying, “Our parks and public pools are meant to be a place where families can feel safe to enjoy themselves. We shouldn’t force parents of young children to be caught in the crossfire of battles over wokeism.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“After consideration of the incident, I believe it is wrong for our public pools to be a place where Jacksonville families are forced to explain to their children why a person hired to protect public safety is exposing her breasts,” Curry continued, as Florida’s Voice <a href="https://flvoicenews.com/jax-mayor-lenny-curry-decries-transgender-lifeguard-trainee-who-exposed-breasts-to-children/">noted</a>. “I see no reason for our lifeguards to be forced to make changes to existing rules mandating that biological females cover their chests.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Cielo Sunsarae, the executive director and founder of Queer Trans Project, protested, “Kids don’t sexualize breasts; it’s the adults that are making it out bigger than what it is. What is the difference if the person had top surgery or not?”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We can’t move past this as a community without proper education, advocacy, and basic respect,” she added. “No matter how much you don’t agree with someone’s ideals, just respect them.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">According to Florida <a href="https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/florida/regulations/florida_regulations_64e-9-008">state law,</a> lifeguards and swimming instructors at public polls “shall also be currently certified in first aid and in adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation through the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, the National Safety Council, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, by Medic First Aid International, Inc., or by American Safety and Health Institute.”</p>
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Trans Lifeguard Bares Breasts To Kids At Job Tryout. GOP Mayor Condemns ‘Wokeism.’

Trans Lifeguard Bares Breasts To Kids At Job Tryout. GOP Mayor Condemns 'Wokeism.'

Florida

Nudity

<p>Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett’s 2-year-old daughter reportedly drowned over the weekend in the family&#8217;s swimming pool at their home.</p>
<p>The Tampa Bay Times <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2023/04/30/shaquil-barrett-bucs-child-drowning-south-tampa/">reported</a> that police responded to the home on Sunday morning after receiving a call about a child who had fallen into a pool.</p>
<p>First responders deployed lifesaving measures on Arrayah Barrett, who was rushed to the hospital but was later pronounced deceased, the report said.</p>
<p>The report said that no foul play is suspected and that officials said that the incident is being viewed as an accident.</p>
<p>“Today’s tragic news is heartbreaking for all members of the Buccaneers family,” the team said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Shaq, Jordanna and the entire Barrett family during this unimaginably difficult time. While no words can provide true comfort at a time such as this, we offer our support and love as they begin to process this very profound loss of their beloved Arrayah.”</p>
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<p>The report noted that Barrett and his wife Jordana share three other children together: Shaquil Jr., Braylon, Aaliyah.</p>
<p>ESPN noted that the 30-year-old linebacker is in his fifth season with team and has been named to the Pro Bowl twice. He led the NFL in sacks in 2019 with 19.5.</p>
<p>Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis, who was on the cover of the 2012 Madden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> video game, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nfl-star-running-back-releases-statement-after-nearly-dying-while-saving-kids-from-drowning">released a statement</a> back in February after being hospitalized following a swimming accident, saying that he was thankful for everyone’s love and support as he recovers.</p>
<p>Hillis, 36, was rushed to the hospital in early January in critical condition after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pictures-emerge-of-rescue-workers-responding-to-swimming-accident-involving-peyton-hillis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> saved his children from drowning in the ocean. ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35709040/peyton-hillis-expects-full-recovery-lengthy-hospital-stay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the incident involved two adults and two children.</p>
<p>“I just wanted to come on here and thank everyone for all the prayers and love y’all have given me,” Hillis wrote on social media. “It’s really made all the difference. I also want to thank my brave sister, mother, sister in law, my kids, and my girlfriend who has saved my life in more ways than one. Thank you to the amazing staff at the hospital. Baptist hospital in Pensacola. Y’all were truly amazing and took such great care of me. You made all the difference on my recovery.”</p>
<p>Hillis said that he has not given any media interviews because he wanted to keep his family out of the public since the incident was a “very traumatic” experience for everyone involved.</p>
<p>“But I did want to come on here and show my appreciation for everyone who helped save my life and for all of your prayers and love and support,” he added. “I left the hospital with no worries and concerns and should make a 100% recovery. I’m a very lucky and blessed man. Yahweh has really blessed me and I am very thankful.”</p>


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Star Linebacker’s 2-Year-Old Daughter Dies In Drowning Accident: Reports

Football

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who claims to be a woman, suggested that women athletes who criticize Thomas for competing in women’s sports are “transphobic” but too scared to say so.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas made the comments — which included the charge that seeing men as men and women as women was derived from “patriarchal ideas” —  while <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Crd1_kAJLRL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speaking</a> to former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar, who claims to be a man, on Bailar’s podcast.</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Asked about the letter sent to the NCAA, warning against its rules permitting Thomas to participate in women’s sports, Thomas responded, “They&#8217;re like: ‘Oh, we respect Lia as a woman, as a trans woman, whatever, we respect her identity, we just don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair.’ You can&#8217;t really have that sort of half-support, where like, I respect you as a woman here, but not here.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“You can&#8217;t do that; you can&#8217;t sort of break down me as a person into little pieces,” Thomas declared.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“They&#8217;re using the guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs,” Thomas insisted. “I think a lot of people in that camp sort of carry an implicit bias against trans people, but don’t want to, I guess, fully manifest or speak that out. And so they try to just play it off as this sort of half-support.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“At the end of the day, everybody&#8217;s trying to — under a true feminist — is everybody trying to come together to sort of break down these patriarchal ideals of what a woman is and who can be a woman and sort of open that up to the very broad range of possibilities that there are,” Thomas concluded.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Back in December, parents of Thomas&#8217; teammates sent a letter to the NCAA. “The precedent being set – one in which women do not have a protected and equitable space to compete – is a direct threat to female athletes in every sport,” they charged. “What are the boundaries? How is this in line with the NCAA&#8217;s commitment to providing a fair environment for student-athletes?”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Former University of Kentucky star swimmer Riley Gaines, who has been at the forefront of the cause for protecting women&#8217;s sports ever since she was deprived of a fifth-place medal at last year&#8217;s NCAA championships by Thomas, recently said, “I can wholeheartedly attest to the fact that around the country, female athletes who protested the inclusion of Lia Thomas in the women’s division were threatened, intimidated, and emotionally blackmailed into silence and submission.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries">&#8216;I Still Suffer&#8217;: High School Volleyball Star Spiked In Face By Trans Player Describes Her Horrific Injuries</a></strong></p>


Lia Thomas Accuses Female Critics Of Being Afraid To Express Their ‘Transphobic Beliefs’

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies celebrated the decision by World Athletics to ban trans-identifying athletes from women’s events, publicly thanking the organization’s president, two-time 1,500 meters Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The World Athletics Council updated the eligibility regulations for trans-identifying athletes, <a href="https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/council-meeting-march-2023-russia-belarus-female-eligibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a>, “The new regulations will require any relevant athletes to reduce their testosterone levels below a limit of 2.5 nmol/L for a minimum of 24 months to compete internationally in the female category in any event, not just the events that were restricted (400m to one mile) under the previous regulations.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“In regard to transgender athletes, the Council has agreed to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female World Rankings competition from 31 March 2023,” the Council continued.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Decisions are always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights between different groups, but we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations,” Coe stated. “We will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Thank you Seb Coe and World Athletics for standing up for female athletes across the world who are worthy of fair sport,” Davies tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/sebcoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sebcoe</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WorldAthletics</a> for standing up for female athletes across the world who are worthy of fair sport 😭👏🏻</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Thank you so much all of you who’ve had my back here &amp; over the last few years,” Davies, who has been fighting for years to keep women’s sport just for women, tweeted. “So many great messages. It has been hard I won’t lie, your support has kept us all going, fighting for what is simply ‘right’ &amp; ‘fair.’ It amazes me how we ever found ourselves here, again, after the GDR years. The IOC learnt nothing! Hopefully we have our sport back. Sport is for all but only where you qualify in the fair category for your biological reality. We’ll keep fighting till all girls sport is protected.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you so much all of you who’ve had my back here &amp; over the last few years. So many great messages. It has been hard I won’t lie, your support has kept us all going, fighting for what is simply ‘ right’ &amp; ‘fair’. It amazes me how we ever found ourselves here, again, after the… <a href="https://t.co/8AbFhXOWhh">pic.twitter.com/8AbFhXOWhh</a></p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Women are not a testosterone level,” she added. “This was always a bogus argument &amp; should never have been considered. A waste of time &amp; money. Male biology advantage cannot be fully mitigated against. And females of all ages in all sports are deserving of fair, safe sport as much as males get. No one’s banned from sport just a category they don’t qualify for.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Women are not a testosterone level. This was always a bogus argument &amp; should never have been considered. A waste of time &amp; money. Male biology advantage cannot be fully mitigated against. And females of all ages in all sports are deserving of fair, safe sport as much as males…</p>
<p>&mdash; Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1638983575784636416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">In the 1980 Olympics, Davies won the silver medal in the 400 m individual medley, losing the gold to East German Petra Schneider, who later confessed she had used banned drugs to enhance her performance. Davies said in 2021 that she hoped the gold medal would properly be restored to her, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/58916587" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “It would be lovely if it was recognized.”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“After 20 yrs ( Yeap 20 years) of the IOC allowing testosterone fuelled East Germans athletes to dominate women’s sport in the 70s&amp; 80s I was always going to die on the hill of FAIR sport for females, so a whole new generation didn’t have to suffer the same fate because of terrible governance,” she recalled.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">After 20 yrs ( Yeap 20 years) of the IOC allowing testosterone fuelled East Germans athletes to dominate women’s sport in the 70s&amp; 80s I was always going to die on the hill of FAIR sport for females, so a whole new generation didn’t have to suffer the same fate because of…</p>
<p>&mdash; Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) <a href="https://twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1638989931660861440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">When a critic lashed out, “A whole lot of whataboutery there. My t level is likely way below any top female athlete. Perhaps you’d like to tell us what yours was when you won your medals?” Davies fired back, “Less than 1nml per liter of blood my whole career as is the vast majority of elite females. Plus I did not go through male puberty, next question?”</p>


Sharron Davies

‘Women Are Not A Testosterone Level’: Olympic Champion Celebrates World Athletics Banning Trans-Identifying Athletes From Women’s Sports

Olympic Champion Celebrates World Athletics Banning Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Saving women’s sports should not require so much effort. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who was an All-American and Olympic qualifier, had aspirations of going to dental school this year. Instead, she’s engaged in a national fight to keep men from competing against women in collegiate athletics.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riley sat down with us at “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-243-riley-gaines-exposes-lia-thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crain &amp; Company</a>” this week, and revealed some disturbing details regarding her time swimming against Lia Thomas. It was Lia, born William Thomas, who was ranked 462nd in men’s swimming before deciding to identify as a female, and subsequently compete on the University of Pennsylvania women’s team. This culminated with Thomas standing on the top podium and being crowned women’s national champion by the NCAA.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To make matters worse, during that championship event, Gaines said that she and the other female competitors were involuntarily subjected to Thomas, a fully grown male, undressing in the women’s locker room. This reportedly occurred despite several of Thomas’s teammates already having made Ivy League officials aware of their reluctance to share a locker room with males. What was the league’s response to those concerns? Gaines was told, ‘</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are uncomfortable seeing male genitalia, make use of our counseling resources.’ </span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How is it that the feelings of one man outweigh those of multiple female athletes? As the father of a newborn girl, I hope I speak for many when I say, men do not belong in changing rooms with our daughters and sisters.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As for the competition itself, Gaines beat the odds when she tied Thomas in the 200m freestyle. Yet, during the award ceremony, the trophy was presented to the 6’1” Thomas. Gaines, being the courageous competitor she is, immediately questioned the NCAA official as to why her opponent was awarded the prize despite the race ending in a draw. Gaines claims she was told, ‘<em>F</em></span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>or</em> photo purposes, Lia needs to hold the trophy, but we’ll mail yours.’”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Undoubtedly, this dubious PR stunt was not a unilateral decision made by some rogue representative, but rather, it serves as anecdotal evidence of a systemic ideology embedded within the philosophical fabric of our longest-standing institutions. Undergirding said philosophy is the new-age tenet that no biological or physical differences exist between the sexes. In certain factions of the population there seems to exist a narrow-minded fear that if men and women differ biologically, then this equates to one sex being superior. This is unfounded. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Professional boxing categorizes by weight for a reason. The greatest welterweight fighters would find themselves at severe disadvantages against even mediocre heavyweights. This is not indicative of a less skilled fighter; rather, it points to a physical disparity that makes the contest unfair. These physical discrepancies are found even within the same sex, and manifest themselves most at the highest levels of competition.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The final piece of information Riley Gaines shared dealt with disturbing aspects of Lia Thomas’s private life. I will refrain from going into further detail here, but I mention it to highlight the lack of due diligence embarked upon by the NCAA before lifting Lia Thomas up as its transgender hero.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember, it was the NCAA, which seems to stand for ‘Never Cares About Athletes,’ that nominated Lia Thomas for Woman of the Year. How broken is our culture when the highest authoritative body in collegiate athletics not only affirms the idea that men can be women, but that a man can be the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">best </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">woman?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beyond the NCAA, our university system writ large is acting in a hypocritical manner when it attempts to simultaneously hold two opposing ideals. First, women’s sports matter and must be protected. Second, championship trophies and scholarship opportunities for women may be claimed by men.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the father of a daughter, husband of a wife, and son of a mother, I can no longer stand on the sidelines and witness the erasure of female athletics.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senator Tommy Tuberville summarized the situation quite well on our show recently when he said, “90% of the population is being held hostage by the other 10%.” He is correct, and it is past time for us to fight back. Women’s sports are reserved for women.</span></p>
<p><em>David Cone is a co-host and producer of the Daily Wire’s sports show Crain &amp; Company, as well as a contributor to Morning Wire. David is also a former quarterback for the University of Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @davidadamcone</em></p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. </em></p>


NCAA SWIMMING: MAR 18 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

The Tragic Death Of Women’s Sports

College sports

Crain &amp; Company

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<p>The 80-year-old Washington state woman who was banned from her local community pool after she protested men in the locker room, was targeted by trans activists as she attempted to speak publicly about her ordeal, as they heckled her and tore down suffragette banners behind her.</p>
<p>Julie Jaman had been undressing at the <a href="https://www.olympicpeninsulaymca.org/locations/branch/mountain-view-pool/">Mountain View pool,</a> a Port Townsend facility, for <a href="https://thedistance.substack.com/p/woman-80-banned-from-the-city-pool?r=uglk&amp;s=w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">35 years</a>, but on July 26, the Y’s aquatics manager, Rowen DeLuna, allegedly informed her that some children needed the lane she was swimming in.</p>
<p>Jaman said she headed to the women’s showers, where she soaped up before hearing a man’s voice, then turned to see a biological male named Clementine Adams, allegedly an employee at the pool, “looking at the little girls as they were taking off their suits,” the Port Townsend Free Press <a href="https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2022/08/02/mountain-view-pool-punishes-woman-for-her-gender-expression-and-identity-part-one/">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“We’re all here today for all of us. I’m the old lady. &#8230; You may have read some version of my personal experience: A naked old lady in the women’s shower room and what I saw that day,” Jaman began at her public speech.</p>
<p>“Wendy Barth, CEO of the YMCA, told me Pride posters are adequate to let people know, women know, what to expect in the shower room known for 60 years as a female-only,” she continued. “One will now encounter men who identify as women undressing and showering with female humans. I object.”</p>
<p>“I don’t want to be forced to the shower and dress with the opposite sex present,” she declared before screaming trans activists chanting “trans rights are human rights” to drown her out ripped down the suffragette flags behind her.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The 80-year-old woman who was banned from her local swimming pool for raising concerns about a male in the female washroom was heckled as she gave a speech tonight.</p>
<p>Trans activists ripped down the suffragette flags behind her and tried to sabotage her microphone. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetJulieSwim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetJulieSwim</a> <a href="https://t.co/LjHBFMfBHr">pic.twitter.com/LjHBFMfBHr</a></p>
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<p>“There were gaps in the curtain and there I was, naked, with soap and water on me, and this guy, right there very close to me,” Jaman said when she initially described the incident. “I asked, ‘Do you have a penis?’ He said, ‘That’s none of your business.’ That’s when I told him, ‘Get out of here, right now.’”</p>
<p>Jaman said she turned to the Y’s aquatics manager, Rowen DeLuna, who was outside the shower stall, and said, “Get him out of here,” but DeLuna responded, “You’re discriminating and you can’t use the pool anymore and I’m calling the police.”</p>
<p>Jaman claimed that when she got dressed and tried to leave the building, a YMCA staff member told her she could not leave, echoed by DeLuna, prompting Jaman to respond, “Bull****! I’m going to the police right now. I want help and I need it immediately.”</p>
<p>Jaman said Wendy Bart, the CEO of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, spoke to her later that day, and told her that she was banned from the pool, and said a staff member told her that Jaman said to Adams, “You’re going to stick your f***ing penis in those little girls.” Jaman, the mother of two adult daughters, said she reacted, “I am an 80 year-old woman and I do not talk like that.”</p>
<p>Erin Hawkins, communications manager for the pool, insisted Jaman was banned for multiple violations of the pool’s code of conduct.</p>
<p>“Julie Jaman was permanently suspended from the Mountain View Pool due to her repeatedly violating our Code of Conduct, specifically, using disrespectful words or gestures toward YMCA staff or others; abusive, harassing and/or obscene language or gestures toward YMCA staff or others,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-80-year-old-woman-banned-ymca-demanding-trans-employee-leave-locker">told</a> Fox News.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 80-year-old woman who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/80-year-old-woman-banned-from-community-pool-after-complaining-man-watching-little-girls-undress-in-shower-room-report">claimed</a> that she was banned from a pool in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington">Washington</a> state has said that she was called a “bigot” because she said there was a man in the women’s changing area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julie Jaman told The Daily Wire’s </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Morning Wire</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> podcast that she was told she was no longer welcome at the Mountain View pool after she alleged that there was a man in a woman’s swimsuit with several young girls in the women’s area of the pool located in Port Townsend, Washington.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“While I was showering on Tuesday, I heard a man&#8217;s voice, and I looked over toward the two toilets that are in that dressing area. And there was a man in a woman&#8217;s bathing suit watching four or five little girls take off their suits in order to use those toilets,” Jaman said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jaman said that she did not know who the person was in the changing area, but that it was a man.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just saw a person in a bathing suit. There was no identification, nothing. There&#8217;s no signage on the women&#8217;s dressing room door to expect this,” she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She <a href="https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2022/08/02/mountain-view-pool-punishes-woman-for-her-gender-expression-and-identity-part-one/">told</a> a local outlet, the Port Townsend Free Press, that she then asked the person to leave.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There were gaps in the curtain and there I was, naked, with soap and water on me, and this guy, right there very close to me,” she </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/80-year-old-woman-banned-from-community-pool-after-complaining-man-watching-little-girls-undress-in-shower-room-report"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “I asked, ‘Do you have a penis?’ He said, ‘That’s none of your business.’ That’s when I told him, ‘Get out of here, right now.’”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She told Morning Wire that she was then told by a staff member, “You’re discriminating and you&#8217;re out of the pool forever,” and later told by city officials that she was a “bigot.” She said she was asked to leave following the incident in the changing room.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to a statement from Erin Hawkins, communications manager for the pool, Jaman was banned for multiple violations of the pool’s code of conduct.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Julie Jaman was permanently suspended from the Mountain View Pool due to her repeatedly violating our Code of Conduct, specifically, using disrespectful words or gestures toward YMCA staff or others; abusive, harassing and/or obscene language or gestures toward YMCA staff or others,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-80-year-old-woman-banned-ymca-demanding-trans-employee-leave-locker">told</a> Fox News.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jaman told The Daily Wire that she has never had any violations at the pool or warnings about poor behavior. She has since started a petition to provide an alternative space for women so that they will not have to be in the same changing area as males.</span></p>


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‘Out Of The Pool Forever’: 80-Year-Old Woman Says She Was Called A ‘Bigot’ After Saying Man Was In Women’s Shower Area

80-Year-Old Woman Says She Was Called A 'Bigot' After Saying Man Was In Women's Shower Area

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<p>An 80-year-old woman was banned from using a community pool run by the YMCA in Washington state after she expressed her anger because she said that a man dressed in a woman&#8217;s swimsuit was watching little girls undress and also saw her naked in the women’s showers, according to local media reports.</p>
<p>Julie Jaman, 80, had been swimming at the <a href="https://www.olympicpeninsulaymca.org/locations/branch/mountain-view-pool/">Mountain View pool,</a> a Port Townsend facility, for <a href="https://thedistance.substack.com/p/woman-80-banned-from-the-city-pool?r=uglk&amp;s=w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">35 years</a>, but on July 26, the Y’s aquatics manager, Rowen DeLuna, allegedly informed her that some children needed the lane she was swimming in.</p>
<p>Jaman said she headed to the women’s showers, where she soaped up before hearing a man’s voice, then turned to see a biological male named Clementine Adams, allegedly an employee at the pool, “looking at the little girls as they were taking off their suits,” the Port Townsend Free Press <a href="https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2022/08/02/mountain-view-pool-punishes-woman-for-her-gender-expression-and-identity-part-one/">reported</a>.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire reached out to the Mountain View pool for comment.</p>
<p>“There were gaps in the curtain and there I was, naked, with soap and water on me, and this guy, right there very close to me,” Jaman said. “I asked, ‘Do you have a penis?’ He said, ‘That’s none of your business.’ That’s when I told him, ‘Get out of here, right now.’”</p>
<p>Jaman said she turned to DeLuna, who was outside the shower stall, and said, “Get him out of here,” but DeLuna responded, “You’re discriminating and you can’t use the pool anymore and I’m calling the police.”</p>
<p>Jaman claimed that when she got dressed and tried to leave the building, a YMCA staff member told her she could not leave, echoed by DeLuna, prompting Jaman to respond, “Bull****! I’m going to the police right now. I want help and I need it immediately.”</p>
<p>Jaman said Wendy Bart, the CEO of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, spoke to her later that day, and told her that she was banned from the pool, and said a staff member told her that Jaman said to Adams, “You’re going to stick your f***ing penis in those little girls.” Jaman, the mother of two adult daughters, said she reacted, “I am an 80 year-old woman and I do not talk like that.”</p>
<p>Jaman told the city council, as can be seen <a href="https://thedistance.substack.com/p/woman-80-banned-from-the-city-pool?r=uglk&amp;s=w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">here</a>, “My experience after having my swim was hearing a man’s voice in the women’s dressing area and seeing a man in a woman’s swimsuit watching little girls pull down their bathing suits in order to use the toilets in the dressing room. I reacted by telling him to leave, and the consequence is that I have been banned from the pool.”</p>
<p>“There is no signage informing women the shower room is now all-gender and what that means, nor have parents been informed of what they can expect with these new policies,” she declared. “The Y has not provided any dressing shower room options for women who do not want to be exposed to men who identify as women. It is unconscionable that the YMCA would implement these new policies without clearly informing pool patrons and parents.”</p>
<p>She concluded, “The YMCA, the city, the police and sheriffs, the parents, the professionals who assist victims of voyeurism, peeping Toms, pedophilia and assault need to come together figure too out how to make the new policies work for all pool patrons, not just one group. How to keep children, who are less able to discriminate, safe. It is ironic that women who discriminate when a situation threatens their safety or their children — a message from our ancestors — are now accused of discrimination as if they have made someone else a victim.”</p>


80-Year-Old Woman Banned From Community Pool After Complaining Man Watching Little Girls Undress In Shower Room: Report

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