Band members of the music group Village People announced on Monday that they have accepted an invitation from President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign to be part of the Inauguration activities.
In a message on the group’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RealVillagePeople">Facebook page</a>— directed to Village People fans and the media — it said that the group would be participating in several inaugural activities for the president-elect, which will includes performing at one of Trump’s inaugural balls and a rally being held in Washington, D.C. ahead of his swearing in, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-carrie-underwood-christopher-macchio-greenwood-601d590dd45b7f9544d06843f7279784">Associated Press</a> noted.
“We know this won&#8217;t make some of you happy to hear, however we believe that music is to be performed without regard to politics,” the message read.  “Our song Y.M.C.A. is a global anthem that hopefully helps bring the country together after a tumultuous and divided campaign where our preferred candidate lost.”
“Therefore, we believe it&#8217;s now time to bring the country together with music which is why VILLAGE PEOPLE will be performing at various events as part of the 2025 Inauguration of Donald J. Trump,” the statement added.
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Happy to announce our participation in President Trump&#8217;s inaugural activities! <a href="https://t.co/HGsQMIScR1">pic.twitter.com/HGsQMIScR1</a>
— VillagePeople (@WeVillagePeople) <a href="https://twitter.com/WeVillagePeople/status/1878857919715999861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
The news of the group’s involvement followed an announcement earlier in the day that country superstar Carrie Underwood would be singing “America the Beautiful” at Trump’s second inauguration, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/grammy-award-winner-carrie-underwood-will-perform-at-trumps-inauguration">reported</a>.
“I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event,” Underwood said in a statement to the AP. “I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”
In December, the founder of the Village People, Victor Wills, hinted that performing at the inauguration was something the band would have to consider if asked after Trump danced to their hit “Y.M.C.A.” at his campaign rallies, which led supporters to make videos of themselves doing the dance. The dance quickly became a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-trump-dance-takes-over-nfl-ufc">viral</a> sensation that others, including famous athletes, joined in doing at sporting events, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/village-people-founder-talks-possibility-of-performing-y-m-c-a-at-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. It also helped the 1978 song skyrocket to the top of the Billboard charts, 46 years later.
“If you were to ask me today if the Village People would perform at the inauguration, I would probably say not, because we’d be concerned about endorsement,” Willis said.
“But however … because the president-elect has done so much for ‘Y.M.C.A.’ and brought so much joy to so many people, the song has actually gone back to No. 1, and it’s still No. 1 today, so if he were to ask the Village People to perform the song live for him, we’d have to seriously consider it,” he added, at the time.
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A founder of the music group the Village People, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/village-people-founding-member-defends-trump-using-y-m-c-a-says-its-not-really-a-gay-anthem">Victor Willis</a>, talked about the possibility of performing the “Y.M.C.A.” at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
During his appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/village-people-founder-changes-tune-endorses-trumps-use-ymca-bringing-joy-american-people">Fox &amp; Friends First</a>&#8221; on Thursday, Willis reflected on how Trump danced to the 1978 hit at his campaign rallies, which led supporters to make videos of themselves doing the dance, making it become a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-trump-dance-takes-over-nfl-ufc">viral</a> sensation that others, including famous athletes, have joined in doing at sporting events.
Willis, who co-wrote the disco song, admitted that after Trump made the 70s song shoot to the top of the Billboard charts, 46 years later, band members would have to consider performing it live for him, after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/village-people-founding-member-defends-trump-using-y-m-c-a-says-its-not-really-a-gay-anthem">recognizing</a> that “the financial benefits have been great.”
&#8220;If you were to ask me today if the Village People would perform at the inauguration, I would probably say not, because we&#8217;d be concerned about endorsement,&#8221; Willis said.
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THE RIGHT RHYTHM: Village People founding member Victor Willis reflects on President-elect Trump &#8220;bringing so much joy to the American people&#8221; by using the band&#8217;s classic hit &#8220;Y.M.C.A.&#8221; at his rallies, granting him permission to continue using the song at his future events. <a href="https://t.co/t2aki7Og9Q">pic.twitter.com/t2aki7Og9Q</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1864701890547622202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;But however &#8230; because the president-elect has done so much for ‘Y.M.C.A.’ and brought so much joy to so many people, the song has actually gone back to No. 1, and it&#8217;s still No. 1 today, so if he were to ask the Village People to perform the song live for him, we&#8217;d have to seriously consider it,” he added.
The founding member also reflected on how he ended up having a change of heart about Trump using the song, after initially condemning the use at past rallies starting in 2020.
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&#8220;I decided to allow the president-elect&#8217;s continued use of ‘Y.M.C.A.’ because he seems to genuinely, genuinely like the song and so many other artists were stopping him from using their music,&#8221; Willis said.
&#8220;So I decided to contact BMI [Broadcast Music, Inc.] and told them not to terminate his political use license because he seemed to be bringing so much joy to the American people with his use of Y.M.C.A.,” he added.
Willis recently hit back at the claim that the tune was some kind of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbt">gay anthem</a>,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/village-people-founding-member-defends-trump-using-y-m-c-a-says-its-not-really-a-gay-anthem">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported. In a lengthy Facebook post, the founder of the group explained that the popular song was based on his perception of the organization, saying he “knew nothing about the Y being a hang out for gays.” Y.M.C.A. is an acronym for the Young Men’s Christian Association nonprofit.
“When I say, ‘hang out with all the boys’ that is simply 1970s black slang for black guys hanging-out together for sports, gambling or whatever. There’s nothing gay about that,” the singer said of the lyrics.
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.
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An 82-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington</a> woman has sued her local YMCA-operated city pool after being banned from the facility for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-82-year-old-woman-banned-from-pool-after-speaking-out-about-man-in-womens-locker-room-threatens-to-sue-city-ymca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speaking out against</a> a man using the women’s locker room.
On Wednesday, lawyers with the Center for American Liberty representing Julie Jaman filed <a href="https://libertycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Filed-Complaint-Exhibits-.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a lawsuit</a> against the city of Port Townsend, Washington, and Olympic Peninsula Pool for banning her for life after she spoke out after objecting to the presence of a man in the women’s changing area.
&#8220;After witnessing a disturbing incident in the women&#8217;s dressing room and raising concerns, I&#8217;ve faced a relentless storm of attacks and falsehoods,” Jaman said in a statement obtained by The Daily Wire. “Despite my four decades of community involvement, I&#8217;m left with no choice but to seek justice through the courts.”
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and seeks to reverse her ban from the pool and have her access reinstated.
Jaman was banned from the pool after an incident in July 2022 when she was showering after swimming at the pool and heard a male voice in the women’s locker room. She then said that she saw a man watching two young girls. After complaining about the presence of a male in the female locker room, Jaman was told by pool staff that her language was “discriminatory.”
The man in the locker room was an employee of the YMCA who identifies as transgender. Jaman says she believed that she had witnessed a crime because of his presence in the women’s locker room near the two girls.
“When an eighty-year-old woman reasonably believes she is witnessing a crime being committed against young girls in a women’s locker room, the government’s reaction should be to gather all of the facts and learn what happened, not immediately take sides in an ideologically charged political debate,” the lawsuit says.
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According to the suit, the city and the pool violated Jaman’s First Amendment right to free speech and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and equal protection.
&#8220;The City and YMCA&#8217;s failure to respond to Julie&#8217;s requests highlights their disregard for public safety,&#8221; said Harmeet Dhillon, the CEO and founder of The Center for American Liberty. &#8220;By prioritizing political ideology over the protection of children, they have set a dangerous precedent. As we pursue legal action, we demand accountability and a renewed commitment to protecting women’s privacy and civil rights.&#8221;
Neither the city or the pool immediately responded to requests for comment.

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An 82-year-old woman is demanding access to a local YMCA-operated pool after being banned from the facility for speaking out against a man using the women’s locker room, according to a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/03/20240319_Jaman_Demand_Letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire. 
Julie Jaman, represented by the Center for American Liberty, wants an apology from the city of Port Townsend and the YMCA after she was banned from the Mountain View Pool in July 2022 when she voiced her concerns. Jaman said that the city and the YMCA violated her First Amendment rights and her right to due process and that she might sue if the ban is not reversed. 
&#8220;I was showering in the women&#8217;s dressing room when I saw a man wearing a woman&#8217;s swimsuit watching little girls undress. I was obligated to speak up and ask for help,&#8221; Jaman told The Daily Wire. Since that moment, I have suffered mob-like attacks, public humiliation, and widespread mendacious reporting. If this had been the 17th century, I would have been burned at the stake. I have been active in this community for 40 years, and my hope is that my credibility is restored.&#8221;  
The letter says that the city and the YMCA made defamatory statements about her after she was banned from the facility. 
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&#8220;Since her banishment, the City, in concert with the YMCA, has engaged in a high-profile smear campaign that has caused her severe emotional distress and has painted her in a false light within the community,&#8221; the letter from Center for American Liberty CEO Harmeet Dhillon, first obtained by The Daily Wire, said. &#8220;The City and the YMCA have continued to ban Jaman from using the Pool.&#8221;
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According to the letter, Jaman said she was showering after swimming at the pool in July 2022 when she heard a male voice in the women&#8217;s locker room. 
&#8220;When she pulled back the shower curtain to see who was there, she saw a biological male wearing a female swimsuit,&#8221; the letter continued. &#8220;The individual &#8211; later identified to Jaman as &#8216;Clementine Adams&#8217; &#8211; was watching two young girls who appeared to be about four to six years old as they were preparing to use the toilet.&#8221;
Jaman asked Adams, &#8220;Do you have a penis?&#8221; to which Adams replied, &#8220;None of your business.&#8221;
After complaining about the presence of a male in the female locker room, Jaman was told by pool staff that her language was &#8220;discriminatory.&#8221; 
The man in the locker room was an employee of the YMCA who identifies as transgender. Jaman says she believed that she had witnessed a crime because of his presence in the women&#8217;s locker room near the two girls. 
The letter said that Jaman went to the police station to file a report after the confrontation and that police later followed up to investigate the YMCA&#8217;s accusations against her.
The Center for American Liberty added that the city and the YMCA inappropriately took sides against Jaman before investigating the incident.
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&#8220;When an 80-year-old woman reasonably believes she is witnessing a crime against minors in a women’s showering area, the government’s reaction should be to gather all of the facts and learn what happened, not take sides in an ideologically charged debate,&#8221; the letter says. &#8220;The City and the YMCA plainly have strong feelings regarding the presence of transgender individuals in private areas. So strong, in fact, that they support allowing adult biological males watch young girls while they undress in the Pool locker room.&#8221;
Dhillon&#8217;s letter says that the ban on Jaman must be reversed, the city and the YMCA must offer a formal apology, and she must be paid $350,000 for emotional distress caused by the incident. Port Townsend and the YMCA have until March 27 at 5:00 p.m. PST to respond to the letter, or they could face a lawsuit.
&#8220;Jaman simply wants to return to the Pool she has used for almost forty years,&#8221; the letter concluded. &#8220;She wants to continue recreating with her friends and fellow Pool patrons. She wants everyone at the Pool to feel safe and secure in sensitive places. And above all else, she wants her life back. The City’s refusal to allow Jaman to return to the Pool represents the sad reality of constitutional rights and public safety in Port Townsend. The City must make amends immediately to stop the ongoing harm to Jaman and to the community.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> spoke out Thursday against a biological adult male named Christynne Woods who cited an OB-GYN in his defense of why he should be allowed to change in a YMCA female locker room with minors.
During Sirius XM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKk2lUEEifM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the host was speaking with conservative commentators Mary Katharine Ham and Bethany Mandel about a story involving 17-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-california-teenager-claims-she-was-exposed-to-male-genitalia-at-local-ymca-org-promotes-trans-inclusivity-and-acceptance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebecca Phillips</a>, who spoke out against her local YMCA, saying she was &#8220;terrified&#8221; when she exited the shower and saw a fully naked adult male with genitals uncovered.
At the start of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb9mAwZS960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">segment</a>, Kelly played a clip from a recent city council meeting in which Woods defends his behavior by claiming he had a right to be in the locker room because he has a gynecologist. Kelly said that a women&#8217;s relationship with her OB-GYN is important medically as she blasted Woods for pretending to have such a relationship.
&#8220;Why is it making my blood boil that Christynne claims to have a gynecologist?&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-there-is-no-safe-space-now-for-girls-amid-trans-and-gender-identity-push" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly</a> shared. &#8220;It&#8217;s making my blood boil … Part of it is, I just actually went to the gynecologist. Actual women have to go to the gynecologist once a year. When you just delivered a baby, you spend your life with your gynecologist and your OB-GYN.&#8221;
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-blasts-kim-kardashians-response-to-balenciaga-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Fox News host</a> said it&#8217;s never really pleasant going to the gynecologist: “The exam doesn&#8217;t feel particularly good. The pap smear is very uncomfortable. No one looks forward to that.”
She then listed the concerns women have when they go to see their OB-GYN, such as &#8220;ovarian cancer or other kinds of cancers,&#8221; getting a breast exam, and &#8220;constantly worrying whether they&#8217;re going to find a lump and how that could go there.&#8221;
&#8220;There are things that are particular to that exam and that relationship that no f***ing man is ever going to have,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-compares-gender-surgery-to-female-genital-mutilation-happening-in-radical-islamic-population" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly</a> blasted. &#8220;So that guy doesn&#8217;t have a gynecologist. That guy has a hole that a surgeon created at best. I&#8217;m sorry, it&#8217;s like infuriating because there are things that make women special.&#8221;
&#8220;And there are things that we&#8217;ve overcome and that we must overcome as women in order to thrive in this life,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Whether it&#8217;s the threat of sexual violence, or, you know, being attacked as we walk home from college bars to our dorms, or the fears that you have when you go to the gynecologist or when you are pregnant with a baby.&#8221;
&#8220;All those things, they&#8217;re baked in,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-your-fetish-behind-a-closed-door-megyn-kelly-blows-up-at-canadian-school-for-allowing-trans-shop-teacher-with-enormous-breasts-prosthetics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the host</a> continued. &#8220;And it&#8217;s part of what makes women so incredible and strong and you can&#8217;t just become one and take all of our things because you did or did not have a surgery or you put on a dress. It doesn&#8217;t work like that…&#8221;

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A female California teenager in San Diego County told local city officials Wednesday she was exposed to male genitalia inside a YMCA women&#8217;s locker room after finishing a workout.
Rebecca Phillips, 17, said during the public comments section at the January 11 <a href="https://cityofsantee.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/1524?site=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santee City Council</a> meeting that the exposure happened two weeks ago after she completed swimming laps and cleaning up in the Cameron Family YMCA women&#8217;s locker room.
&#8220;As I was showering after my workout, I saw a naked male in the women&#8217;s locker room,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;I immediately went back into the shower terrified and hid behind their flimsy excuse for a curtain until he was gone.&#8221;
Phillips said she asked YMCA management about the facility&#8217;s transgender policy, and she said the family recreation center confirmed to her that staff allowed the man &#8220;to shower wherever he pleased.&#8221;
&#8220;As long as you are not a red flag on Megan&#8217;s Law — California sex offender registry — a grown male can shower alongside a teenage girl at your YMCA location here in Santee,&#8221; Phillips told city officials. &#8220;I was made to feel as though I had done something wrong when I talked to people at the YMCA.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=204836045439362&amp;set=pcb.1374669206606113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to the YMCA of San Diego County&#8217;s &#8220;Transgender &amp; Nonbinary Guidelines,&#8221; employees must &#8220;teach acceptance and not hate,&#8221; adding they cannot assume an individual&#8217;s gender identity.
&#8220;No one should be required to use an alternative restroom because they are trans,&#8221; the guidelines state.
The guidelines further note that legal gender, physical genitalia, or gender expression don&#8217;t dictate the use of gender-segregated spaces, which allows &#8220;trans individuals&#8221; to choose either locker room/restroom. If the YMCA facility requires someone to use a bathroom or other areas specific to gender that a person does not &#8220;identify,&#8221; the statement reads that it could &#8220;be detrimental for a trans individual&#8217;s well-being and safety and puts the YMCA at risk for discrimination complaints.&#8221;
YMCA officials updated the policy last April around the same when the San Diego Board of Supervisors passed an <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/5657be7bd78000fed1bad882d/files/626f61b2-c56c-df09-e8c4-262155e1be1f/CEDAW_Draft_OrdinanceCleanHL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordinance</a>, which opponents say redefines the meaning of the word &#8220;women&#8221; and jeopardizes women&#8217;s rights and safety.
San Diego County supervisors advanced the ordinance in May of last year, based on the United Nations women&#8217;s bill of rights formally known as &#8220;<a href="https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm">The Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women</a>&#8221; that President Jimmy Carter signed on to. The U.S. Senate never ratified the bill, but more than 180 countries adopted the international treaty.
San Diego County, however, added transgender and nonbinary inclusive language to its version, which applies to county departments and programs, according to its text.
Brittany Mayer, San Diego resident and founder of the citizen group &#8220;Rooted Wings,&#8221; initially told county supervisors before the ordinance passed that it would have massive implications for women and girls in San Diego.
Mayer told The Daily Wire that current policies created nationwide and in San Diego specifically are &#8220;dangerous and massively consequential for the safety and well-being of children,&#8221; adding that she refused to look the other way on Phillips&#8217; experience at the YMCA.
&#8220;This is not rocket science,&#8221; Mayer said. &#8220;This is as obvious as 2+2 = 4 — although, these days, some would say that is controversial.&#8221;
&#8220;We must protect our children from ideologies that are putting them in harm&#8217;s way,&#8221; she added.
Tracie Thill, founder of local citizen group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1126358298103873/">SanteeParents4Choice</a>, told The Daily Wire the group was concerned after San Diego County supervisors voted to &#8220;change the definition of a woman&#8221; it would allow males in female locker rooms at public schools.
&#8220;Unfortunately, this happened at our local Santee YMCA locker room, where countless minor girls use the facilities,&#8221; Thill said. &#8220;This will not be tolerated here. We will do whatever it takes to work with city leaders and YMCA officials to make a policy change — or the Y can see themselves out of Santee.&#8221;
San Diego County YMCA officials told <a href="https://www.kusi.com/santee-ymca-allows-naked-man-to-use-womens-locker-room-with-underage-girls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KUSI News</a> the organization is aware of a situation &#8220;involving two members in the locker room of the Santee YMCA earlier this month.&#8221;
&#8220;The comfort and safety of all our members is our highest priority,&#8221; the statement read, in part. &#8220;As a community focused organization, we strive to meet the needs of all individuals. We recognize that birth and gender identity are sensitive subjects. We rely on subject matter experts, laws, and guidelines established by the State of California to ensure our policies are welcoming and respectful for all community members.&#8221;
&#8220;As part of this commitment to ensure all individuals feel comfortable, we are reviewing lock room floorplans across all facilities within our association. Our goal is to ensure that everyone has access to additional privacy if desired and needed,&#8221; it continued.
Phillips claims her father reached out to management following the incident, but employees refused to let him speak with the branch manager.
Several days later, Phillips said, a top YMCA official allegedly told her father that his daughter had not been in any danger at the time of the incident. Phillips said the county sheriff&#8217;s department told her father not to let his daughter shower at the recreation center &#8220;ever again.&#8221;
Phillips further called on the city council to take action.
&#8220;The fact that we are now tailoring our privacy policies and bathroom laws around transgender — ignoring the blatant threat to safety that this poses is obscene,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;The safety of children — girls — is on the chopping block.&#8221;

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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.
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.
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>.
“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.
“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.”
“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.
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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.
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>
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“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.’”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Erin Hawkins, communications manager for the pool, insisted Jaman was banned for multiple violations of the pool’s code of conduct.
“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.
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