An 80-year-old woman from Washington made headlineslast week after being permanently banned from her local YMCA pool. Apparently for demanding a transgender worker out of the women's locker. The Room—I was heckled by a trans activist at a rally on Monday.
Port Her Townsend's Julie Jamin sparked controversy after she gave an interview to Seattle radio show host Dori Hermonson at a pool in Mountain View on July 26. 35 years.
Throughout her interview, Jayman continued to refer to her employee Clementine and her Adams as "man" and to talk about her genitalia.
"I saw a man in a women's bathing suit watching her four or he five girls taking off their suits to use the restroom," she said. recalls. "I asked him if he had a penis, but he said it wasn't my job. I told him, 'Get out now.'"
Jamin just complained to the YMCA manager about Adams being in the women's shower area
Erin Hawkins, spokesperson for the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, told Fox News Digital last week that permanent He said the pool ban followed a series of incidents in which Jamin violated the venue's code of conduct by being disrespectful, abusive and harassing. staff.
On Monday, a group of protesters interrupted Jaman as she was speaking at a rally in Port Townsend,as seen in a cell phone recording. , circulating on Twitter
She began by describing herself as "a naked old lady in a women's shower room" and "identified with women." He opposes the practice of “undressing and showering with female humans”.
Protesters soon began deriding that "transgender rights are human rights" and chanting to stop Jamin from speaking any further.
"Are you going to get beaten up here?" asked a visibly upset woman in her 80s, looking around her in a panic before she saw her in the crowd. supporters to call the police.
"Can someone call the police?" she pleads after someone breaks the suffrage flag behind her.
Jamin makes repeated attempts to continue, but her voice is drowned out by activists yelling, "Trans women are women."
Jamin managed to finish the last of her prepared statements, in which she concluded:
Surrounded by a circle of female supporters, her feisty senior raised her fists in the air in a gesture of defiance, drawing cheers and applause from her cohorts.
A clash at her YMCA on July 26 involving Jamin led to the police being called and an incident report drawn up.
Near a young girl, Jamin "showed an emotional response to a strange man in the bathroom," according to reports, a police officer calling the woman.
A YMCA representative told police that Jayman was "yelling" at locker room staff and refusing to leave.
In an interview with Monson, Jaman claimed that when Adams saw him near a young girl, he said "the mother bear in me" came out.
She also took issue with the lack of signs warning women that transgender people might be showering next door.
Jamin said: When I confronted Wendy Bart, CEO of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA about it, I was told that there were Pride posters all over the facility.
That's fine with me, except that she doesn't offer an alternative to women who choose not to undress in front of men, Jamin said.
Meanwhile, Transpool staffer Adams addressed the controversy with an update on her GoFundMe campaign page. and sex change surgery. As of Tuesday, over $14,000 has been raised.
"The amount of hate and accusations being sent to us is appalling, and we must do our best to ignore it," writes Adams, a college student who plans to major in primary education. .
"I have been criticized internationally, most of which are not true. My private life has been significantly marred by the negative attention."