Transgender woman at Santee's YMCA says she was 'thunderstruck' by outcry over locker room use

Santee's YMCA will close again this weekend ahead of more protests, the latest fallout from a teenage girl's public complaint about sharing a locke...

January 23, 2023
4:44 AM

Santee's YMCA will close again this weekend ahead of more protests, the latest fallout from a teenage girl's public complaint about sharing a locker room with a transgender woman.The facility will shutter all of Saturday, just days after locking up early because hundreds gathered outside to rail against a California civil rights law requiring equal accommodation, including access to bathrooms.Wednesday's rally saw brief scuffles between a small group of people standing apart from the main protesters and counterprotesters, and YMCA officials said facilities around the county were receiving threatening messages.

Blake Nelson