We’ve already been through this with the Wi Spa in California. A woman complained about a naked biological male in the women-only section of the spa and became the target of weeks of protest, with even Antifa riding in to protect the rights of trans women to help themselves to female-only spaces. The whole thing became a circus, and the last we’d heard, the transgender woman at the center of the protests was arrested for indecent exposure after going on the run.
A similar incident occurred at a YMCA in a suburb of San Diego. As The Daily Beast puts it, “How a 17-Year-Old’s Locker Room Freakout Became an Anti-Trans Crusade” with the subhead, “Overnight Fringe Icon”:
Christynne Lili Wrene Wood, a 66-year-old Navy veteran and retired civil servant, had just returned home from a trip to Palm Springs when a friend from her beloved aqua aerobics class sent her a video on Instagram of Phillips speaking at the city council.
“I just started crying and crying and shaking,” she told The Daily Beast. “I’m neither Sigmund Freud nor Carl Jung; I don’t know what evil pathology drives that. But there’s always got to be that convenient boogeyman. There’s always gonna be that ‘other’ that threatens ‘us.’”
If drag shows have been one focus of recent extremist rage at the LGBTQ community, it appears as if YMCAs may be emerging as a new proving ground for right-wing culture warriors. If so, the story of Rebecca Phillips points to just how swiftly that process can take off.
Drag shows for children … let’s strive for accuracy here. And yes, it’s apparently a Left-wing value that biological males should be allowed anywhere women go, even the showers. Those nasty right-wingers have a problem with it.
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If drag shows have been one focus of recent extremist rage at the LGBTQ community, it appears as if YMCAs may be emerging as a new proving ground for right-wing culture warriors.https://t.co/Hh3yiuIL69
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 23, 2023
Here’s some coverage from the local ABC affiliate:
CBS reporter on the naked biological male a teenage girl complained about in a YMCA lockerroom:
"She says she's a woman & she really wants to drive home the fact that she transitioned over 5 ys ago. And that, you know, she — she's — she's a woman & — & she says she’s a woman" pic.twitter.com/c957QQteud
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 23, 2023
Any sympathy for the teen girl who complained? Hell no.
Acknowledging basic human biology is now a firing offense.
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) January 23, 2023
If it looks like a male, then it is! Doesn’t matter what sex you feel like to others.
— Karen Cook (@kayceeinva) January 23, 2023
It seems to me that there has not been a “full” transition.
— MJ Crumm (@crumm_mj) January 23, 2023
I just feel like "I've been an unconvincing woman for many moons" is not the slam dunk her defenders believe.
— Recolonize History@Lone Star Protester (@ProtesterLone) January 23, 2023
I'm still new to this, but aren't these anchors "mansplaining" to the 17 year old here?
— Radiant Light Gaming (@light_radiant) January 23, 2023
Shame on every man in this news segment.
— Bobby Markowe (@BobbyMarkowe) January 23, 2023
Nobody, not even that person himself believes that that's a woman.
— Aly Gator 🐊 ~Fights Like a Girl 🥋 (@AGator09) January 23, 2023
Typical white woman showing up to support a cause that she thinks makes her look progressive. 😂
— 〽️AR⚡️ (@UpperhandMars) January 23, 2023
That voice screams woman.
— J (@burnpitceo) January 23, 2023
Don't say "biological male." To do so supposes there's such a thing as a non-biological male.
Just say male.
— Grey God (@OffWhiteDiety) January 23, 2023
You mean "he says he is a woman"
— Jack Fox 💙 (@vekkpakk) January 23, 2023
"Threats of violence"
Sure🤨
Because free speech = hate speech = violence
Clowns🤡— Peter Bills (@PeterBills13) January 23, 2023
Forget protecting young girls, insane men need their feelings validated.
— Bad parent memes (@jeff_nicodemus) January 23, 2023
So, right-wingers are going to pounce on the fact that this was a minor who was frightened by what she saw. Exploiting children to cover for their transphobia. “Locker room freakout.”
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It turns out the trans woman who sparked violent protests outside Wi Spa over trans rights is a registered sex offender https://t.co/8bCsGcwMaP
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 2, 2021
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