The YMCA has repeatedly allowed the rights and protections of women and young girls to be violated by men who are permitted to be in women's locker rooms.
This is dangerous for our children, degrading to women, and wrong for all of us!
The rights of women and young girls are slipping away at YMCA'S across the country.
The YMCA claims to be a "family friendly" organization, yet they are refusing to keep their most vulnerable members safe.
Shame on the YMCA leadership and staff for not protecting women and young girls from harm.
WOMEN DESERVE PRIVACY
Men should not be undressing in front of women and young girls. Men should not be permitted to watch young girls shower and change in a place where they are most vulnerable.
Take a stand with us. Tell the YMCA that men do not belong in women's locker rooms! Help us protect our daughters and granddaughters.
Let the TRUTH be told:
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The local YMCA staff informs a man that he may use any locker room of his choice. That man begins to regularly use the women’s locker room at the YMCA.
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Beginning in the spring of 2022, multiple women and young girls report seeing a naked man in their YMCA women’s locker room.
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The YMCA dismisses their complaints and coldly suggests, “if you are uncomfortable using the women’s locker room you may use the family locker room.”
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In November of 2022, local police begin to investigate multiple reports of indecent exposure at the YMCA.
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In December, the same man who had been seen on multiple occasions in the YMCA women’s locker room inappropriately touches and then stalks a female YMCA employee. The YMCA attempts to hide this information from their members. Read her written testimony, written for an Ohio Legislative hearing on H.B. 183 on October 18, 2023 HERE
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On December 9, 2022, the man seen in the locker room is charged with three counts of indecent exposure.
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On December 30, 2022, the court, based on credible evidence, grants a Civil Protection Order for the traumatized female YMCA employee. Read it HERE
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On March 21, 2023, a bench trial is held with Judge David McNamee presiding. Before a packed courtroom several women, including a minor, testify under oath, describing their experiences in the YMCA women’s locker room.
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On April 30, 2023 Judge David McNamee releases his verdict Read it HERE
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On May 26, 2023, Ohio Attorney General David Yost issues a written opinion supporting women’s rights and contradicting the YMCA’s interpretation of Ohio State laws
To this day, the YMCA continues the dangerous practice of permitting men into the women’s locker room.
God's Two Greatest Commandments
God's two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind", the second is "to love your neighbor as yourself". If we tolerate actions that bring harm and misery to our neighbors, and that ultimately strip them of their liberties, we are not loving them well.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
Share this with all your neighbors and friends who use the YMCA, or are members of the YMCA, so they will be aware of the dangers.
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The opinions expressed on this page are NOT the opinions of the YMCA organization, but are solely the opinions of the many women and young girls who have been violated* at a YMCA.
*to do harm to the person; to fail to show proper respect for; to treat (something precious, sacred, beautiful, etc.) with disrespect or contempt; to act against a principle.
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