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Teen girl accused of 'hate speech' after protesting transgenders in YMCA locker room: Report
Fox News ^ | July 10, 2023 | Kristine Parks

Posted on 07/11/2023 7:27:30 PM PDT by george76

Another teen in California was 'terrified' after encountering a 'naked male' while showering in a YMCA women's locker room earlier this year

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An Illinois teenager who voiced concerns to her swim coach about biological males identifying as transgender women being allowed in the girls' locker room said she was accused of "hate speech."

Last April, sixteen-year-old Abbigail Wheeler, a swimmer on the Springfield YMCA SPY swim team, entered the girls' locker room to change when she noticed a couple transgender individuals sitting there, her father told Illinois-based podcast host Jeanne Ives.

The head swim coach Alex Totura was informed of the situation but told Wheeler there was nothing he could do about it. A few weeks later, parents voiced concerns at the monthly meeting but were told again by the local branch's Chief Executive Officer Angie Sowle there was nothing they could do about the biological males in the girls' changing areas.

Requests by parents to ask trans individuals to use the private bathrooms and send out an email informing the swim team of the policy were denied by the YMCA according to Wheeler's father.

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After the head coach allegedly laughed off the girl's concerns during another conversation and the YMCA abruptly canceled a planned parent meeting over the issue, the teen and another teammate hung protest signs in the female-only areas. Wheeler's signs read "Women’s Rights," "Biological Women Only," and "Safe Sport."

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Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines shared the story on her Twitter account, noting that the girl's older sister had a similar experience with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.

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The Illinois Freedom Caucus announced they will be holding a press conference on behalf of the 16-year-old swimmer this Thursday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: alextotura; angiesowle; california; childabuse; criminals; dei; die; diversity; doxanddestroy; groomer; groomers; trans; transgender; transgenders; xyxx; ymca; ymcalockerroom
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1 posted on 07/11/2023 7:27:30 PM PDT by george76
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“The head swim coach Alex Totura was informed of the situation but told Wheeler there was nothing he could do about it. A few weeks later, parents voiced concerns at the monthly meeting but were told again by the local branch’s Chief Executive Officer Angie Sowle there was nothing they could do about the biological males in the girls’ changing areas.”

Pull your child put of the program, pronto.


2 posted on 07/11/2023 7:31:38 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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TRANSLATION: Your body does not belong to you. It belongs to the state. They can do anything they want to your body. So can anyone else.


3 posted on 07/11/2023 7:32:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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This is what a failed nation & collapsed society look like.


4 posted on 07/11/2023 7:32:37 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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Some dads need to follow the YMCA drone into the ladies and swing their junk in her face. Maybe she’ll get it then. Or maybe not.


5 posted on 07/11/2023 7:34:46 PM PDT by lodi90
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The entire YMCA needs to be put completely out of business for allowing this perversion, The letter “C” stands for Christian. What is Christian about this abomination?


6 posted on 07/11/2023 7:35:56 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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Pull the kids out of the summer camp programs too. The YMCA runs a campground here in Northern WI.


7 posted on 07/11/2023 7:35:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Everyone involved in authorizing this traitorous perversion to happen should be tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang, and their carcasses should be left to rot off the noose, because this traitorous evil cannot be dead enough!


8 posted on 07/11/2023 7:36:29 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (Move the Overton window to the right with defenestration.)
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On another thread, complaint was made when a Freeper wrote the phrase, “Globohomo claptrap.” While not my style of communication, the dysfunction of “gender confusion” being wedded to “accusations of hate speech” shows how devious and unprincipled these transsexuals reveal themselves to be. It is they who hate.
9 posted on 07/11/2023 7:37:10 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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I remember when people had freedom of speech. Too bad we didn’t write it down in some big important legal document so that the government couldn’t take it away from us.


10 posted on 07/11/2023 7:39:34 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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Anthony faggot Kennedy said he “found!” homo ‘marriage’ in the Constitution. It was hiding there all along and he found it!


11 posted on 07/11/2023 7:41:05 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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Poor kid. Guess the “C” stands for Crazy, now. Nothing Christian about it.


12 posted on 07/11/2023 7:46:31 PM PDT by madison10
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Another decision was where “emanating & penumbras” were used for legal reasoning. It needs to be revised like abortion and put in its proper place - the states!


13 posted on 07/11/2023 7:46:44 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

“This is what a failed nation & collapsed society look like.”
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You’re right, and WHY is this so? Because we’ve driven Godliness and righteousness out of our schools, our government, our homes AND OUT OF OUR CHURCHES.

2 Chronicles 7:14
Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.

The future is in OUR hands...


14 posted on 07/11/2023 7:46:58 PM PDT by InkStone (ONLY returning to Faith in God, thru Jesus Yeshua, will save America)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

This is what God will allow when people choose to turn their hearts and minds away from Him. Its not failed, its sinful people trying to oppress others and lure them into evil too. Pray, for yourself to not hate but to ask God to change more hearts and minds toward Him.


15 posted on 07/11/2023 7:48:33 PM PDT by b4me
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To: Gnome1949

The letter “C” stands for Christian.

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And the letter “M” stands for Men’s. Letters don’t mean much anymore.

Whatever happened to YWCA?


16 posted on 07/11/2023 7:49:02 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Celebrating 42 years of sobriety this year, thank you Heavenly Father.)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Are there any historical examples of societies that went down this road that were successful? I can’t think of any, on the contrary it seems to be a reliable defining characteristic right before collapse. Prepare accordingly.


17 posted on 07/11/2023 7:52:36 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Yep.


18 posted on 07/11/2023 7:56:08 PM PDT by Irenic
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> Teen girl accused of ‘hate speech’ after protesting transgenders in YMCA locker room <

Oh, how I despise this. So-called “hate speech” is just free speech. If you are against hate speech, then you are against free speech.

Someone (I forget who) once said that the whole “free speech” concept is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech needs no protection. It’s the unpopular speech that needs society’s protection.

I actually don’t know why I’m fussing here. Free speech is dead. All that matters is what our woke fascist overlords permit us to say.


19 posted on 07/11/2023 7:56:40 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Odd (/s) that trans males (fake males) are not fighting for the right to access men’s bathrooms & locker rooms.


20 posted on 07/11/2023 7:58:59 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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