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City Settles With 83-Year Old Woman It Smeared Over 'Trans' Pool Incident

Julie Jaman was libeled, attacked by a street mob for knowing what a man is

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Matt Osborne
Jul 02, 2025
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Julie Jaman, who was banned from her city pool and then mobbed in the street for expressing safeguarding concerns regarding a man who was in the female shower and toilet area, has reached a $65,000 settlement with Port Townsend, Washington.

According to the press release from the Center for American Liberty, which defended Jaman’s constitutional rights, the city “also agreed to remove certain information about Ms. Jaman from its website, further underscoring the baselessness of the actions taken against her.”

Jaman was showering after her lap swim in 2022 when she overheard a 19-year-old male, Clementine Adams, entering the city YMCA pool area reserved for females. Adams was supervising at least two little girls as they stripped off their swimsuits to urinate.

Protected only by a plastic curtain, Jaman challenged Adams and told him to leave. Instead of supporting Jaman, YMCA employee Rowen DeLuna called her speech “discriminatory” and banned her for life a few moments later. The Dista…

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