The following is a letter to the editor of the Peninsula Daily News from Julie Jaman, the 80 year-old resident of the Quimper Peninsula who was recently banned from her city pool, smeared by city leaders, and then attacked in public by an angry mob for objecting to a man in the shower. We have included a summary of this story and her one-on-one video interview with podcaster Abel Garcia below.
Who is “ Let Julie Swim”?
Since many are accusing, headlining, and asking …
I am, indeed, the 80 year old woman who was kicked out of Mt. View Pool by the
YMCA management, accused of discrimination for speaking up - seeing a man dressed in a woman’s swimsuit in the women’s shower/dressing room watching little girls pull down their swim suits to use the toilets.
I am not anti transgender. I am pro female human - all women and all children. I am not a presser or a poseur. I am not young, male, christian or a member of the eponymous YMCA. I am for privacy and safety for women and children.
I do not belon…
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