Woman Banned from Pool for Complaining About a Man in Women’s Locker Room Receives $65,000 Settlement — But She’s Still BANNED from the Pool

Imagine you’re in the women’s locker room of a taxpayer-funded public pool, operated by the YMCA, and a man walks in. Women and girls are present.

You complain to the city and the YMCA, which operates the pool, and instead of kicking him out, they kick you out and permanently ban you from using a swimming pool your taxes pay for.

That’s what happened to Julie Jaman, 82, after she expressed concern about the safety of young girls. She’d swam in that public pool in Washington for over 30 years. Jarman, who confronted the man, said he was wearing a women’s swimsuit and watching at least two little girls in the locker room.

The city and the YMCA couldn’t have cared less. If a man wants to humiliate girls in a changing room, violating their sense of modesty and privacy and undermining their safety, the city and the YMCA have this to say: fine with us.

The Center for American Liberty filed a lawsuit on Jaman’s behalf against the City of Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula YMCA. The center reported that Jaman will receive $65,000 in a settlement.

The city announced that the money is to be paid from the YMCA’s insurance companies — but Jaman is permanently banned from using facilities owned and operated by the YMCA, which includes the pool.

Neither the city nor the YMCA admitted to violating Jaman’s constitutional rights.