A public swimming pool in Port Townsend, Wash., is temporarily closed because of an uproar over a locker room confrontation that resulted in the banning of an 80-year-old woman. The Mountain View Pool, which is run by the YMCA, says its employees have been harassed over the phone and in person since news got out about the run-in between Julie Jaman and a teenage pool employee who is a transgender woman. Jaman claims she saw the employee — whom she refers to as a man — watching young girls using the toilet. The pool management says the 18-year-old staff member was following protocol in accompanying two children from the day camp. Hawkins told the newspaper that all staff members undergo background checks and are trained in recognizing potential child abuse.

Source: CNN August 12, 2022 18:02 UTC