More than 100 people gathered Saturday outside the Santee YMCA to protest rules allowing transgender residents access to the locker rooms of their choice, a smaller crowd than had met earlier in the week. While some yelled profanities at a few counterprotesters, there did not appear to be any violence, and sheriff’s deputies stationed near the back of the building never intervened. The rallies stemmed from a 17-year-old girl’s public account of briefly seeing a transgender woman by the showers in the Cameron Family YMCA. The teen said she was afraid that a man was nearby while she changed. The story gained national attention, and many of Saturday’s speakers described their cause as a fight between good and evil.
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