Stonestown Family YMCA posts Transgender locker room rules after complaints
The Stonestown Family YMCA in San Francisco posted new transgender locker room rules after complaints tied to a transgender woman using the women’s locker room. The flyer set new limits on nudity and privacy inside the space, and the change came after reports of protests and a petition from members.
The flyer reportedly said, “Nudity should be discreet, limited, and brief.” It also said, “Nudity is permitted only while actively showering. Members are expected to put clothing on or be covered during use of the space outside of showering.”
Stonestown Family YMCA flyer
The new notice, headlined “NEW YMCA LOCKER ROOMS GUIDELINES 2026,” reportedly bars guests from exposing their genitals to other guests. It also tells members to “Respect privacy and personal space. Please maintain appropriate distance from others, be mindful of personal space during times of undress, and demonstrate courtesy at all times.”
The Daily Mail reported that a trans woman named Sammy had been banned from exposing male genitalia in a women’s locker room at a YMCA in San Francisco. The report said Sammy had gone to the Stonestown Family YMCA for two years and started going to the gym in 2024.
Susan Pete, a 59-year-old guest of the Stonestown Family YMCA, told the Daily Mail that the new rules seemed to be directed at people like Sammy. Pete also used Sammy’s name in her comments. The report said Sammy had not been seen since the new rules went into effect.
Sammy at Stonestown Family YMCA
The report described Sammy as someone who would stand naked in front of the mirror and bend over while using a hairdryer. It also said that if confronted, Sammy would allegedly argue back and call people not just “intolerant” but also “drunk.”
Outside the gym, protesters demonstrated at the Stonestown Family YMCA and another YMCA Sammy was known to attend. The report also said dozens of members petitioned to force Sammy into the designated gender-neutral space.
Abbigail Wheeler, a 16-year-old swimmer, was removed from her local YMCA swim team for speaking out against a biological male in the women’s locker room. That detail places the Stonestown dispute in the middle of a wider fight over who can use women’s changing spaces, and the San Francisco gym’s new flyer shows the issue has already changed how members are being told to behave inside the locker room.
Abbigail Wheeler
For members using the Stonestown Family YMCA, the immediate change is simple: the gym is now telling people to cover up outside the shower and to keep nudity brief and discreet. The bigger question is not whether the rule exists, but whether the gym will enforce it in a way that satisfies the members who pushed for the change.
