Rebecca Phillips, 17, testifies at Santee City Council about trans man in locker room. (Photo: Santee City Council)
New Legislation to Get Males Out of Female-Only Spaces At Risk
Democrats are trying to kill AB 1998 without a hearing – again
By Katy Grimes, March 19, 2026 8:00 am
Assembly Bill 1998 is new legislation designed to get males out of female-only spaces like bathrooms and lockerooms, and would amend the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination by businesses against individuals based on various characteristics, including race, sex, disability, and sexual orientation.
Democrats are trying to kill the bill without a hearing.
Fifty-four years after Title IX was created to enforce equal access to and quality of sports for girls and women, athletics for women are being invaded by mentally disturbed boys and men who claim they are trans women.
Even the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the
The Globe reported in 2024 that the CIF doesn’t just support trans persons in girls’ sports, they even have a Gender Diverse Youth Sport Inclusivity Toolkit, which “seeks to further these efforts towards the inclusion of transgender and nonbinary students in K-12 schools.”
Remember last November when Tish Hyman confronted a man inside the women’s locker room at Gold’s Gym?
Woman at a Gold's Gym in Los Angeles FURIOUS after a man pretending to be a woman invaded the FEMALE locker room while she was naked.
"It's really hurtful. Like, how are you gonna say you wanna be a woman, or that you are a woman, but you don't give a f*ck how women feel?… Why… pic.twitter.com/oxUJ9RtpMe
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 3, 2025
The Globe revealed that boys and men are now allowed to intrude in women’s sports and private spaces because of the Obama administration authorizing transgender students at public schools to use the bathroom or locker room that matches their “gender identity.” And they brazenly cited Title IX. The guidance was rescinded by the Trump administration in 2017.
But this perversion had already taken hold, and was supported by the left.
Parents, lawmakers, moms and dads have been fighting for girls since this bizarre and illegal law change.
At this Santee City Council meeting, Rebecca Phillips, a 17-year old girl said she was ‘terrified’ to see trans woman in the YMCA locker room:
JAN 11: A 17 year-old girl teared up as she told Santee City Council that she saw a nude male in the women's locker rooms at Santee YMCA.
YMCA staff reportedly told Rebecca Philips it was within his right to be there according to their policies on gender identity. pic.twitter.com/oSOBP8C1cs
— REDUXX (@reduxx) January 15, 2023
Consequently, Assemblywoman Leticia Castillo (R-Corona) authored Assembly Bill 1998, co-authored by Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson), which clarifies the Unruh Act to require sex-based separation in intimate spaces based on immutable biological sex. AB 1998 would amend the Unruh Civil Rights Act by:
- Defining “sex” as an individual’s immutable biological sex (male or female).
- Requiring that “intimate spaces” in business establishments—such as bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, changing rooms, and dressing areas—be separated based on biological sex, irrespective of gender identity or gender expression.
The bill seeks to provide clarity for businesses and protect privacy and dignity in vulnerable settings while preserving overall equal access under the Unruh Act.
AB 1998 includes provisions for single-occupancy facilities to remain gender-neutral and does not mandate rebuilding existing infrastructure. AB 1998 is a common-sense protection for women and girls.
Should anyone still question if this is really happening, this happened at a Planet Fitness – a man masturbating in the women’s bathroom (Warning – GRAPHIC):
⚠️GRAPHIC⚠️
Man pretending to be a woman caught m*sturbating in the women’s bathroom with women present
“I’m allowed to be in here… I’m a transgender.” https://t.co/gBdrwePPGd
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 5, 2026
Just like Assembly Bill 1314 from 2023, which would have required a parent to be notified if a child requests to be publicly addressed by a gender pronoun other than their sex at birth, or to use facilities of a different gender, the Democrat-supermajority Legislature appears to want the bill to die quietly before being heard so lawmakers up for re-election won’t have to cast a public vote committing to whether they want females to continue to be exposed to predacious males who claim to be women, in actual girls’ intimate spaces like bathrooms and locker rooms. AB 1314 was denied even a hearing.
According to Erin Friday, an attorney, parent and President of Our Duty – USA, AB 1998 would obviate the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ horrendous ruling on the WiSpa case that went viral, involving spa policies on sex-segregated facilities. A woman posted a video to Instagram in which she had confronted staff at Wi Spa, a Korean spa in Los Angeles, about the presence of a biological male with a penis, believed to be a trans woman, in the women’s changing area of the spa.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently declined en banc rehearing in Judge Lawrence VanDyke’s dissent from that denial, which went viral for its blunt opening line: “This is a case about swinging dicks.” He argued strongly against forcing businesses to admit individuals contrary to biological sex-based policies, criticizing the majority’s approach. His language drew sharp rebukes from 30 other 9th Circuit judges, who called it “vulgar” and inappropriate for a judicial opinion, obfuscating from the actual legal issue at hand.
This dissent has fueled discussions around bills like AB 1998, which could help override or clarify similar legal uncertainties in California contexts.
Notably, Judge Lawrence VanDyke’s response to his colleagues’ objections of his salty language, reiterated and further justifies his choice words:
The public deserves a court that is actually trustworthy. We should be earning that trust, not demanding it like petty tyrants. Yes, the introduction to this dissent intentionally uses indecorous language. But that is quite literally what this case is about. Male genitalia is precisely (and only) what the Spa, for religious reasons, objects to admitting into its female-only space. The fact that so many on our court want to pretend that this case is about anything other than swinging dicks is the very reason the shocking language is necessary. The panel majority uses slick legal arguments and deflection to studiously avoid eye contact with the actual and horrific consequences of its erroneous opinion. The “ordinary Americans” affected by the majority’s opinion don’t have that luxury. Squirm as we might, I think it’s only fair for our court to have a small taste of its own medicine.
Sometimes “dignified and civil” words are employed to mask a legal abomination. Or, to put it in vernacular perhaps more palatable to my colleagues’ Victorian sensibilities: “In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, / But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, / Obscures the show of evil?”
Sometimes coarse and ugly words bear the truth. I coarsely but respectfully dissent from our court’s willingness to leave this travesty in place.
The case is about “swinging dicks” in women’s private bathrooms and locker rooms.
If Democrats succeed in sidelining AB 1998 procedurally, public pressure (petitions, town halls, or targeted surveys) could force more transparency on stances. But this bill needs to be heard.
Hear directly from a woman as she tells her story of being at the Oakland YMCA and encountering a 6’3″ man, 300 lbs, in the women’s locker room, as he challenged a tiny Asian woman who asked him to cover himself:
Female have had enough. https://t.co/sgy75AS9Hu
— Erin Friday, Esq. (@ErinFriday75490) March 17, 2026
A California native and Navy mom, Katy lives in Sacramento, CA.
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A majority of Democratic likely voters in California are women, making up 57% of this group. You got what you voted for ladies. You can fix this, but you won’t. You will continue to vote for Democrats, and their sick transgender policies.
NO MEN IN WOMEN’S BATHROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, AND OTHER WOMEN-ONLY SPACES. DUH.
That is a simple, obvious, standard, traditional, long-standing rule for a civilized society.
No wonder our stupid CA legislature is trying to kill AB 1998. So many of them HATE civilization. For others, that is, although they want it for themselves. Disgusting.
We need to do everything we can to get rid of the sick legislators who are prolonging this nonsense and chaos and mentally deranged perspective. And using it all to attack women who are just trying to have lives and go about their business. “Why do you have a problem with a guy masturbating in your locker room, lady?” they’re asked, or is the implied question. What? Are you freaking kidding me with this crap?
Haven’t we had enough of this B.S.? I’m starting to wonder if this constant attack on women will ever be behind us.
Yes, Showandtell, the key here is having a civilized society. Is that asking too much? Apparently, it is for the barbaric Democrats.
I guess it IS asking too much, Protect Freedom. The Dem legislators all love to “resist” in their wacky, backward, upside-down world. No matter WHO is hurt.