Transgender Male Found Not Guilty of Indecency In YCMA Locker Room Case, His Past Victim Condemns VerdictBy Reduxx and The Publica
May 4, 2023
ReduxxA transgender male who was the subject of multiple complaints after reportedly exposing himself in the women’s locker room of an Ohio YMCA has been cleared of charges of public indecency, largely due to his weight. Now, a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by him is condemning the verdict.
Darren Glines, who is obese, was spotted naked on multiple occasions in the women’s facilities last year, but narrowly avoided a conviction after his defense argued that his genitalia was obscured by the fat of his gut.
Glines, 31, had been the subject of several complaints for incidents that occurred at the YMCA in Xenia, Ohio between November 2021 and November 2022. It first came to public attention after a local pastor penned a blog post discussing the issues with gender self-identification at the YMCA. In his post, Mark Atherton, a Christian minister, stated that he had reached out to YMCA President Dale Brunner and Vice Presidents Joshua Sullenberger and David Thompson, and had been told that gender self-identification was the policy. ...
Glines (left) in a 2015 interview
