A mom who dressed up as a cat to protest against a trans board member has slammed a gym for allowing them to use the women's locker room – claiming that they stared at her breasts.
Lindsey Graham, 41, was at Esporta in Goodyear, Arizona, when she claimed Paul Bixler came into the female changing area while she was half naked.
The 72-year-old is a retired teacher and principal who identifies as a transgender woman – and wears ' his dead wife's clothes.'
Mother-of-three Graham, who goes by 'Patriot Barbie' online, claims that Bixler stared at her breasts while entering the female locker room – which was reported to the police.
She told DailyMail.com that she would call the police 'every time' Bixler used the women's changing rooms, and believes that the cops agree with her.
Lindsey Graham, 41, was at Esporta in Goodyear, Arizona, when she claimed Paul Bixler came into the female changing area while she was half naked
Graham filmed Bixler entering the female locker room, and shouted 'why isn't anyone warning the women? I hope there is no one undressing in there.'
Speaking to DailyMail.com she said: 'There was no communication between us whatsoever. I didn't speak to him; he didn't speak to me.
'He had his back to me, but there was a mirror, so when he turned around after loading up his things, he was able to see me completely topless.
'The idea that he was in there and I was undressing is enough to have violated my rights. When I called the police they seemed to be well aware of him already.
'I don't think this is the first time that it has happened. They knew what card is being played, and he told them that he has had bottom surgery so he is allowed to use that changing room.
'It is frustrating because the police told him he's free to go and let him go back into the changing room.
'What if there was a little girl getting changed in there? Realistically I'll never get undressed in that locker room now.
'It's not fair for me to have to cancel my gym membership and put my life on hold to accommodate and comply with his mental disorder.
'Every time I see him in there I will be calling the police. I sensed that the police today morally didn't agree with what they were forced to comply with.
Lindsey told DailyMail.com 'Every time I see him in there I will be calling the police. I sensed that the police today morally didn't agree with what they were forced to comply with'
The mom-of-three previously dressed up as a cat at a school board meeting to protest against the schools' 'woke agenda'
'I believe they knew in their hearts that I was right.
'The employees of the gym were happy to let him use the women's changing rooms, after he was using the mens' for so long and now a sudden change.'
Graham filmed Bixler entering the female locker room, and shouted 'why isn't anyone warning the women? I hope there is no one undressing in there.'
Lindsey added: 'He is engaged in an activity which is setting a precedent for others, they now have some get out of jail free card to force themselves into women's spaces.
'They can violate women without cameras nearby, and intrude upon our safety and security and that is what concerns be most.
'This is alarming, women's rights are being violated and I'm not going to put up with it. He will suffer no consequences from this.'
Bixler, in an interview in July with AZCentral , said that though she'd transitioned late in life, she's gotten mostly positive reactions from the locals
The mother posted a video to her TikTok account where she said police claimed it was a 'touchy, sensitive issue in society' - adding 'we are at a point where we are catering to society instead of facts.'
She added that Bixler was not arrested before filming herself asking 'Paul if you are a female, why do you use the men's restroom sometimes and the women's restroom sometimes?'
Bixler slowly turned around and replied, 'Please stay away from me', as a police officer attempted to calm the situation down.
The pair have clashed before, with the mother donning a cat costume for a school meeting and mock the school's 'woke agenda'.
Retired teacher Bixler was appointed to the Liberty School Board, which covers eight schools on the outskirts of metropolitan Phoenix, in 2021.
The mother posted a video to her TikTok account where she said police claimed it was a 'touchy, sensitive issue in society' - adding 'we are at a point where we are catering to society instead of facts'
Graham believes that Bixler has a 'mental illness' that should keep her from having an influence over kids and accessing women's locker rooms
Graham, no relation to the US Senator from South Carolina of the same name, clearly addressed Bixler - without naming her - and the board at a school meeting in December.
She said: 'I'm a cat. Meow, meow. I'm not a woman dressed as a cat. I am a cat. How many of you believe and confess that I'm a cat? How many of you believe that your child or a child from this school would believe that I'm actually a cat?'
After nobody raised their hands, she continued: 'No one. You're right. Truth prevails over imagination. Reality exists. Discernment is innate and something that we're wired to have. One look at me, and you know this to be true. I'm a woman posing as a cat.'
She added that Bixler is 'very clearly a man' and 'the only thing he does to identify as a female is put lipstick on. He grew his hair out a little bit, and he wears his deceased wife's clothing to school.'
Bixler transitioned after his wife of 36 years, Candace, died in 2017.
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