“Ensure all campers and staff have access to the facilities aligned with their gender identity and comfort within facility and resource limitations,” the page said while also recommending that youth development professionals “use gender-neutral (or self-identified) pronouns when referencing guardians/parents, partners, families and significant others.”

It also called upon professionals to “lift up stories of LGBTQ+ inclusion in trainings, marketing, and camp activities.”

Another archived page dated June 7, 2022, also called upon the YMCA to unite people “no matter their ability, age, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, income, national origin, race or sexual orientation.” However, the current YMCA website states that the “Y is made up of people of all ages, from all backgrounds, working side-by-side to strengthen communities. Together, we work to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity.” It also says the organization’s “core values are caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility — they guide everything we do.”

The American Parents Coalition further claimed that the YMCA is violating Title IX, as it receives over $600 million in government grants.

“There is little room for interpretation where the law is so explicit,” the letter said. “This broad prohibition underscores the law’s role in eliminating gender-based barriers to women’s equal participation in all aspects of programming and activities, providing for ‘the women of America something that is rightfully theirs—an equal chance. The YMCA’s policies permitting biological men to invade the sanctity of spaces set aside for women undoubtedly violates this law.”