A mother in Washington state has alleged that she discovered an adult man showering in a women's locker room at the Lynnwood Recreation Center while her children were taking part in a swimming meet. The claim has prompted the facility to launch an investigation and has reignited a wider debate in the US over transgender access to single-sex changing facilities, particularly where children are present.

The incident is being reported by Fox News alongside a separate case in West Virginia, where a teenager, Adaleia Cross, says she faced backlash after alleging she was sexually harassed by a transgender peer in a locker room. Both stories come in the wake of a recent US Supreme Court ruling that upheld state laws requiring student athletes to compete based on their biological sex, a decision that has further intensified scrutiny of policies governing shared facilities in schools and public recreation centres.