Florida Attorney General warns of “swift legal consequences” after report that boys are sleeping in a girls’ cabin at Camp Crystal
BY JENNIFER CABRERA
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the School Board of Alachua County today after two biological boys were reportedly assigned to a second-grade girls’ cabin this week at Camp Crystal Lake. A social media post added, “Alachua Schools must immediately reverse this decision, or there will be swift legal consequences.”
The AG’s Office of Parental Rights received a complaint this week that two biological boys were sleeping in a second-grade girls’ cabin at the camp, which is owned and operated by Alachua County Public Schools. Uthmeier wrote that this “violates Florida law, and blatantly contradicts the School Board’s policy and the Camp’s own operational guidelines.”
Florida’s Safety in Private Spaces Act requires educational institutions to “establish disciplinary procedures for any student who willfully enters… a restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex on the premises of the educational institution,” where “sex” is defined as “the classification of a person as either female or male based on the organization of the body of such person for a specific reproductive role, as indicated by the person’s sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external genitalia present at birth.” Uthmeier wrote, “Children in overnight sleeping facilities are entitled to privacy and protection guaranteed by the Act.”
The School Board’s Policy Manual includes the definition of “sex” shown above, and Camp Crystal’s website states, “Campers are divided into boys’ and girls’ cabins by age.” Uthmeier wrote, “Allowing male children to reside in cabins designated for girls directly contradicts these stated policies. This inconsistency not only undermines the integrity of the Camp’s operational commitments but also calls into question the Board’s oversight and enforcement of basic safeguards for children’s safety and privacy. Allowing boys to stay overnight in girls’ facilities violates the Camp’s policy, the School Board’s policy, and Florida law.”
Uthmeier concluded, “My office will not tolerate policies that place faddish ideology and social experimentation above the rights and safety of Florida’s children. The Board and Camp staff should immediately separate these children into their proper, sex-based sleeping quarters, and continue that practice in all future camp sessions. Failure to do so may require my office to undertake further legal enforcement measures and render district officials liable as otherwise provided by law.”
This week’s camp session ended today. After Uthmeier’s letter was posted in a local Facebook group, an anonymous poster wrote, “We had a camper there this week and were called the week before camp and asked if we would be okay with this arrangement. We declined and it wasn’t an issue.”
Alachua County Public Schools told Alachua Chronicle, “In keeping with district protocols, if a camper identifies as a gender other than that assigned at birth, families must give both written AND verbal permission for their child to be assigned to the same cabin. If the camper needs to change clothes, shower or use the restroom, that camper will do so in another cabin. Also, there are four adults and two Counselors in Training (CITs) assigned to the cabin, and there is constant supervision.”
Camp Crystal dad here. This was in my 5th grade daughter’s cabin. Every parent w/ a child assigned to that cabin was made aware of the circumstances and given an option to opt in/out.
Dads like you are part of the problem.
Happy Father’s Day!
God Bless!
hopefully this person doesn’t and will never have kids, and if not I feel bad for them
Apparently though, parents saying it is ok still doesn’t make it legally ok
(I just learned this)
Yes, because DeSantis’ Florida isn’t free. That’s just a slogan, not a reality.
You’re not free to be a pedophile. Go to New York for that.
Trump brags about busting into teen age girls dressing rooms when they were in various stages of unrest when he was associated with beauty pageants and he lives in Florida.
And Biden took showers with his daughter when she was older. Hmmmm. Things you seem to forget before opening your mouth Jazzy…
If Biden starts bragging about dating her – as Trump did with Ivanka – maybe there was something to this. If Ashley was 3 or 4 – and we don’t know – hard to imagine sex was involved and some families practice healthy nudism, especially when children are young.
Trump has repeatedly bragged about his forced voyeurism of teenage girls, about dating young girls including his daughter, and about grabbing women by the ………. He has been cited in court by a judge for rape, where he also lost a healthy bankroll in a suit brought by an accuser, and has been accused by at least 18 women of sexual assault. He paid off a porn star to try and keep her quiet about a sexual tryst while Melania – the nude model – was pregnant with Barron.
Dad’s like you are part of the solution of having kids feel safe, included and have access to experiences like camp. Thank you. It sounds like CCL respected both parents wishes as well as created extra policies to decrease likelihood of anyone feeling uncomfortable.
Hoping that yur daughter doesn’t end up with some form of infective lifetime herpes, courtesy of yourself.
It’s pretty gross and creepy that you are even thinking that way, these are elementary school aged children! Trump has infected you all with his infantile behavior, you actually think you seem clever or appealing. In reality, you’re just a making yourself look like a fool
it’s really showing that you see something about 8 y/os at camp and imagine them getting sexually transmitted diseases. Someone should probably search your hard drive.
My drive is clean but yours is probably full of “no kings” hourly payment proposals from dark blue. Accept the one with the best side benefits, like ObamaCare at $1000/mo premiums with $100/visit copay.
people as delusional as you used to be institutionalized, maybe that’s what made america “great”
To Apuleius & Delusional maggat commenters here:
FACT:
Great Signs we saw today at NO KINGS RALLY.
“I’m not part of a MAGA agenda!” and “Hey Trump! Nobody paid us to be here! We all hate you for free!”
We are NOT paid to demonstrate !
We demonstrate out of our own Free Will.
Against Fascist regimes that want to oppress the Good People !
IMPEACH 45
CONVICT 45
REMOVE 45
REMOVE & STAND UP TO maggats & the dumb boy’s.
Couldn’t count to 47?
May want to reconsider who you’re referring to as ‘dumb.’
To This may work maggat:
I count well.
And, I do not acknowledge the Felon, Criminal Dictator Fascist Inhumane Chump as the 47th POTUS.
#NOTMYPRESIDENT
You can’t count or spell. May want to invest in a better spell check application.
You are another part of the problem.
Trump WON, your RET-RDED canadiate lost. DEAL with it or seek mental health treatment for TDS.
Apuleius, unfortunately you have consumed the poisonous “Trump Punch”. Your creepy, perverted thoughts and expressions tells us all we need to know about you. But you are entitled to your creepy and perverted thoughts. Enjoy your backward thinking and life.
My 2nd grade daughter is no longer in the public school system after witnessing 2 boys giving each other BJs on a field trip on a bus in full view! That was 2 years ago. Don’t think just because they are in grade school they aren’t getting freaky. She reported it to a teacher, and was told to mind her own business they were “peacing out”!
J Jackson – that is awful!! What school did your daughter attend?
Chris the weirdo
This guy really signed his kid up for the trans cabin and thought
“Hell yeah!”
INVESTIGATE HIM
Reason # 333 to keep your child out of our public school system.
Somehow, the SBAC always seems to find a way to be placed in time-out.
There just may be a leadership problem down at the District Offices that is always looking to break the rules. You would have thought after Simon they would have learned their lesson but then again, they are in Gainesville.
People would be amazed if they knew how much the school board covers up as far as mold. Asbestos, finances and all the ones that cover it keep on getting promoted. This has been going on 4 6 years, at least
The Camp Crystal Lake cabins are all open, barracks-style, single mattress bunkbeds—with zero privacy. There’s not much justification for separating second graders by genders in terms of where they sleep they sleep out there. More culture war pandering to the evangelical base….
The reason being it’s the law. No matter what you or any other parent thinks.
The law doesn’t say, ‘if another parent says it’s okay’ then it must be.
Not only that, what does it say when a child sees an adult knowingly disobeys the law?
People wonder what’s going on with society. Time to stop.
God forbid a child with different plumbing hears another kid fart in their sleep.
God forbid a girls privacy is invaded by a confused boy
I’m not sure He forbids that, but I’m pretty confident He didn’t make a mistake with their plumbing.
Obviously you people don’t understand. For all of those parents who may have given a thumbs down…
How many of you had gender reveal parties?
Why?
Gender reveal parties are dumb.
Still, I found out sex of both my children at 10 weeks
Agreed and good for you. Here’s hoping your children were the same sex at 5 years.
Do I understand this correctly, a 10 or 11 year old biological male identifies as a girl and sleeps in the girls cabin? The SBAC allows this contrary to Florida law?
No, you didn’t read it right. The article says an anonymous Facebook poster claimed that two people—no age given—were in a second-grade girls’ cabin and didn’t match their “biological sex.” That’s it.
For all we know, it could’ve been two staffers supervising with four others. The article is vague, the outrage is loud, and the distraction is working.
You should probably read it again. The AG office received a complaint on their portal that they found credible AND the district admitted it happened.
5th grade possibly not 2nd grade based on first comment made, dunno
Weirdo
Fire the entire school board!
If people really knew how much the superintendent board cover up and it seems like the ones that cover up the financial issues, mold asbestos are the ones that keep on getting promoted around there.
Sickening democrats/liberals, putting boys in with girls. When is this going stop?
Sickening MAGAs/neofascists, pooting all over the Constitution, proliferating propaganda, lies, fear, hypocrisy and blindly following a well documented narcissist who does not care about YOU or America. When is this going to stop?
Having to follow the law really sucks.
We won you lost. Your mental issues deserve attention. TDS obviously is affecting you.
This is disgusting and any parent condoning such acts is just as sick and delusional as the parents of these “trans” kids. Make your own camp of degenerates that only involves adults, and isn’t funded with my tax dollars. This Munchausen by proxy 🐂 💩 is way out of hand.
Good parents keep their children away from this filth and send them to private schools.
“Scientists at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne analysed DNA from 380 transgender women (male-to-female transgender people) and found that certain ‘versions’ of 12 different genes were significantly overrepresented in transgender women, compared to non-transgender males.
“This is the world’s largest and most comprehensive study examining changes in genes that control sex hormone signalling in transgender women. It identifies several new genes or genetic variations never before looked at in gender dysphoria,” lead author, Professor Vincent Harley of Hudson Institute, said….”
https://www.hudson.org.au/news/written-in-dna-study-reveals-potential-biological-basis-for-transgender/
So basically you’re saying its a genetic defect and natures way of keeping them from reproducing. got it thanks
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I am saying that unlike claims by the right, there are humans who’s biological sex is not clear cut and who may be struggling with that fact, and not because they are part of a social movement. Unfortunately, that claim and resultant unyielding and unscientific position is now hardened into law.
I agree that there are primarily only 2 sexes and that biology is both reality and determinative and we are not all somehow unanchored and just located somewhere on a “continuum”. That is as ignorant as our surgeon general and governor. But there are IN FACT those few whose biological sex is confused and counter to a clear cut identity. We need laws which are in tune with these facts and which help us treat those who struggle humanely and with the best science we have. That shouldn’t mean rolling over certain majority rights – like maintaining women’s sports as for biological women – to benefit a very small minority who will not exactly be living in a fascist state because they can’t compete athletically exactly how they want.
Let’s use our head and heart on this issue.
It is clear-cut. Men can’t conceive and give birth to a child.
Not even those who’ve decided they want to be a frog.
Was Gillum like this?
This article is missing a lot.
I am a parent of one of the kids in the cabin (which wasn’t a 2nd grade cabin, btw). Parents of kids who could potentially be in the same cabin were contacted last week. We were told the situation and had the option to either decline right away, or learn more about how camp was going to handle it before making a decision about letting our child stay in the same cabin. We never felt pressured or pushed and in fact, I felt like the director did a great job of tackling this, understanding this can be a challenging topic for everyone regardless of personal beliefs.
He shared that the child would not shower, change or use the restroom in the cabin and would leave the area when the other children were changing/bathing etc. They spend very little time in the cabins anyway.
From what I understand, this child has attended in the past (although this is our child’s first time sharing a cabin with them), and there has never been an issue (I asked). We chose to allow our child to stay in the cabin. We did talk with her about it before so she wouldn’t be surprised if she heard others talking about it, and when talking with her today after picking her up, she said she never noticed anything strange or like there was a boy in her cabin.
If you didnt want your child to be in the same cabin, you din’t need to approve it. Nobody was forcing anyone, and nobody was penalized.
It should never have been a question. The kids shouldn’t have been exposed to the trans ideology at all. It’s a sickness.
People would be amazed if they knew how much the school board superintendent board. Director of facilities cover up with financial issues mold. Asbestos, and the ones that cover up have been getting big promotions. The past five years, it is a sad statement.
See Hudson Institute study abive,
Seven year old study. Seven years ago we did not have childern thinking they are trans, cats, dogs, etc. If it’s a gene then they are still physically a boy or a girl. That will never change. Adam’s apples do not lie.
Did Gillum participate in the Hudson study??? You seem to be interested in this.
All of this is irrelevant because the law doesn’t say it’s fine as long as the other parents don’t mind.
I appreciate the perspective, but it created a last minute situation that you and/or others had to unnecessarily deal with.
If enough parents said no, would he have been with the boys?
So the trans girl got their own private space to shower and change?
Sounds like a better deal than what the non-trans kids get
I hope they provide that option to anyone who feels uncomfortable changing/showering in the vicinity of their cabin mates
I don’t recall reading anywhere it was a trans-anything.
As others have mentioned, it’s a violation of the law.
LOL….it was a boy who identified as a girl, so yeah, “trans”
And yeah, it’s against FL law
Like I said, I didn’t see that in the story.
Please cut and paste the excerpt.
The “Florida law” is based on ignorance and rigid values trying to corral a very complex reality for some. If there is ultimate justice, it needs to change.
Justice??? Did Gillum get justice??
So basically you’re part of the problem. Thanks for admitting that. The question should have never been asked in the 1st place. Because it doesn’t matter what someone presents themselves as or what unnecessary cosmetic surgeries they’ve had done. You can never change your DNA. They have a mental illness and should be treated as such. maybe this is natures way of keeping them from reproducing because there’s some thing wrong with them genetically. So every adult (chaperone, teachers and staff) that was in that room is an accomplice and the 2 kids are too. Because they all been brainwashed to think this is acceptable. I wonder if this was some kind of preplanned PR stunt the 2 groups of parents come up with. I can’t wait to see what kind of commie GSSR activists they turn out to be. So let me some it up for you it’s scientifically impossible to change your DNA.
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You’re wrong Signla. There are definitely some individuals in every population who’s sexual identity is confused by their biological reality, not because of mental illness.
Get real.
How stupid can some people be? Boys have their own facilities and girls have their own facilities. Gender is that one was born in. No mixing. Is that so hard? End of story!
You have your own facility at home? Lucky. I must share mine with two people of the opposite biological sex. I hope Rhonda doesn’t find out.
Eew..you share? One key to my long marriage… separate restrooms
Hell yeah, we have separate facilities
Whatever happened to the court case that would have required Alachua County to pay property taxes to Clay County for things like Camp Crystal? I think it was a case originating in Pasco County.
Joe – Camp Crystal is not in Clay County.
Upset, is it Bradford?
Joe – yes
Curious as to why my comment was downvoted 🤷🏼♀️
The only solution I can think of is to have separate facilities for the following: 1. Men 2. Women 3. Men who identify as Women 4. Women who identify as men 5. Non-Binary People 6. Gay Men 7. Lesbian Women 8. Bi-Sexual Men 9. Bi-Sexual Women 10. Bi-Sexual People. Holy cow! 10 restrooms in every bar, restaurant, Walmart, shopping center, convenience store, and courthouse in the country! That’s a lot of construction! Imagine all the jobs created, especially in the plumbing industry. We won’t need immigrants anymore.
Times have changed wasn’t like that when i was in school and it wasn’t allowed either
The Attorney General has a target-rich environment with the actions and policies in this county.
Only in Alachua county does this crap take place
I’m a little confused by the people angry. I thought you support parent empowerment. Parents were informed and actively involved in the choice. Children in the same cabin did not even notice. There was no forcing anything on anyone. This feels like an example of creating a problem when there literally wasn’t one. Work on solving real problems instead of spending energy on manufactured ones.
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Signal:
“Sex chromosomes usually determine whether you are female or male. Women are XX. Men are XY. However, genetically, a few women are actually men. They grow up as women with a woman’s body, and most only discover well into puberty that they are different. Danish researchers map for the first time how many women are genetically men. The proportion was higher than expected.
You cannot see it if you do not know what you are looking for. One in 15,000 males is born and grows up as a girl. And neither these girls nor their parents know it. These girls do not discover anything different until puberty.
“Girls born with XY chromosomes are genetically boys but for a variety of reasons – mutations in genes that determine sexual development – the male characteristics are never expressed. They live their lives as girls and then women, and a few can even give birth. Our research, which is the first nationwide survey in the world, shows that this group is up to 50% larger than previously assumed. How these girls discover the facts and talk openly about their situation also varies greatly,” explains Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, who led the study and is Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine of Aarhus University.Sex chromosomes usually determine whether you are female or male. Women are XX. Men are XY. However, genetically, a few women are actually men. They grow up as women with a woman’s body, and most only discover well into puberty that they are different. Danish researchers map for the first time how many women are genetically men. The proportion was higher than expected.
You cannot see it if you do not know what you are looking for. One in 15,000 males is born and grows up as a girl. And neither these girls nor their parents know it. These girls do not discover anything different until puberty.
“Girls born with XY chromosomes are genetically boys but for a variety of reasons – mutations in genes that determine sexual development – the male characteristics are never expressed. They live their lives as girls and then women, and a few can even give birth. Our research, which is the first nationwide survey in the world, shows that this group is up to 50% larger than previously assumed. How these girls discover the facts and talk openly about their situation also varies greatly,” explains Claus Højbjerg Gravholt, who led the study and is Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine of Aarhus University….”
https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/more-women-than-expected-are-genetically-men/
Baloney.
What about Gillum?
To Jazzman:
Thank you, Jazzy for your post actually stating facts for those of us that actually agree with FACTUAL, Science.
The challenge I see is that the majority of the delusional, uneducated, koolaid, maggats that comment here do not believe in FACTUAL, Science.
The maggats that post here have very, very small minds that seem to only believe in a few things.
The maggats that post on this site are the problem.
Small minds that can not think outside of their little box named Fox, the GOP, or Chump.
These maggats are why Our Beloved Country is being destroyed by Authoritarian Fascism.
Yet, the maggats will not see it until it affects them personally because the maggats are also very, selfish.
And, do not care for the Goodwill of Humankind.
The Good News is Humpty Dumpty Chump will fall from the wall, maggat empire is the laughing stock of the entire world & will combust soon.
Soon, Everyone will wake up & those who choose to remain small minded.
Will witness the Greatest Reckoning that will arrive quicker than lightning.
By the Grace of Creator.
We the Good People shall overcome the maggat Orcs !
This I know !
Do as thou will.
Yet HARM NONE.
Including Mother Nature.
☮️☮️☮️
Another ancient 8 plus yr study. A boy is a boy and a girl is a girl. It’s that simple. Explain away the idiots that think they are pets and need to be walked on leashes and need separate litter boxes. The only confusion is caused by mental illness.
How do you know kids weren’t uncomfortable? Because one parent said theirs wasn’t?
Thanks alachua school board
Typical commie liberals in AC and the GSSR they hate anything normal. But here’s a solution it involves math, science and biology. All the stuff the commie liberals say they believe in, but don’t in reality because you cant change the rules of math, science and biology.
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So if a group of parents is ok with their children breaking the law than that makes it legal??
It’s like if a parent provided reefer to a bunch of underaged teens and claimed it’s OK because all the teens’ parents agreed. Nope. Still against the law, no ifs ands or buts
Normally, we treat obvious mental illness instead of encouraging and cultivating it. What are the odds the Minnesota cop impersonator shooter is another murderous trans person? I’d say “pretty high.”
It’s a disciple of Tampon Tim. Not a trans person, but definitely a big “ally.”
It is not necessarily “mental illness” and if you knew anything about the issue you’d know this.
By the way I don’t know who Tampon Tim is, but maybe you meant tampon JD. Vance was obsessed with the biology of women during the campaign and especially menstrual patterns and birthing.
A very high percentage of it is mental illness….. have you met some of these people lol
Take this school board idiots and throw there a**es into prison
I bet this story won’t be on WCJB,WUFT or in the Alligator and Gainesville Sun so if it wasn’t for the AC here we wouldn’t know this weird science summer camp experiment even happened. Someone should call these bastions of local journalism and ask them why they’re not covering this story. Inquiring minds want to know.
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XY XX XY XX
XX XY
I simplified this equation.
TV20 covered it. https://www.wcjb.com/2025/06/13/uthmeier-warns-alachua-county-school-board-about-trans-kids-camp-crystal-lake/
I am surprised that’s good I seen it on their FB page but not on their webpage yet
The Sun’s story was published this morning.
interesting both WCJJB/GS would cover this story as opposed to their usual nothing bad ever happens in the GSSSR so we’ll just ignore all the crime. They must see this as an opportunity to active all their fellow comrades in the GSSR. I can’t wait to see what random commie WCJB has on speed dial they just happen to run into while downtown for the next story that seems to be their usual Modus of Operandi. Because we know what side WCJB/GS is going take in this story and it’s not the right one.
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2nd grade boys already declaring themselves as girls. How pathetic and what an abomination. Must have awful parents.
This^^
These boys didn’t come up with the idea to dress like a girl themselves, they were “groomed” by their parents and Alachua public schools.
Woke Gainesville Florida
Full of liberals
The culture of this place is beyond repair
I admit I am a bit confused about this whole he/she/it/they/cat/flower wokeness about the whole trans thing.
The way I see it, if a boy is trans, he is a girl. A girl gets assigned into the girls cabin. If two campers fool around, it is two girls and thus normal gay sex. Why are the parents getting so bent out of shape?
Some of you people are insufferable. I’ve never had any issues with any trans person in my cabins when I went to summer camps. Its always the “regular boys” who end up harassing me. Some of you down vote literally research articles like they arent factual. FACTS DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS. Some of you need to realize this. The trans girls arent “hurting the children,” YOUR kids are.
No thanks, weirdo.
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Not always, and I’ve explained this to you elsewhere on this thread. You have no excuse for reposting this without that notation.
You’ll never be a woman Jazzman.
Oh well….you know what they say……Boys will be boys…..except lately as now they can be girls too.