Planet Fitness STANDS BY decision to allow men in women's locker rooms and warns members that their 'discomfort' is not a reason to exclude transgender people

Daily Mail UK ^ | March 17, 2024 | James Gordon

[Morgana]

Planet Fitness has refused to walk back its decision to ban a member who exposed a 'trans woman' shaving in the female locker room.

The statement, which was shared by the Libs of TikTok Twitter account, said although some members may feel uncomfortable sharing facilities, 'This discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender member.'

The comments come after Patricia Silva detailed at incident at her Alaska gym where she saw a transgender woman shaving in her locker room.

Silva had just finished working out at Planet Fitness' Fairbanks location, when she saw the person, whom she called 'a man with a penis,' carrying out his routine in front of a 12-year-old girl.

Silva, who has previously run for Fairbanks Borough Assembly, told the 'trans woman' they should really be using the male locker room.

The trans woman retorted they were 'LGB.'

Silva took a picture of the person and shared it online. And she was so shocked by what she had seen that she recounted her experience in a Facebook video.

'I just came out of Planet Fitness. There is a man shaving in the women's bathroom. I love him in Christ,' Silva began. 'He is a spiritual being having a human experience. He doesn't like his gender so he wants to be a woman, but I'm not comfortable with him shaving in my bathroom. I just thought I'd say it out loud.'

Silva - who has shared QAnon conspiracy theories on social media - also described the encounter in a written post online.

[NetAddicted]

Thanks for the info. I didn’t think of these questions when he told me.

[Qiviut]

God speed, Riley. As for the courts having to ‘rule for truth’, these days I’m thinking that’s a coin flip whether they do or not.

[llmc1]

Are we to boycott Trump as well? He’s basically done the same thing.

[MortMan]

I don’t think they forgot that customer is always right - they just forgot to prioritize the bulk of their customers over the extremely vocal (and litigious) tiny minority.

[RoosterRedux]

Hmm. That's an interesting point. It hadn't dawned on me that the reason some companies are acting Woke is because they are afraid of that constituency.

Good thinking...I'll be looking into that.