Posted on 03/23/2024 2:32:35 AM PDT by Morgana
A Planet Fitness member who was banned for complaining about a transgender female in the women's locker rooms in 2015 said she 'knew this was going to happen again' as she saw the latest controversy embroiling the gym.
Yvette Cormier, a Michigan woman who had her membership with Planet Fitness cancelled nine years ago, told DailyMail.com on Thursday that she saw a lot of paralells between her case and that of Patricia Silva. Silva, 67, made headlines last week when she expressed outrage that a 'man with a penis' was carrying out their ablutions in front of her and a young girl wrapped in a towel. She confronted the individual, took a photo and alerted staff.
'My first reaction was that I knew this was going to happen again,' Cormier said.
She offered her support to Silva and joined conservative calls for a boycott, as she did in 2015 when she complained about seeing a transgender woman in the women's locker room in Midland.
Cormier sued Planet Fitness for invasion of privacy, sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract and emotional distress.
Silva lost but an appeals court found the gym violated the Consumer Protection Act by not properly informing members that transgender women would be allowed to use the women's restroom, the Detroit Free Press reported in 2018.
'That's the purpose for having a men's and women's locker room, for the men to go into men's and women to go into women's,' Cormier told DailyMail.com.
'I suggested early on to have a unisex bathroom, and then people who are transitioning or you know, whatever, could use that bathroom.'
In her case, she said, the person in question, who was never identified, was not transgender. She claimed he was a 'pervert' man who had a history of stalking women around town.
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“a ‘man with a penis’ was carrying out their ablutions in front of her”
Was it erect?
The problem could be solved if Lifetime Fitness simply made all their locker rooms open to everyone regardless of whatever gender they think they are this week. This way guys could be showering with women, prepubescent girls and teens without any complaints. I’m certain their clientele would be happy not having to make any choice of which locker room to use.
The old term ‘cross dresser’ still works
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