It’s a business that sells itself on being non-judgmental but Planet Fitness has allegedly revoked the membership of a woman for complaining.

   Yvette Cormier, a member at the Midland location, says she had no idea what that meant until a few days ago.

   “I was stunned and shocked. He looked like a man.. He did not look like a woman,” Cormier said. Cormier is talking about a transgender woman who walked into the woman’s locker room while she was getting undressed. She says she couldn’t believe her eyes.

   “This is very unprofessional. This is very scary,” Cormier said.

   Not knowing why the person was in the women’s locker room, Cormier said she immediately complained to the front desk and eventually to corporate offices.

   “They told me the same thing, that he was allowed in there because that’s the sex he wants to be,” Cormier said.

   Cormier said she understands that some men self-identify as women and some women self-identify as men, but said the person looked like a man and that caught her off guard.

   Cormier lost her membership for violating the company’s no judgement zone policy.

   Moving forward, Cormier said she isn’t concerned with getting her membership back. Her concern now is to warn other women at this gym to make them aware of this policy, because she says Planet Fitness failed to warn her.[…]

   Representatives with Planet Fitness issued this statement:

  “Planet Fitness is committed to creating a non-intimidating, welcoming environment for our members. Our gender identity non-discrimination policy states that members and guests may use all gym facilities based on their sincere self-reported gender identity.

   In expressing her concerns about the policy, the member in question exhibited behavior that club management deemed inappropriate and disruptive to other members, which is a violation of the membership agreement and as a result her membership was canceled”[…]

   TV5 sat down with a well known member of the transgender community to get her take on how to avoid this issue moving forward.

   Char Davenport is a professor at Saginaw Valley State University as well as Delta College. She’s a prominent member of the transgender community. Davenport is also a transgender woman.

   Davenport said she is not surprised by Cormier’s reaction. At the same time she said she applauds Planet Fitness for understanding the needs of the transgender community.

   According to Davenport, Planet Fitness and any other facility looking to support the transgender community, she insists they must have the proper facility so that supporting LGBT rights doesn’t impose on those who may not have a full understanding of her community.

Planet Fitness is committed to creating a non-intimidating, welcoming environment for our members.

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It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world...

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They should have a gender neutral changing room then.

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their business, their rules?

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Off to buy a wig, a bag, and a small camera. Respect muh gender identity.

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So you're saying all I need to do is put on a wig so I can shower with the ladies?

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minority rules.



I can't wait until Caucasians are a minority. I'm going to demand free everything.

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their business, their rules?

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This country is so fucked up it is unbelievable.

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Off to buy a wig, a bag, and a small camera. Respect muh gender identity.

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Their business, their rules.  My business to call them idiots and hope they fail..  

Let all the ladies from DU go there and we'll see how they react when dudes start hanging out in their showers and dressing rooms.

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So you're saying all I need to do is put on a wig so I can shower with the ladies?

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Off to buy a wig, a bag, and a small camera. Respect muh gender identity.