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A national gym chain that touts its “non-intimidating” environment revoked a Midland, Mich. woman’s membership, claiming she violated its “No Judgement Zone” policy by telling other gym-goers about an incident in which she believed she encountered a man in the locker room.

Yvette Cormier said she was “stunned and shocked” when she entered the Midland, Mich. Planet Fitness gym’s locker room last Saturday and encountered someone she said looked like a man but who actually self-identifies as a woman.

“He looked like a man. He did not look like a woman,” Cormier told Flint’s WNEM.

“I was blocked, because a man was standing there,” Cormier said. “It freaked me out because, why is a man in here?

A flustered Cormier went to the gym’s front desk staff and told them a man was in the locker room. An attendant informed her the person was not a man, but a transgender woman.

'This is very unprofessional. This is very scary,” said Cormier, who did not know the gym’s policy on the matter at the time.

She then made her concerns known to the gym’s corporate office.

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

Cormier attended the gym Monday through Thursday this week and told other women in the locker room about her encounter. She told WNEM that she then received a phone call from Planet Fitness’ corporate office.

She said she was asked her if she planned to stop talking with others at the gym about the incident in the locker room. When Cormier said she would not she was informed that her membership was revoked.

A statement released by the nationwide workout chain indicates that Cormier was banned because she violated the fitness chain’s “Judgement Free Zone” policy. Planet Fitness’ statement reads:

""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.""

A war of words has broken out over claims by a transgender woman from South America that immigration and customs officers behaved "like animals'' during a body search and mocked her during a nine-hour ordeal at Chek Lap Kok airport.

Hong Kong officials strenuously deny the allegations and insist proper procedures were followed amid initial suspicions about her identity and the reason she arrived here from Taiwan.

On her arrival in Hong Kong on September 16 she claims staff ridiculed her because she was dressed as a woman. She was refused entry because immigration officials could not verify her explanation about the passport with her country's consulate.

Later, two male customs officers took her to a small room to carry out a body search despite her repeated requests for a woman. She says they touched her penis and breasts with their hands, a claim customs officials deny.

"They were animals. I kept asking for a female but they said if I refused [the search] they would deport [me]. When it was over, I was destroyed."

A customs spokesman said: "The passenger had his clothes on during the whole search and customs officers did not touch any sensitive parts of his body."

She was released when officials verified her story.

The woman also claims she was mistreated by staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital who wrongly diagnosed her as a psychiatric patient on September 30 and put her in restraints.

The hospital says the action was necessary as she was suicidal.

warmonger1981 wrote:Pretty soon if a person identifies themselves as an animal who says the can't bang animals?

mrswdk wrote:Next they'll be letting their male staff put security cams in the women's toilet cubicles for Black History Month.

warmonger1981 wrote:Basically language is being turned upside down. Pick and choose the meaning of a word at will. Like Bill Clinton said it depends on what your definition of "is" is. Language is the basic communication between people. You change the language you change the culture. Other gyms will be forced to change their policies to conform to the members own view on their gender. Even if they physically have a dick that doesn't matter. The person perceives themselves as a girl so that trumps physics.

As far as banging animals. My personal view is not banging nothing but humans. Now let me ask you Mrs why shouldn't I chop you up and eat you after you've been raped? Answer to all this is personal perception of given situations. Just like all Catholics worship together their personal views of right and wrong are different. If that's the case each persons ultimate view of God would be different.

warmonger1981 wrote:Other gyms will be forced to change their policies to conform to the members own view on their gender.

As far as banging animals. My personal view is not banging nothing but humans. Now let me ask you Mrs why shouldn't I chop you up and eat you after you've been raped? Answer to all this is personal perception of given situations.

macbone wrote:How is identity ideology?

Army of GOD wrote:anyone who willingly goes to Planet Fitness deserves to be banned from gyms

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Phatscotty wrote:‘Judgement Free’ Gym Revokes Membership Of Woman Who Complained About Transgender Woman In The Locker Room

A national gym chain that touts its “non-intimidating” environment revoked a Midland, Mich. woman’s membership, claiming she violated its “No Judgement Zone” policy by telling other gym-goers about an incident in which she believed she encountered a man in the locker room.

Yvette Cormier said she was “stunned and shocked” when she entered the Midland, Mich. Planet Fitness gym’s locker room last Saturday and encountered someone she said looked like a man but who actually self-identifies as a woman.

“He looked like a man. He did not look like a woman,” Cormier told Flint’s WNEM.

“I was blocked, because a man was standing there,” Cormier said. “It freaked me out because, why is a man in here?

A flustered Cormier went to the gym’s front desk staff and told them a man was in the locker room. An attendant informed her the person was not a man, but a transgender woman.

'This is very unprofessional. This is very scary,” said Cormier, who did not know the gym’s policy on the matter at the time.

She then made her concerns known to the gym’s corporate office.

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

Cormier attended the gym Monday through Thursday this week and told other women in the locker room about her encounter. She told WNEM that she then received a phone call from Planet Fitness’ corporate office.

She said she was asked her if she planned to stop talking with others at the gym about the incident in the locker room. When Cormier said she would not she was informed that her membership was revoked.

A statement released by the nationwide workout chain indicates that Cormier was banned because she violated the fitness chain’s “Judgement Free Zone” policy. Planet Fitness’ statement reads:

""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.""

http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/07/judge ... oom-video/

crispybits wrote:I take it you're objecting to the ban PS? What would you like to see done about this? What should be the reaction to this and who should be doing the reacting?

Phatscotty wrote:

crispybits wrote:I take it you're objecting to the ban PS? What would you like to see done about this? What should be the reaction to this and who should be doing the reacting?

I would like to see people with a penis use the mens lockers
I would like to see people with a vagina use the womens lockers

Call me radical