A Michigan lawmaker believes that Planet Fitness’ policy allowing trans members to use the locker room that corresponds with their gender identity threatens the safety of women, MLive reported on Monday.
Republican state Rep. Gary Glenn (pictured above) told MLive that the policy “violates the privacy, comfort and peace of mind of women.”
A Midland, Mich. Planet Fitness gym last week terminated the membership of a female member who complained that the gym allowed a trans woman to use the women’s locker room.
A Planet Fitness spokesperson, McCall Gosselin, said the gym allows trans individuals to choose which locker room they use in order to create a “non-intimidating, welcoming environment for our members.”
But Glenn, who represents Midland in the Michigan house, said it is an “in-your-face policy.”
“Planet Fitness obviously should rethink its anti-woman, anti-reality policy,” he told MLive. “If they don’t, they shouldn’t be surprised in a conservative family-friendly community such as Midland if they lose more female members.”
He added that his wife will no longer maintain her membership at Planet Fitness.
“My wife has been a member at the Planet Fitness in Midland,” Glenn said. “As she characterized the situation, Planet Fitness has made clear it does not offer a family friendly environment, and she said she will not be going back, and I imagine they’ll lose other customers as well.”
Yes, because clearly his wife is the victim in all of this. That makes him a victim. And by extension, all conservatives are victims. The one transgender person who merely wanted to use the changing room they wanted is the evil bully.
“…threatens the safety of women…”
Wha…?
There’s a T-shirt thrown in with membership. That was the draw, not just the ability to look at lady parts.
I’m sure there’s a lot more to the story than what has been reported, but the woman who filed the complaint says that she saw what appeared to be a man in the women’s locker room. She was uncomfortable with that and it makes sense.
If Planet Fitness’ policy is that anyone should use whichever locker room they prefer to use then yes, women are potentially in danger. At some point, the business does need to distinguish between transgendered members who are choosing to use the locker room with which they best identify and those men who simply want to use the women’s locker room because that’s where the women are.
As someone who spends a few hours a week in a women’s locker room, I know what what I’d do if I saw someone who was clearly a man, and not a transgender man getting showered and dressed nearby.