|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
03-06-2015, 07:35 PM | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Antonio Tx.
Casino cash: $3944454
|
Planet Fitness drops woman after complaining about transgender woman in locker room
Agree or disagree?
MIDLAND, MI (WNEM) - 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. The company told TV5 that Cormier's concerns about the policy regarding gender identity was inappropriate and disruptive by complaining to other members at the gym. 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 ccanceled" Cormier said she had no idea that person was actually a transgender woman. She also said she had no idea Planet Fitness had a policy allowing transgender women to share locker rooms with women. 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. "Private showers and changing areas really would go a long way in resolving these issues," Davenport said. Cormier said the issue is that Planet Fitness failed to warn her about the possibility they could be sharing a locker room with a member of the transgender community. Davenport feels pointing something like this out to customers could be construed as negative and again she said the proper facilities and changing areas make this issue a moot point. In the end Davenport said she has no ill feeling towards Cormier, instead she said her concern is valid and most importantly, Davenport said it provides the opportunity for the public to learn more about the transgender community. Which hopefully will avoid a similar situation moving forward. http://www.kctv5.com/story/28278233/...tity-complaint |
Posts: 66,914
|
03-07-2015, 10:08 AM | #46 |
Supporter
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $6838598
|
right?
__________________
We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W. |
Posts: 95,642
|
03-07-2015, 10:13 AM | #47 | |
Gimme My Berries Back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: None of your business
Casino cash: $3589963
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 161,549
|
03-07-2015, 10:15 AM | #48 |
Gimme My Berries Back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: None of your business
Casino cash: $3589963
|
|
Posts: 161,549
|
03-07-2015, 10:15 AM | #49 |
Ain't no relax!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Casino cash: $2398919
|
Ms. Delicate Sensibilities:
__________________
|
Posts: 47,437
|
03-07-2015, 10:16 AM | #50 | |
Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Casino cash: $2009546
|
Quote:
If they are going that route they should just tell everyone that the lockers are co-ed.
__________________
"You know, they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, "I CAN'T PROCESS IT!" Well, no, and you never will. Stop trying. Just sit back and enjoy the show .... You know?" Carlos Irwin Estevez |
|
Posts: 10,337
|
03-07-2015, 10:17 AM | #51 |
Changes pants while driving
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Washington D.C.
Casino cash: $6020495
|
So Planet Fitness will cater to the .00000000002% of the population that is transgender gym goers and offend a large portion of its female members. Sounds like a politically correct feel good policy that is also an incredibly dumb-ass marketing strategy. Good luck with that.
|
Posts: 15,756
|
03-07-2015, 10:18 AM | #52 |
Gimme My Berries Back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: None of your business
Casino cash: $3589963
|
I know I would never join a gym that had inclusive bathrooms. Perhaps there should be a third bathroom. Call it "Both", "Mixed Gender", or "Confused" or something. The former would be used at a place like Planet Fitness.
|
Posts: 161,549
|
03-07-2015, 10:18 AM | #53 | |
Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Casino cash: $2009546
|
Quote:
__________________
"You know, they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, "I CAN'T PROCESS IT!" Well, no, and you never will. Stop trying. Just sit back and enjoy the show .... You know?" Carlos Irwin Estevez |
|
Posts: 10,337
|
03-07-2015, 10:20 AM | #54 | |
Gimme My Berries Back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: None of your business
Casino cash: $3589963
|
Quote:
Other places can advertise how they do it which will draw the right crowds for business. Everyone finds something. Win/win. Just not necessarily from a business success pov. Someone will make more. |
|
Posts: 161,549
|
03-07-2015, 10:23 AM | #55 | |
Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
Casino cash: $2061445
|
Quote:
It says right in the OP this is in their policies. If she chose not to read them, that's on her. |
|
Posts: 879
|
03-07-2015, 10:23 AM | #56 |
Gimme My Berries Back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: None of your business
Casino cash: $3589963
|
|
Posts: 161,549
|
03-07-2015, 10:26 AM | #57 |
best in the biz
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Under Pressure
Casino cash: $2705273
|
|
Posts: 71,126
|
03-07-2015, 10:27 AM | #58 | |
Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Casino cash: $2009546
|
Quote:
__________________
"You know, they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, "I CAN'T PROCESS IT!" Well, no, and you never will. Stop trying. Just sit back and enjoy the show .... You know?" Carlos Irwin Estevez |
|
Posts: 10,337
|
03-07-2015, 10:29 AM | #59 | ||
Gimme My Berries Back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: None of your business
Casino cash: $3589963
|
Quote:
Quote:
Let's start with the symbols used on these bathrooms: How are the bathrooms labeled? Why do they even have separate rooms. Why not just one room then? Seems inconsistent to me. Sorry, but what you call her soap box is also called word-of-mouth advertising—the most powerful. She has every right to alert others too. |
||
Posts: 161,549
|
03-07-2015, 10:31 AM | #60 |
I got Rice cookin in the micro
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Apartment "G UNIT!"
Casino cash: $3232136
|
she should never travel outside the U.S.
__________________
|
Posts: 54,231
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|