Planet Fitness Bans Woman Who Refuses To Share Locker Room With Trans Man

Planet Fitness – which proclaims themselves a “Judgement Free zone” has decided they’re so “progressive” that they can ban a woman who refuses to share a locker room with a transgender man.

A conservative advocacy group has taken up the case of a “Mrs. H,” in Florida, who claims the popular fitness centers discriminated against her after she objected to the presence of a “man,” named “Jordan ‘Ivy’ Rice,” in the women’s locker room.

Mrs. H’s membership was terminated, LifeSiteNews reports, after saying she refused to be naked in a locker room next to a man who is presenting himself as a woman. In a letter sent to the CEO of Planet Fitness by the legal group Liberty Counsel, the man had a bad reputation for making women feel uncomfortable.

“This is not the only incident with Mr. Rice known to Planet Fitness,” said the letter. “Another woman reported that he exposed his naked body to her in the women’s locker room at this location. In another instance, he was involved in an argument with another woman over use of the tanning room. Misogynist, anti-woman harassment should have no place in Planet Fitness locations, and violates Florida law.”

“Planet Fitness must immediately reinstate Mrs. H’s membership, and make changes to its membership and locker room policies to prevent blatant sex-based harassment by males in the women’s lockers and restrooms,” the letter continues.

The letter describes the bizarre – and aggressive – antics of “Mr. Rice:”

Mrs. H. entered, and noticed him. She was disturbed by his presence, politely confronted him and asked him to leave the women’s locker room.

Instead, he smirked back at her, and continued to stare at her, remaining standing in front of the mirror “applying makeup,” where he had a full view of every single woman entering or exiting the shower area and every single locker, Mrs. H.’s locker, which was directly behind him within three (3) feet.

When Mr. Rice refused to leave, Mrs. H. herself left to give him time to finish what he was doing, so she could use the restroom in privacy. Mr. Rice remained there for at least an hour, “applying makeup,” to intentionally deny Mrs. H. the privacy she desired.

He was observed to have entered and exited the locker room, wearing the same clothes, and had not showered or changed.

Despite a male employee observing that Mr. Rice’s behavior was “over the top,” staff did not intervene and ask him to finish his business, but permitted him to monopolize the women’s locker room. This impeded Mrs. H.’s rightful use of the women’s locker room.

The man even had the nerve to call 9-1-1 to report being sexually harassed.

This isn’t the first time Planet Fitness has come under fire. Back in 2015, a woman in Michigan filed a complaint about a transgender man in a locker room. Her membership was also revoked.

HT: The Daily Wire

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