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       Woman ousted from Gym Membership for complaining
   DIR By: PWTRPWR
       Date: March 9, 2015, 4:18 pm
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       In an effort to appeal to clientele who  may be intimidated by
       traditional gyms, Planet Fitness describes itself as a “Judgment
       Free Zone” and claims there are “no critics.”
       Yvette Cormier, a member of the Midland,  MI Planet Fitness,
       learned last week that this philosophy allows transgendered
       clients to use the locker room of whichever gender they identify
       with.
       After her workout, Cormier noticed what she thought was a man in
       the woman’s locker room with her. According to ABC News, she
       complained to the gym staff and was told:
       “Whatever gender you feel you are, that’s the locker room you’re
       allowed to go in.
       “And then he said, ‘We’ve had lots of complaints about him but
       we told him to go change in a stall.’
       “He said, ‘if you’re uncomfortable with that you can wait until
       he’s done in there.’
       I stood back and said, ‘How about he waits until I’m done in the
       women’s locker room. Or get a unisex bathroom.’
       He asked if I would like to talk to the manager and I said, ‘I’m
       calling corporate.'”
       When Cormier called, Planet Fitness’ corporate representatives
       confirmed the policy. She feels that this policy should have
       been disclosed when she signed up for her membership, and that
       Planet Fitness should provide a separate locker room for
       transgendered individuals.
       Over the following days, Cormier told other women at the gym
       about the policy:
       “Every day I said ‘just so you know, there’s a man they allow in
       this locker room and they don’t tell you that when you sign
       up.'”
       Management at the location felt her behavior was disruptive and
       revoked her membership.
       A Planet Fitness representative released the following
       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.
       The manner in which this member expressed her concerns about the
       policy exhibited behavior that management at the Midland club
       deemed inappropriate and disruptive to other members, which is a
       violation of the membership agreement and as a result her
       membership was cancelled.”
       Midland resident Carlotta Sklodowska has come forward saying she
       believes she is the transgendered individual to whom Cormier is
       referring.
       Sklodowska told MLive she was “there as a guest of one of my
       friends” and only “went into the locker room to hang up her coat
       and purse, and then to retrieve the items after her workout.”
       She also told MLive “she wants to make it clear that she is not
       looking to harm anyone.”
       from :
  HTML http://www.ijreview.com/2015/03/266493-planet-fitness-revokes-membership-woman-freaked-fellow-locker-room-patron/<br
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