Planet Fitness cancels woman's membership after her complaints of transgender woman in locker room

[Cal Carpenter]

99. I appreciate the edit

but I still find it notable that any explicit concern about violence toward trans women was essentially an afterthought for you. You may have assumed that it would be understood, but it wasn't. Not at all. I still don't see it in edit 2. Not until the most recent edit.

I also find it interesting that you seem to assume I am a man. In terms of 'automatic pushback', I see it all the time here when I post on gender issues since many other people assume the same thing. It shouldn't matter, but I am a cis female. I identify as female. I am also a victim of sexual violence by a man. Just for the record.

I just don't see why it is so important to know exactly where in the transitioning process this woman is, and why that is some benchmark of whether or not it is acceptable for her to use the women's lockers. Especially if the layout is as described elsewhere on the thread, where the actual changing areas and showers are private. That seems to be your biggest concern, correct me if I'm wrong. I don't get it. Either we are inclusive of trans people or we aren't. I, for one, appreciate that this gym is inclusive and judgment free, I trust that they are making good decisions on an individual basis, and the only person in this scenario who seems to be a problem is the woman who bothered other members and complained so incessantly that they revoked her membership.

There are a lot of details we don't know and will likely never know. But from the sound of things, the woman who complained is a bigot and the trans woman is not a threat to anyone. "if and when a sociopath lies about his being transgender" has nothing -- exactly NOTHING -- to do with the case in the OP. If that's your argument against letting trans people use the appropriate bathroom for their identity if they aren't at the point where they 'pass', well, I don't know what to say. Because if they are a violent sociopath pretending to be trans, it doesn't matter if they pass or not.