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Behind the Aegis

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9. Yup! And this was NOT a newbie!

Reply to Codeine (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:47 PM

Mar 2015

A few others made the story into something it wasn't, including the poor bigot complaining having to face "dangling male parts" (the event took place in the common area of the women's locker room, and the complainant supposedly only saw the back of the person in question).

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Mich. GOPer: Planet Fitness Policy On Trans Members Is 'Anti-Woman' [View all] DonViejo Mar 2015 OP

Folks need to get over this stuff. MineralMan Mar 2015 #1

I wonder what his DU name is. LeftyMom Mar 2015 #2

I bet I know! Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #3

I saw that. LeftyMom Mar 2015 #6

I think it would be good for an ally to address other allies (or potential ones). Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #10

I'm remodeling so carving out a solid hour is hard, LeftyMom Mar 2015 #12

They said that here?! Codeine Mar 2015 #8

Yup! And this was NOT a newbie! Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #9

Oh, goddess, yes. They did. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #21

I'll wear my latest hide with pride. backscatter712 Mar 2015 #19

I alerted on that.....holy crap. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #20

No shit! nt City Lights Mar 2015 #5

This reeks of "won't somebody PLEEEEEASE think of the children" legislation. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #4

Transwomen are women too. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #7

Unnnnn, I'm going to go ahead and get flamed on this by saying there needs to be some balance... uponit7771 Mar 2015 #11

Planet Fitness doesn't have any common space where people change or are naked gollygee Mar 2015 #14

thank you for the clarification, then the lady who protested wasn't minding her own business... uponit7771 Mar 2015 #16

Yes they do. alarimer Mar 2015 #23

I have never seen anyone change at my Planet Fitness gollygee Mar 2015 #24

You know men who would dress as a woman daily and claim to be transgendered City Lights Mar 2015 #15

Transgender doesn't have a look standard... part of the definition is ... uponit7771 Mar 2015 #17

So how many straight conservative men have you ever heard of doing this? Zero or none? Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #22

Never said I heard of anyone doing this just that there are plenty who would and would have no quams uponit7771 Mar 2015 #30

How many men do you know who have tried this? City Lights Mar 2015 #25

Yeah, I've often thought about frivolously having my dick cut off just so ... 11 Bravo Mar 2015 #13

I wonder how many DUers agree with this bigot... backscatter712 Mar 2015 #18

The irony abounds with this one. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #26

Im of two minds about this - Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2015 #27

We don't make "comfort zones" by stripping other of civil rights. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2015 #28

sorry its not clear how your comment applies to this situation - or to my comment Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2015 #29

As long as a transgender woman's minding her own business, backscatter712 Mar 2015 #31