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SoCal college bans men from gym areas to make women, non-binary students more comfortable
California Post ^ | 4/08/26 | Zain Khan

Posted on 04/09/2026 6:15:53 AM PDT by Libloather

Men will be barred from using parts of an on-campus gym at the University of Southern California under a new initiative to make women and non-binary gym-goers feel more comfortable while working out.

The Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment (SAGE) pushed for the new rules in partnership with the Lyon Center, a recreational facility controlled by the university.

SAGE describes itself as a “programming assembly and intersectional feminist organization under the student government, committed to uplifting all voices oppressed by the patriarchy.”

The plan excludes men from working out in portions of the Robinson Room at the Lyon Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m., according to the Daily Trojan student newspaper.

Student Mengze Wu, a senior majoring in neuroscience, the moved is meant to address her discomfort working out in “men-dominated.”

“My past experiences with being in enclosed spaces where it’s very men-dominated have never been super pleasant,” Wu told the Daily Trojan. “There tends to be this problem where I don’t get to take up a lot of space unless I really assert myself. And even then, I face a lot of hindrance in feeling completely comfortable.”

Jana Alnajjar, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, politics, and law who acts as SAGE’s advocacy liaison, told the publication that she’s “heard from multiple women and non-binary students who want to be involved in different workout spaces but don’t feel comfortable being at the gym.”

“Whether it’s being approached regularly or feeling judged, over time that discomfort leads students to stop going to the gym altogether,” she added.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: binary; college; freaks; freaksversusnormals; godless; godlessreprobates; homosexualagenda; lgbt; lgbtq; reprobate; students; trans; transgender; women
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To: Larry Lucido

How many are comfortable getting a short-arm inspection every time they open a few gym doors? Whatever happened to unisex?


21 posted on 04/09/2026 6:35:23 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: KarlInOhio

Socialism at its best.


22 posted on 04/09/2026 6:39:33 AM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: Libloather

California free range for all non normal animals.


23 posted on 04/09/2026 6:39:49 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Libloather
The plan excludes men from working out in portions of the Robinson Room at the Lyon Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m., according to the Daily Trojan student newspaper.

So as a biological male, if I want to work out on Monday from 10-11AM all I have to do is identify as non-binary? Maybe put on a wig?

What are they going to do? Call me a liar?

I feel feminist today. You misogynist.

24 posted on 04/09/2026 6:40:50 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

LOL, my right to be a narcissist doesn’t end where your feelings of inadequacy start... work harder


25 posted on 04/09/2026 6:42:26 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: TheThirdRuffian
a gym that requires a combined lift goal of 1000lbs (bench, deadlift, squat) or 20 clean military full pull-ups (no partials)

And exactly how many members does your gym have and how do they make a profit? Because there won't be a whole lot of people making that goal. Or is it near a military base?
26 posted on 04/09/2026 6:42:29 AM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

I may be paranoid but at least I’m never lonely.


27 posted on 04/09/2026 6:44:11 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Angelino97

I hope so!!! Men and women both need their own spaces.


28 posted on 04/09/2026 6:49:27 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: butlerweave

“sounds Illegal , sue her/it”
Sounds like the way blacks were treated 100 years ago in the South. They had to sit in the back of the bus. Men are the new Blacks. In this case the women say they “feel uncomfortable” with men in the same room. I’m sure there were many white southern (and northern) racists who just didn’t feel comfortable with a Black person in the same part of the bus.


29 posted on 04/09/2026 6:49:51 AM PDT by brookwood (First the left said it was OK to steal. Next they said it was OK to kill.)
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To: KarlInOhio
"...they won’t ban the trans..." Well, there's your ticket!
30 posted on 04/09/2026 6:50:37 AM PDT by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

yes and fit women had to have their bellies covered.


31 posted on 04/09/2026 6:50:48 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: Libloather; fwdude; ViLaLuz; Morgana
["Transgender" bathrooms
"Transgender" Locker rooms
"Nonbinary"]

🙄🙄🙄 🤢🤢🤢 🤮🤮🤮

"TRANSGENDER"

Gotta FORCE NORMAL SOCIETY to
accept their Delusional Madness, eh?

We will NOT submit to these LIES from the Pits of Hell Fire 🔥🔥🔥




32 posted on 04/09/2026 6:55:56 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Men are second class citizens in modern society. Women have all rights, men get nothing. Soon, boys in high school will be punished when schools ban boys’ sport to meet social justice warriors.


33 posted on 04/09/2026 6:57:21 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701 (The State of UCLA.)
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To: Libloather
Men will be barred from using parts of an on-campus gym at the University of Southern California under a new initiative to make women and non-binary gym-goers feel more comfortable while working out.

But they bathrooms are wide-open

They're going to first have to define what a man is. That could get politically tricky......

34 posted on 04/09/2026 7:02:58 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Libloather
"Gonna need a biologist to figure out all this."

It's easy enough to cheat one's way in by claiming to BE non-binary.

Which brings up the thought, how does the biologist define and establish non-binary?

35 posted on 04/09/2026 7:08:33 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (Technical Graduate, Quality Learing Center)
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To: Libloather

Back in my day it was the broads that were banned. The Iron Works. St. Pete, FL. It was a serious powerlifting and bodybuilding gym. And the owner didn’t want some guy bench pressing a Mack Truck to get distracted by some ho walking by in a thong and spandex.


36 posted on 04/09/2026 7:08:52 AM PDT by LouAvul (I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6)
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To: Libloather

The Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment (SAGE) = Gibberish


37 posted on 04/09/2026 7:08:53 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard; artichokegrower; PGalt; Albion Wilde; Jane Long; Nervous Tick; Maudeen; ...

The Godless Reprobate LGBTQ+ Left ⬅️
intends to Feminize the MALES
all around the World 🌍🌎🌏

That Old Serpent 🐍 Called
the Devil and Satan is working
overtime to try and bring down
Western Society to the level of
Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis Chapter 19)

This Metastasizing Cancer of LGBTQ+
is one of his powerful tools to
Destroy Normal Society

And the Democrat Goats 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
are always trying to help the Devil
Pervert and Destroy Traditional America


38 posted on 04/09/2026 7:12:01 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Libloather

Enforcement of this policy requires SoCal to provide its definition of “man” so one may determine in there are any men in the protected gym areas.


39 posted on 04/09/2026 7:12:12 AM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: Libloather

There are women only gyms for conservative women, who just want to do some exercise.
Unfortunately, they have been prime target for trans.
Many had to shut down.


40 posted on 04/09/2026 7:12:46 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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