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.
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These are the sub-humans who need to be drafted for Musk’s colonies on Mars. /sarc
I once received a mailer from a local gym, which had a coed area, and a women's only area.
Cali is LOST, short of a miracle. 🙏🏻
So, they’re discriminating by sex?
Feel kinda’ sorry for those binary folk. They gonna’ be pulverized by non-LGBTQ folk in the real competitive world.
Imagine how they will be treated in harsh environments where survival is based on performance.
Feeling threatened by the simple presence of men (or simple presence of anything else) is more of a sign of paranoia than a social reality.
USC has turned into a money grubbing “educational” whore.
Reminds me of the story a buddy told me some years ago: he attended USC (South Carolina Gamecocks) when they played football against USC (Southern California Trojans). The stands were filled with Carolina fans holding signs that said “No Trojan Can Hold Our Cocks”. I still chuckle...
Can you imagine anything where women were banned?
I’ve been seeing a lot of men already stating that women are ruining the gym. If anything, it’s men that stop going.
Women insist on wearing skin-tight gym clothes, then complain if any male eyes even wander in their direction.
It’s simply sex discrimination, it’s illegal....but the woke crowd think it’s ok when done under the umbrella of social-justice.
No mirrors in a gym? You’re cruel!
Good point.
Sue them anyway, for any denied-entry reason. It’s simply illegal.
About 100 members. Somewhat expensive because the equipment is specialized .
Makes its money with personal training and MMA fighting.
Been open 30 years I think.
Google search:
As of April 2026, Planet Fitness maintains its national policy that allows members to use the locker rooms and restrooms that align with their self-reported gender identity.
The company considers this a core part of its “Judgment Free Zone” philosophy.
That’s what it’s going to take
As well as refusing to submit
to their DELUSIONAL MADNESS
🛐🛐🙏🙏✝️✝️
Discrimination is good, back to the good ole KKK DEMONRATS
Discrimination is good, back to the good ole KKK DEMONRATS
I would sign up for that of course lawsuits would begin immediately
Surrender, surrender, surrender.
Agreed. And the women won't have real men there to protect them.
Note that they worded it like they are protecting the women (we're keeping the men away from women) but in the end they're still doing the trans thing that we all fought against. They're just hoping most folks don't see that.
I just can’t keep that ‘non-binary’ definition straight. I have to look it up all the time, same as a lot of these terms.
Now the women will be complaining because they aren’t getting any attention from men. It never ends.
I hate that it never ends.
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