Posted on 08/08/2018 1:02:22 PM PDT by servo1969
How do you describe something that is beyond ridiculous, beyond absurd? How do you paint a picture of something that is so upside down that it defies logic and reason? Let me give it my best shot. Not a word here is exaggerated or made-up.
In 1997, a woman whom we'll call "Mrs. H." was jogging when a man jumped out of the woods and tried to rape her. She was able to fight him off and ran for her life, bruised and cut on the outside and deeply traumatized on the inside.
Police were called; trained dogs searched the area; helicopters came in to aid the search. Who can imagine the lasting pain of an incident like this?
Then, earlier this year, Mrs. H. went to her local Planet Fitness to work out, as she does most days of the week. But when she went into the locker room to change, there was a young man standing there, putting on make-up as he looked in the mirror.
Thinking she had walked into the wrong locker room by mistake, Mrs. H. asked him why he was there, pointing out that he was a man but was in the women's changing area. He did not reply.
So Mrs. H. went to talk to the manager, who informed her that this man identified as a woman and by Planet Fitness policy, he was allowed to use the ladies' locker room.
When she explained that she was not comfortable changing in the presence of a man (her locker was two feet from where he was standing), she was told she would have to wait.
Mrs. H. waited for roughly an hour. (Think of waiting for one hour to use a locker room.) But when she went back, he was still inside.
She asked him, "How long will you be here?", but again, he didn't reply.
She then explained that she was not comfortable changing in his presence, just as she wouldn't be comfortable changing in the presence of her four sons. So, it was nothing personal against him. It was a simple male-female privacy issue. (And who uses a Planet Fitness locker room to put on make up for more than an hour?)
Just then, one of the female employees told her she had better leave, lest she get in trouble. When Mrs. H. asked why, the female employee said she had been "saying things." Oh, what a terrible crime! (Somehow she had become the offender.)
Not wanting to create a scene, Mrs. H. left quickly, only to be followed by the man, who was on the phone. He had called 911, claiming that he had been sexually harassed. (I am not making this up.)
He was trying to give a description of Mrs. H. (his harasser!) to the 911 operator. But when she saw she was being followed, she began to run, and he began to run after her.
Twenty years earlier, she was running from an attempted rapist. Now she was running from a man who invaded the woman's locker room and was accusing her of sexual harassment.
Yet it gets worse.
She immediately received a letter in the mail from Planet Fitness telling her that her membership was revoked. Yes, her membership was revoked.
For what transgression? She was guilty of lunking! Yes, that was the term used by Planet Fitness.
And what, exactly, does "lunking" include? Well, you can't make grunting noises when you work out. You can't drop weights. And you can't judge. Mrs. H. was guilty of judging!
So severe was her crime that she was informed that she has been banned from 66 Planet Fitness branches. Banned!
Did I tell you this was beyond ridiculous?
But it gets more absurd still. According to an article on the LGTBQ Nation website, Mrs. H. is the culprit and the young man is the victim. As the headline proclaims, "A cis woman got banned from a gym for insulting a trans woman. She thinks she's the victim."
Oh, this poor deluded woman. How could she possibly think that she was the victim?
Thankfully, Mrs. H. had the presence of mind to call Liberty Counsel, even before she got the letter from Planet Fitness. And as Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel's Founder and Chairman explained on my radio show, Planet Fitness could well be guilty of consumer fraud.
That's because the written agreement signed by their patrons states that there are locker rooms for men and for women. It does not say a word about a man who identifies as a woman being able to use the women's locker room. Yet, Planet Fitness has now stated that this is indeed their policy, contrary to their written, contractual agreement.
I urge every single patron of Planet Fitness, both female and male, to ask the manager at your gym if a man who identifies as a woman can use the women's locker room. If the manager says yes, ask him or her to please show you this on the contract you signed.
And let's be candid here. If a contract says that there are separate locker rooms for men and women, it's understood that we're talking biology. Who cares how the person identifies? Females don't expect to change in the presence of males. Simple. (Remember also that many men who identify as women are still attracted to women.)
If the manager says that their new policy allows people to use the locker room that corresponds with their gender identity, point out to them that that is not what their contract says. And then inform them that if they will allow males in the women's locker room, you will have to cancel your membership. Then document what happened and send the information to Liberty Counsel. I also encourage you to share this article with all of your friends as well.
The good news is that the Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled against Planet Fitness in an almost identical case. As reported on the Club Industry website, "A Planet Fitness health club misled an ex-member by failing to fully explain its transgender-inclusive locker room policies when she signed a membership contract in 2015, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on July 26."
So, there is a little sanity left in this world after all. Let's do our best to keep it that way.
And now that you've read this story, listen to Mrs. H. tell it in her own words. You'll also hear part of the 911 call from the young man, who could really use our prayers. As I said at the outset, not a word here is exaggerated or made-up. Who needs fiction with true stories like this?
I’m no fan of snopes, but they do have a function.
Then again, there is this:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=175971181&pagenumber=1
It just may be true after all.
Edit: See post number 5 there. and post number 10.
Looks like the story is a mish-mash of truth and fiction as best as I can tell.
Planet Fatness: Home of the Faggotry Zone.
The disgusting leftist that runs “snopes” is not to be trusted on any account.
This is a good reminder to check policies before entering locker rooms. Many expensive Spas have relaxed policies.
The disgusting leftist that runs “snopes” is not to be trusted on any account.
Went to your link... kinda sucked.
It added nothing to the story, except a bunch of mealy mouthed after-the-fact excuses and the usual left wing obfuscation by the discredited Snopes.
Bottom line, they encourage fags and men who genitally mutilate to use female locker rooms.... with other people's wives and daughters.
The aberration of nature set this up. It stayed in the locker room till someone complained and then filed a complaint and I bet it files a lawsuit. It should be neutralized.
Yeah. It wasn’t great. In fact, my normal tried and true method of finding these stories on snopes (cut out a part of a sentence) gave me no snopes hits. It means snopes hasn’t covered this one yet.
One hour to put on makeup? That person was looking for a confrontation, and once this lady started asking questions, he (not "she") knew he had his mark.
Snopes? Seriously?
Snopes says it is false that Planet Fitness allows men in the women’s dressing room, but then quotes this:
“Planet Fitness does allow transgender men and women to use the locker room that corresponds with their “sincere self-reported gender identity,” but nowhere does their policy state that men are allowed to women’s bathrooms, or vice versa.”
I guess if you are dumb enough to think a dude can put on a dress and become a woman, this makes sense.
Right to pursue freedom is not exclusive of infringing upon others freedoms, say as a party next door is playing loud music heard all night up and down the street, is behavior that infringes upon the rights of others so it must be turned down. Thus the logic of perversity being diversity also inhabits that same logic space that takes away the rights of others therefore should not be allowed.
I ain’t believing this story and I ain’t reading Snopes.
I can’t imagine Planet Fitness paying off the liability for
the negligence if someone were raped by a man putting
on lipstick in the their locker room. Don’t think
they could be that stupid.
Policy. Snort. What does the contract read?
Snopes was a web site ran by a couple and their fat cat. Two people in other words. Originally it was for the most part non political.
When they became political they admitted they are Socialist Actvists and Social Justice Warrior.
Then the husband cheated on his wife with BDSM hooker. He got the web site in the divorce, and the BDSM HOOKER writes all the stories. Probably for sex with the perv and cheater. She even admits to be under the influence of drugs when she writes now.
So that’s who you are trusting for news......
I suggest you go directly to the source.
I noticed your name is Cuban Leaf. It’s like going to Fidel Castro for truth or going to the Devil.
Good catch, but those who just dismiss these things as the work of “trumpkins” won’t care.
And is there a limit to the number of times you can reidentify?
Just wondering.
I mean, a friend of mine was just wondering. It wasn't me. Or rather I.
I wasn't the one wondering.
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