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?
Thanks. A key phrase at snopes is “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. “
So they are screwing around with words. Snopes confirms that Planet Fitness DOES allow men that identify as women to use the women’s locker rooms. Apparently snopes does not consider a man that identifies as a woman to be a man. All these people are friggin’ nuts.
He was lingering in the locker just to be obnoxious, she didn’t want a man in the locker room and HE was going to stay in there until she came in, just to prove, in your face, that he could, forced acceptance, HE truly was is a Homo-Nazi, and when she left HE didn’t get to intimidate her, drama queen fashion, in the locker room. Had a six foot plus DUDE at Family Dollar in a dress decide He was going to make sure every man in the place knew HE was a woman, I was polite, until I received my change at the register, I said “Thanks Brother”, HE almost blew a gasket, faced turned red, veins popping, eyes all bugged out, screaming “I’m a woman”, I just laughed and walked out. Found out later, same DUDE was changing jobs constantly just so HE could sue some company. My co-workers heard my story, and said they had seen the same guy working at Rural King, McDonald’s, and other places.
Snopes is not a reliable source for anything. They are very left wing biased.
Snopes is two aging hippies in a trailer spewing leftist propaganda.
Amen to his one and than some!
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.
Planet Fitness does allow transgender men and women to use the same locker room
nowhere does their policy state that men are allowed to women’s bathrooms, or vice versa.
The difference is between persons identifying with the DNA they were born with and persons identifying with their delusion sharing the locker room.
The policy gets a bit sticky now; the bathrooms have a different policy.
In the case of toilet facilities, nowhere does the policy say you can share. Since it doesn’t say you can share that could be interpreted to mean you can’t.
Have you ever been to a home or business or office that notified everyone that the male and female bathroom facilities are exclusive? We take that as a given do we not?
Comment: A transgender man is a person born with female DNA but took a decision to identify to others as a male?
Comment: A transgender woman is a person born with male DNA but took a decision to identify to others as a female.
1. A similar complaint was levied against the business in 2015.
2. This story has been reported through other newsier channels.
Planet Fitness cancels Leesburg woman’s membership after complaint of transgender in locker room
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/planet-fitness-cancels-leesburg-womans-membership-after-complaint-of-transgender-in-bathroom/799164913
Love the Orthodox for their gutsiness and dedication. Haven't met many, but the ones I have met, I have always liked.
Planet madness is deathly afraid of the wrath of the militant non-standard-sex people (”LGBTQWERTY”) and is not afraid at all of the normal people, who they take for granted and for fools.
A swift kick to the nuts will prove he is NOT a woman. But he sure will sound like one!
The policy gets a bit sticky now; the bathrooms have a different policy.
This is relevant, and you may find it quite amusing.
Leftist Snopes claims the story is “mostly false” yet their own description proves it’s true. They state that “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”. That’s a distinction without a difference. If a man who claims to identify as a woman can use the women’s locker room, then yes, men can use the women’s locker room.
We have a huge PF very close to us. I would have joined because their fees are so reasonable, but no way now, after finding out they facilitate perversion on their premises.
First checked to make sure I was in the men’s locker and not woman’s by mistake
Yup, it was mens locker room
Informed the young lady she was in the men’s locker and she seemed quite happy to be there and showed no intention of leaving
She just started undressing to put on her gym clothes
As for me, I demonstrated my broad mindedness and tolerance by not interfering with her undressing in any way
That’s just the kind of guy I am.
And yes, she was totally hot.
It was only later that I realized how vulnerable I had made myself to any kind of sexual misconduct or harassment claims she could have chosen to fabricate against me.
So, another Snopes, “False, but true.”
While I agree with your paraphrase, the "quote" you cite is inaccurate. It has been attributed to Gen. Phil Sheridan, but the actual statement was "The only good indians I've ever seen were dead."
Hmmm...... well I’ll be damned.
I did, thank you for sharing.
I noticed your name is Cuban Leaf. It’s like going to Fidel Castro for truth or going to the Devil.
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