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Naked man claiming to be transgender at Planned Fitness arrested for indecent exposure
Christian Post ^ | 04/12/2024 | Samantha Kamman

Posted on 04/12/2024 9:52:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

A man who claimed to identify as a woman was arrested for indecent exposure to a minor after he walked around naked in the women’s locker room at a Planet Fitness location and asked a woman to rub lotion on him and take a shower together.

Christopher Allan Miller, 38, was reported to police as harassing women at the Gastonia Planet Fitness in North Carolina prior to entering the locker room.

A woman who called 911 told the dispatcher that the man who entered the locker room was “completely naked.” Miller allegedly asked a woman to shower with him and rub lotion on his body, WSOC-TV reported.

“Yeah, he is still in the bathroom,” the woman told a 911 dispatcher. “It’s a man but he says he identifies as a woman, and he won’t leave the restroom. But he is just walking around showing us his — and he won’t leave.”

Miller was subsequently arrested and charged with indecent exposure to a minor, WSOC-TV added.

On its website, Planet Fitness outlines its “Non-Discrimination Policy,” which states that all gym members “will have access to restroom and locker room facilities that correspond to their self-reported gender identity to the extent permitted by applicable law.”

“At Planet Fitness, the safety of our employees and members is our top priority, and we have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind in our clubs,” McCall Gosselin, chief corporate affairs officer at Planet Fitness, told The Christian Post Friday in response to the incident in Gastonia.

“We took immediate action to ensure the safety of club members, including notifying and working with law enforcement.”

The incident involving the naked man in the women’s locker room comes at a time when Planet Fitness’ trans policy has been the focus of media headlines.

Late last month, Planet Fitness Co-Founder Michael Grondahl criticized the gym franchise's policy of allowing men in women's locker rooms during an interview with Libs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik.

"Planet Fitness was like another child for me. And I put my heart and soul into building that company, and it's been pretty much destroyed in, you know, it's lost all respect within the country within the last couple of weeks," Grondahl said. "There's no common sense standing behind this."

The interview took place after Alaska Planet Fitness revoked Patricia Silva's membership. Silva went viral after she posted several videos online about her encounter with a trans-identifying man shaving his face in the women’s locker room.

The woman claimed that a 12-year-old girl covered only by a towel was inside the locker room while the man was present. However, Planet Fitness claimed that Silva violated its policies by taking a photograph of the man in the locker room and sharing it on social media.

After revoking Silva's membership, reports surfaced last month that a staffer has since accompanied the man while he uses the women's facilities.

An unnamed friend of Silva's alleged that she saw the same man Silva encountered in the women's locker room. The friend claimed that the Planet Fitness staffer accompanying the man told her that she could go into the stall if she was uncomfortable having a man in the locker room.

The Planet Fitness co-founder questioned the gym's decision to make the man more comfortable instead of women, stating that it's an "extremely dangerous situation." During his interview with Raichik, Grondahl said it's “devastating” to witness what the company has become.

Michael and Mark Grondahl started Planet Fitness in 1992 after they purchased a gym in Dover, New Hampshire. According to Mike Grondahl, the pair started Planet Fitness for people who were "intimidated" by fitness centers, and that was the original intention behind the concept of a “judgment-free zone.”

"And now, you fast forward to what's happening today, and 'judgement-free zone' means that, if you're a man, you can use the women's locker room," Grondahl lamented. "Just insane."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: genderidentity; lgbt; planetfitness; transgender
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1 posted on 04/12/2024 9:52:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Friends don’t let friends join “Planet Fitness”!


2 posted on 04/12/2024 10:05:33 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a fit planet needs to be shut down.


3 posted on 04/12/2024 10:11:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

We have younger relatives who have used Planet Fitness for quite some time. Despite the fact that where we are in Central Texas much of this nonsense wouldn’t be tolerated, it has been on the back of their minds. They have slowly built up enough exercise equipment at home to where they have let their memberships expire.


4 posted on 04/12/2024 10:16:36 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Planet Wierdness.


5 posted on 04/12/2024 10:25:37 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He was released on lack of evidence.


6 posted on 04/12/2024 10:27:17 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: SeekAndFind

At least he wasn’t exposing himself at Planet Parenthood.


7 posted on 04/12/2024 10:29:40 PM PDT by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic.)
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To: Paladin2; SeekAndFind

A planet deserving the fate of Alderon.


8 posted on 04/12/2024 10:33:35 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s what Planet Fitness asked for.

Go woke, go broke.

As usual, he’s right: https://youtu.be/iIF2rdXnpMo?si=eFyLthrroar8VW3V


9 posted on 04/12/2024 10:34:11 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Right Brother
At least he wasn’t exposing himself at Planet Parenthood.

LOL. I misread it at first, and I thought that is what it said. 😆

10 posted on 04/12/2024 11:24:57 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SeekAndFind
According to Mike Grondahl, the pair started Planet Fitness for people who were "intimidated" by fitness centers, and that was the original intention behind the concept of a “judgment-free zone.”

Can someone explain to me the need of the concept of a "judgement-free zone" as Planet Fitness originally envisaged it?

Sincere question.

Someone makes a disparaging comment about your flabby thighs or paunch belly, you simply ignore it.

Regards,

11 posted on 04/13/2024 12:01:33 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: SeekAndFind

for God’s sake people...quit this club immediately and tell them why....


12 posted on 04/13/2024 12:20:37 AM PDT by cherry
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To: lightman

That’s right. May this soulless excuse for a company go under for good.


13 posted on 04/13/2024 2:43:58 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: cherry

I seriously doubt many Freepers are members of this club especially since they declared their support of trannies a while ago.


14 posted on 04/13/2024 3:23:56 AM PDT by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

“claims to be” “self-reported gender identity”

Degenerate LIAR and those enabling/supprting degeneracy.


15 posted on 04/13/2024 4:02:14 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why won’t Planet Fitness sue the Gastonia police department and ban the women who had to see that naked man?

No judgement zone, right, PF?


16 posted on 04/13/2024 4:55:34 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: SeekAndFind
Another sodomite.

Shock therapy required.

Present generic photo of 12 year old girl, followed by shock.

Repeat 5oo times per day for one month.

That will work.



17 posted on 04/13/2024 5:06:36 AM PDT by Candor7 (Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: SeekAndFind

Because it’s normal typical female behavior to wander naked in the locker room and ask strange women to shower with you and rub lotion on your todger …


18 posted on 04/13/2024 5:38:44 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Paleo Conservative

This reminds me of what President Trump has repeatedly stated…”Go Woke, Go Broke!” I agree with the co-founder’s statement “it’s insane.”


19 posted on 04/13/2024 5:57:31 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: SeekAndFind

No society can survive if every member can decide what is right and what is wrong and what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.

Currently our society is facing a breakdown of civility.


20 posted on 04/13/2024 6:21:21 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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