Planet Fitness bans woman who publicly exposed a "man shaving in the women's restroom."
Patricia Silva detailed the situation she experienced at the gym in Alaska. She said that the "man" was in her locker room in front of a 12-year-old girl.
Well-known gym chain Planet Fitness refused to retract its decision to ban and revoke the entry of a user who publicly exposed a "man" shaving in the women's restrooms.
The gym's statement noted that while some members may not feel comfortable sharing spaces such as restrooms with people of a different gender, "this discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender member."
The whole controversy comes after Patricia Silva, a gym user, detailed in a video the situation she experienced at the premises in Alaska. Silva recounted the experience of seeing a "man" shaving in her locker room in front of a 12-year-old girl:.
‘LGB’ restrooms and locker rooms
The woman recounted the experience in a video on Facebook in which she revealed that she told the man that he should use the male locker room and he responded that the bathrooms and locker rooms were "LGB."
Silva revealed that the gym canceled his membership and filed a police report alleging a violation of gym policy by taking photographs and/or videos in restrooms and locker rooms: