Planet Fitness revoked an Alaskan woman’s membership after she took a photo of a “man with a penis” at one of the gym’s women’s locker rooms earlier this week.
A woman recorded herself at the Fairbanks location speaking about the incident when she said a person identifying as “queer LBG” was shaving in the female locker room.
Planet Fitness confirmed to Fox News Digital that the woman violated the gym’s policy regarding taking photos and/or videos in the locker room.
“As the home of the Judgement Free Zone, Planet Fitness is committed to creating an inclusive environment,” Planet Fitness chief corporate affairs officer McCall Gosselin said in a statement.
“Our gender identity non-discrimination policy, states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity. The member who posted on social media violated our mobile device policy that prohibits taking photos of individuals in the locker room, which resulted in their membership being terminated.”
The woman, Patricia Silva, said she went to the gym and saw “a man with a penis” shaving in the women’s locker room.
“I just came out of Planet Fitness, and there is a man shaving in the women’s bathroom,” she said in the several videos she posted about the incident. “I realize he wants to be a woman, he gets to be a woman. I love him in Christ, he’s a spiritual being having a human experience. He doesn’t like his gender, so he wants to be a woman. But I’m not comfortable with him shaving in my bathroom.”
Silva said there was a girl who “could have been 12 years old in a towel kind of freaked out that there’s a man shaving in her locker room.”
Silva continued that she took a picture of the individual, because she “felt that I was in an unsafe space.”
“If a serious concern or significant doubt about the bona fides of a person’s transgender or nonbinary status/identity arises and which the team member can articulate, the team member shall address their concerns with the member. If discussion with the member fails to resolve the serious concern or doubt, the club may ask for external evidence of the member’s asserted gender identity. If it is confirmed that a member is acting in bad faith and improperly asserts a gender identity, they may be asked to leave and their membership may be terminated,” Planet Fitness policy states.
Silva claimed she had received a call from the gym notifying her that they had canceled her membership.
“Planet Fitness is defending the man in the women’s locker room, the man with a penis, rather than the child in the corner with a towel wrapped around her,” Silva said.
