Thread by @mariliacout

1 / THREAD - THE ATTACK ON THE ONLY GYM THAT CONFRONTED BIGOTS AND DEFENDED TRANS PEOPLE: @PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Hello,

I am sending this email to several organizations in the hope that one or more of you respond.

2 / This concerns a serious attack on trans-people's rights in the USA.

The facts involve the harassment of transwomen in the locker room of the chain gym Planet Fitness in Michigan and Florida.

@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

3 / The first news about the case in Michigan, in 2015, includes the name of the bigoted woman and appeared here, in very biased wording:
gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/pla…
@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

4 / This article explains what the bigoted woman actually did: she tried to recruit other members to further harass the transgender woman. That is when the management understood this member had crossed the line:
kfor.com/2015/03/08/wom…
@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Three years later (2018), Planet Fitness lost the case:
advocate.com/transgender/20…
@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

6/ The case is described here, too, where you can see that the trans-woman was harassed by the bigot. She declared to CNN that she "didn't care" what that person identified with: she felt uncomfortable and wanted them out of the locker room.
pinknews.co.uk/2017/07/16/wom…
#transrights

7 / This thread shows some of the reactions:
reddit.com/r/transgender/…
@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

8 / An almost identical case is being filed in Florida:
themonastery.org/blog/2018/07/g…
@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

9/ As you can see by the law firm's letter, "Mrs. H.", the second bigoted woman, was harassing the transgender woman whom they insist on calling by a male name:
lc.org/PDFs/Attachmen…
@PlanetFitness #TransRightsAreHumanRights

10 / @PlanetFitness is by far the cheapest alternative for physical activity in the USA. During the inactivity pandemic that especially victimizes minorities, Planet fitness dared to confront the racist, bigoted and intolerant gym culture.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

11 / I happen to know enough about it. I am a health professional, but also an elite lifter. If there is something I know all too well is what the gym culture is like. I am also a member of @PlanetFitness
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

12 / Recently, I wrote a comprehensive article about intimidation and the fitness industry:
elitefts.com/education/inti…
@PlanetFitness
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

13 / I'd like to ask for your help. This is the only gym that supports a non-judgement policy, where minorities can go and feel safe and it is cheap enough for disadvantaged groups to attend.
@PlanetFitness
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

14 / That was the letter I sent to many civil rights organizations, but probably the wrong ones or those with not enough resources to act. I ask those I am tagging here to please look at these cases @ACLU @ADL_National @LawyersComm @TransEquality @TransLawCenter @TheTaskForce

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