A woman was removed from a Southern California Gold's Gym following a viral incident involving a transgender person in the locker room. This event sparked reactions, including from fitness influencer Joey Swoll.
Tish Hyman, the woman involved, was undressing when she noticed a naked trans person behind her. She addressed the individual as "sir," prompting the trans person to respond,
“You can’t tell me nothing, b****, I’m a woman.”
Shortly after, Hyman was informed that her gym membership was revoked due to the incident.
“I was naked. I was drying up, oiling up, and I turn around, and there’s a man in the locker room. So, of course, I’m shocked, I thought maybe I missed a sign, workers working, so I just said, sir, I didn’t even get to say a sentence or anything. I was just figuring out that there was a man behind me naked. I faced him and said sir, and he goes, ‘You can’t tell me nothing B-word, I’m a woman.’ I’m like, what? Listen guys, I don’t have anything against anyone. I’ve never been presented with this in my whole entire life. I started screaming and asking for help.”
Joey Swoll responded to the controversy by stating that women seeking a safe and comfortable locker room environment are not being transphobic.
Author’s summary: The viral locker room encounter led to a woman’s gym membership being revoked, igniting debate over safety and privacy in transgender-inclusive spaces.
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