CAMERAS WERE NOT TURNED ON.
. > A TRANSGENDER
WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF A PLANET
FITNESS DEBATE LOS ANGELES BEEN
TRAUMATIZED BY THE EXPERIENCE.
A WEEK AGO WE HEARD FROM
ANOTHER WOMANS WHO MEMBERSHIP
WAS CANCELED WHEN SHE
COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSGENDER
PERSON IN THE WOMEN'S LOCKER
ROOM.
ANGELA, THE ENTIRE INCIDENT
HAS BEEN WRONGLY PORTRAYED.
Reporter: THE TRANSGENDER
WOMAN TOLD ME SHE WAS READY TO
LET IT GO AND MOVE ON RIGHT
AFTER THIS INCIDENT BUT SEEING
HER NAME THRUSTED TO THE PUBLIC
EYE HAS BEEN DEEPLY UPSETTING
AND FELT NO CHOICE BUT TO SPEAK
OUT.
HAD TO SAY SOMETHING.
I WILL NOT BE MADE INTO A
MONSTER.
Reporter: AS A TRANSGENDER
WOMAN SHE CONTACTED US TO TELL
HER SIDE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT A
PLANET FITNESS BACK IN MAY WHEN
SHE SAYS ANOTHER WOMAN ENTERED
THE LOCKER ROOM AND YELLED AT
HER.
SHE TOLD ME I LOOKED LIKE A
CLOWN.
TOLD ME I LOOKED LIKE A MAN AND
I NEEDED TO STOP TRYING TO
APPEAR AS A WOMAN.
Reporter: PLANET FITNESS
CANS EMPLOYED THAT WOMAN'S
MEMBERSHIP FOR VIOLATING THE
JUDGMENT FREE ZONE.
SHE LEARNED HER FORMER NAME WAS
PUBLICIZED IN A DEMAND NAME BY
THE EX-MEMBER.
A GRANDMOTHER WE AGREED NOT TO
NAME SPOKE TO US WITH HER
HUSBAND AND ATTORNEY.
I FELT LIKE MY RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED.
THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER
PARTS OF THE LOCKER ROOM SHE
COULD HAVE GONE TO.
Reporter: SITTING ALONGSIDE
HER MOTHER TODAY, GARDENER WAS
TRAUMATIZED.
SHE MAY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
BUT I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE IS IN
DANGER ANY TIME SOMEONE
APPROACHES ME LIKE THAT.
I HAVE BEEN WORRIED THAT IT
WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH FOR SOMEONE
TO FIND WHERE WE LIVE AND MAYBE
DO HARM.
Reporter: GARDENER SAYS SHE
IS GRATEFUL FOR THE ACTIONS OF
PLANET FITNESS AND HOPES A
POSITIVE SOLUTION PREVAILS.
I REALLY AM SORRY SHE WAS
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WAS
HAPPENING BUT SHE COULD OF
HANDLED IT BETTER.
Reporter: LAST WEEK WE TOLD
YOU WHEN THE OTHER WOMAN SAID
IVY FOLLOWED HER INTO THE
PARKING LOT.
I ASKED IVY ABOUT THAT, SHE
SAID SHE WAS TRYING TO REPORT A
DESCRIPTION TO 911.
HAD SHE KNOWN WHAT SHE WAS
REPORTING WAS A LEGAL MATTER
AND NOT A POLICE MATTER SHE
TOLD ME SHE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE
THAT.
INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT
SIDE.
TODAY WE HEARD BACK FROM
PLANET FITNESS, A SPOKESWOMAN
CALLED SAFETY AND PRIVACY A TOP
PRIORITY.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS CAN USE ALL
OF THEIR SINCERE SELF-GENDER
