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Title: Gyms Face Dilemma When Accommodating Transgender Clients
Post by: stephaniec on October 05, 2015, 01:28:32 PM
Post by: stephaniec on October 05, 2015, 01:28:32 PM
Gyms Face Dilemma When Accommodating Transgender Clients
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/10/05/gym-locker-rooms-transgender
Here And Now/ with Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson 10/05/2015
Hilde Lindemann, professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.
Jamie Nelson, professor of bioethics at Michigan State University.
"Earlier this year Planet Fitness canceled a woman's membership after she complained that a transgender woman's presence in the locker room made her feel unsafe. She's now suing the gym chain. Planet Fitness says it was not her complaint that led to the decision, but her showing up three days in a row to warn other customers about "a man in the locker room."
A UCLA study estimates there are about 700,000 Americans who identify as transgender. And as transgender people become more visible in society, businesses are increasingly facing tough questions about how to accommodate them."
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/10/05/gym-locker-rooms-transgender
Here And Now/ with Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson 10/05/2015
Hilde Lindemann, professor of philosophy at Michigan State University.
Jamie Nelson, professor of bioethics at Michigan State University.
"Earlier this year Planet Fitness canceled a woman's membership after she complained that a transgender woman's presence in the locker room made her feel unsafe. She's now suing the gym chain. Planet Fitness says it was not her complaint that led to the decision, but her showing up three days in a row to warn other customers about "a man in the locker room."
A UCLA study estimates there are about 700,000 Americans who identify as transgender. And as transgender people become more visible in society, businesses are increasingly facing tough questions about how to accommodate them."
Title: Re: Gyms Face Dilemma When Accommodating Transgender Clients
Post by: stephaniec on October 05, 2015, 01:45:53 PM
Post by: stephaniec on October 05, 2015, 01:45:53 PM
intelligent discussion
Title: Re: Gyms Face Dilemma When Accommodating Transgender Clients
Post by: suzifrommd on October 06, 2015, 10:45:00 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on October 06, 2015, 10:45:00 AM
I didn't like the answer to the question about all genders allowed in all restrooms.
I do not feel comfortable telling cisgender women they can't go to a women's room and cisgender men that they can't go to a men's room. I think one of the fears people have about us is that we're out to get rid of single sex restrooms.
I'm not willing to tell people that shouldn't be more comfortable with single-sex restrooms. Who am I to judge what someone else should or shouldn't be comfortable with?
I do not feel comfortable telling cisgender women they can't go to a women's room and cisgender men that they can't go to a men's room. I think one of the fears people have about us is that we're out to get rid of single sex restrooms.
I'm not willing to tell people that shouldn't be more comfortable with single-sex restrooms. Who am I to judge what someone else should or shouldn't be comfortable with?