1/5 Meghan Rader (. 1 year ago on Google
ANTI-LGBT-
I
was
kicked
out
for
asking
about
trans
policies
concerning
locker
rooms.
My
spouse
and
I
did
a
tour
of
the
facility
with
"Mike,"
who
claimed
he
was
the
manager.
The
gym
looked
functionally
amazing.
We
then
started
talking
plans,
and
the
pricing
seemed
fair
and
straight
forward.
I
was
informed
it
is
a
2
year
contract,
and
everything
looked
fine
to
me.
Near
the
end,
I
told
him
I
had
a
question
concerning
LGBT
friendliness
of
the
locker
rooms,
knowing
this
can
be
an
issue.
He
responded
"We
don't
currently
have
anything
like
that,
(I
am
assuming
the
"that"
was
talking
about
a
third
gender
neutral
room)
we
have
men's
and
women's."
He
then
started
to
talk
about
how
the
cost
to
replace
a
key
is
$25,
which
was
a
bit
abstract
to
me,
so
after
a
bit,
I
replied
calmly,
"I'm...
not
exactly
sure
how
the
key
stuff
answers
my
question,
but
I
totally
get
that
there
isn't
a
neutral
room,
most
places
don't
have
that."
I
then
reframed
the
question,
asking
more
directly,
"May
a
trans
male
use
the
males
locker
room?"
He
replied
"Well,
we
don't
want
men
going
into
the
women's
locker
room,
we
have
to
protect
ourselves."
At
this
point,
I
was
annoyed.
I
replied,
more
sternly,
but
certainly
not
loud,
"I'm
not
asking
about
men
going
into
the
women's
locker
room.
I
am
asking
about
WOMEN
going
into
the
women's
locker
room."
He
replied
"Well,
thats
politics,
I
won't
discuss
politics."
I
told
him
it
was
a
functional
question
of
policy
for
someone
who
would
be
bringing
trans
guests,
and
that
I
wasn't
asking
his
personal
views.
After
a
moment,
he
suggested
maybe
we
were
not
understanding
each
other,
so
I
started
again,
calmly.
I
said,
"My
<family
member>
is
trans.
His
ID
card
has
a
male
marker
and
he
is
fully
transitioned.
May
he
use
the
men's
locker
room?
It
seems
like
you
are
saying
no."
He
replied,
"Ohhh,
that
makes
sense,"
which
gave
me
hope,
but
he
never
clearly
answered,
simply
repeating
the
ambiguous
things
he
had
said
before.
When
he
repeated
"we
don't
want
men
in
the
women's
locker
room,
or
women
in
the
mens
locker
room,
that
would
be
even
WORSE,"
I
repeated
again
"I
am
not
asking
about
men
in
the
women's
locker
room,
I
am
asking
about
men
in
the
men's
locker
room.
Trans
men
are
men."
He
snapped,
crumpled
the
contract
in
front
of
me,
and
told
me
I
am
rude.
When
I
asked
how
I
was
rude,
he
told
me
to
get
out.
I
left
the
office
and
asked
for
a
manager
at
the
front
desk,
which
they
all
pointed
to
him.
He
then
grinned
and
mockingly
said
"I
am
the
manager."
I
asked
for
a
corporate
number
or
district,
and
they
gave
me
a
card.
Seeing
the
curiousity
on
their
faces
and
the
faces
of
those
around
me,
I
said
angrily,
"I
asked
about
trans
people
using
the
locker
room
and
he
kicked
me
out
and
called
me
rude!
I
am
genuinely
shaken!
Sorry,
I
know
this
isn't
your
thing,"
and
left.
The
front
desk
people
were
perfectly
fine
and
did
nothing
wrong
in
any
of
this,
but
I
left
genuinely
shaking
with
shock.
Never
in
a
million
years
did
I
think
I
would
be
kicked
out
of
a
place
over
asking
LGBT
policy
questions.
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