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A New Hampshire woman says she was left trembling after encountering what she believes was a biological male in the women’s locker room at a Concord Planet Fitness on April 11, then watched the company side with the intruder instead of protecting her. Judy Walcott, a member for more than a decade, told reporters she reported the person to staff but no one checked the situation while she stood at the front desk.
Walcott says she raised the issue again days later because she was legitimately worried for her safety and the safety of other women, only to be branded “transphobic” by an employee and then informed hours later that her membership had been canceled for an alleged policy violation. The speed and secrecy of the cancellation — with no clear explanation of what rule she had broken — smells like corporate cowardice, not due process.
She alleges the cancellation paperwork contained the wrong email address, a comment reading “Nondiscrimination Trans,” and even a forged signature, and that she was charged for another month before being told by staff that she was no longer welcome. When she returned to the club to use the remainder of her membership she says managers called police, who issued a trespass warning on April 17 — the kind of heavy-handed response you’d expect for criminals, not paying customers voicing safety concerns.
Planet Fitness’ written policy instructs clubs to allow members who identify as transgender to use facilities matching their self-reported gender identity and to provide private changing areas where possible, a stance the chain calls “inclusive.” That policy is a political choice masquerading as corporate virtue-signaling, and it now appears to have been enforced at the expense of a longtime female member’s comfort and safety.
This isn’t about hatred; it’s about common-sense protections for women and girls who expect privacy in intimate spaces. When corporations treat complaints from women as a problem to be silenced rather than a safety issue to be investigated, they side with ideology over customers — and they teach other businesses that standing up for women will get you blacklisted.
Walcott says she has reached out to the New Hampshire attorney general and plans to file a consumer complaint, and every American who cares about decency should pay attention and demand answers. If private companies insist on policies that risk physical privacy and put women at odds with management, citizens and lawmakers must push back hard — not with insults, but with laws, contracts, and the ballot box until businesses prioritize safety over woke branding.
