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A new viral video out of Concord, California shows why everyday Americans have been sounding the alarm about gender-identity policies run wild at big corporate chains. The clip, recorded last May by a Planet Fitness patron named Grace Hutson and only recently resurfaced online, appears to show the shadow of an individual inside a women’s stall engaged in an indecent act, prompting immediate alarm and outrage. The footage forced Hutson to confront staff and later express regret that she didn’t call police at the time, worried she would be branded transphobic for speaking up.
According to multiple accounts, gym employees seemed unprepared and unwilling to take decisive action when the woman reported the incident, leaving patrons to sort it out themselves and a boyfriend to confront the person exiting the stall. The alleged perpetrator reportedly claimed transgender status while denying wrongdoing, illustrating the impossible position staffers are put in by corporate directives that prioritize identity self-reporting over commonsense safety. Women who walk into a locker room to change should not have to become investigators or feel like they’re begging for basic privacy.
This is not an isolated embarrassment for Planet Fitness — it is the predictable outcome of policies that let anyone use sex-separated spaces based solely on claimed identity. For years Planet Fitness has publicly stated it allows members to use facilities that match their self-reported gender identity, a posture that has led to public complaints, canceled memberships, and even litigation in other cases. Corporations naively waving the flag of inclusivity have consistently failed to reckon with the real-world consequences for women and children trying to stay safe.
The pattern is chilling: reports of men in women’s locker rooms, videos that go viral, then corporate statements about inclusivity while actual victims are shrugged off or punished for documenting what happened. Planet Fitness and other gyms have faced backlash before — including membership cancellations and stock hits — when customers pushed back against these policies. If leadership refuses to prioritize privacy and safety, the marketplace and the legislature will eventually respond with costs those companies don’t want to pay.
Let’s be honest: no policy that allows biological males unfettered access to female-only spaces can possibly reconcile with commonsense decency and protection. This story underscores why conservatives have been consistent in demanding sex-specific safeguards and alternative accommodations that don’t trade the safety of women and girls for corporate virtue signaling. It is perfectly reasonable — and necessary — to insist on policies that keep changing rooms and restrooms private and monitored by staff who understand how to respond to criminal behavior.
Local law enforcement and corporate leadership owe the public clear answers: was a crime committed, why weren’t staff trained to act, and what changes will be made now to prevent a repeat? Americans should demand transparency, accountability, and policies that restore safe boundaries rather than reward chaos. If companies insist on social experiments that endanger customers, they should expect a consumer revolt and targeted regulatory scrutiny.
At the end of the day, this isn’t about hating anyone; it’s about protecting vulnerable people and preserving simple, uncontroversial expectations of privacy. Every parent, grandmother, and working woman deserves to know that when she goes to get healthy she isn’t exposing herself to sexual predators or awkward confrontations born out of corporate ideology. Americans should stand together to demand sensible solutions: enforce the law, restore single-sex protections where necessary, and stop letting woke PR do the thinking instead of common sense and decency.
