Gym Bans Singer After Locker Room Dispute
A well-known singer-songwriter was banned from a Gold's Gym in Los Angeles following a heated argument with a transgender woman over the use of the women's locker room.
Incident Overview
Tish Hyman, 42, a singer-songwriter from the Bronx, New York, revealed her gym membership was canceled after she recorded a confrontation with the trans woman in question. The incident occurred after Hyman saw the transgender member in the women's changing area.
Details of the Confrontation
- The transgender woman, identified by TMZ as Alexis Black, is currently transitioning and taking hormones.
- Black still has male genitalia but maintains she was never fully exposed to Hyman and does not view her presence as problematic.
“Now he knows how to be a man, right? Stay outta the women’s locker room! We don’t want it,” Hyman said in the video. “He needs to have his gym membership revoked for that s**t!”
Hyman mentioned she and other women had filed previous complaints about Black's use of the women's locker room.
“You can’t get rid of me for this! I’m a woman and I have every right not to want a man in the rest room when I’m naked! There are girls naked in there!” Hyman asserted.
Gym Response
The gym decided to terminate access for both Hyman and Black after the altercation sparked tensions over changeroom access policies.
Author’s summary: A Los Angeles gym revoked memberships of both a singer and a transgender woman after a dispute regarding locker room use exposed deep tensions around gender and privacy rights.