Yvette Cormier is pissed at Planet Fitness. And now she wants $25,000 for it.
It all started earlier this month when Cormier had her membership to the gym in Midland, MI revoked after having a meltdown over a trans woman using the women’s locker room.
First, Cormier complained to staff about the person who she said “totally looked like a man” using the women’s locker room. When they defended the woman’s right to use the women’s locker room, Cormier went around to other gym members to tell them about the situation, saying it was “unsafe.”
“If you have male parts you don’t need to be in the women’s locker room,” she told CNN. “I don’t care what you are. I don’t care if you’re gay lesbian, transgender or transvestite. I am uncomfortable with you as a male in my locker room, in my restroom.”
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Planet Fitness, which touts itself as a “judgement free zone,” decided to cancel Cormier’s membership after determining her behavior was “inappropriate and disruptive” to other gym members.
Now, Cormier has filed a lawsuit against the gym in Midland County Circuit Court. Her attorneys at the Kallman Legal Group issued a press release accusing the gym of creating a “hostile and offensive environment for women and children.”
“Ms. Cormier was wrongfully denied the benefits of her contract with Planet Fitness and wrongfully denied the use of the public accommodations at Defendant’s gym because she objected to Defendant’s unknown policy,” the press release said. “The policy allows men who self-identify as women to use the women’s facilities, including the women’s locker room and showers.”
Cormier says she doesn’t want her membership to the gym reinstated. Instead, she wants $25,000.
Meanwhile, Planet Fitness isn’t budging on it’s stance as a “judgement free zone.”
“Planet Fitness is committed to creating a non-intimidating, welcoming environment for our members,” the company said in a statement earlier this month. “Our gender identity non-discrimination policy states that members and guests may use all gym facilities based on their sincere self-reported gender identity.”
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Ken Ivan Herrera
Runt
Mike Lundstrom
BITCH
Troy Michael Chamberlain
She looks like a crackhead
onthemark
I thought you reported before that she wasn’t even a member at PF, she was just a guest?
Bryan Merica
Not surprised. She looks like an uppity bitch.
Sameer Nurani
If her eyebrows looked any better, Planet would have considered make her fit in her head!
Cam
The contact information for her legal group, just in case anybody wanted to let them know how they felt about how they are characterizing this situation as dangerous for woen and children.
Kallman Legal Group
517-322-3207
5600 W Mount Hope Hwy
Lansing, MI 48917
http://kallmanlegal.com/Contact_Us/E-Mail.html
MinnesotaNotNice
Yeah, good luck with that demand, sweetie! What a witch!
jwtraveler
I make no excuses for her behavior, but I can sympathize with the feelings of a woman who feels uncomfortable seeing an adult with a penis in the women’s locker room. Clearly she could have handled her reaction better, but PF could also have been a bit more diplomatic.
Rick Caffey
Find another gym and just move on. ..bitch
Giancarlo85
She’s demanding money? Yeah… I doubt that’ll ever happen.
Tom Remillard
GreatGatsby2011
The only person creating a hostile environment at this Planet Fitness was Ms. Cormier herself.
I hope Planet Fitness counter-sues (for a much higher sum) for defamation.
James B Cash
I think she should pay them for a “nuisance litigation”.
Sidney Davies
It clearly said in the form she signed when she bought the membership that discriminating others was not acceptable, and they could cancel her membership for it. They had every right to cancel her membership. She’s just trying to get her 15 minutes of “fame.”
Paco
The b!tch can work out at home if she can’t handle the “unsafe” world she imagines she lives in. Imagining scenarios where you could be victimized, doesn’t make you a victim. She was the abuser that attempted to bully and humiliate the other woman.
I bet she also checks to make sure her car doors are locked when a car with black people passes her on the freeway.
Cseanr
I hope WHEN she loses, that she has to do Community Service with transsexuals for wasting the taxpayers money for this frivolous lawsuit.
Creig Stearne
Jakk Bjarkarson
She has bitch eyes I bet this isn’t the first time she’s ranted about something discriminating – bitch!!
fetch3535
She looks lik Ann Coulters sister. ‘Nuff said.
Nikki Hatch
I think they should sue her.
Cam
Her uneven eyebrows are offensive to me.
Tom Hughsted
She can take her business elsewhere
lykeitiz
How many of you queens would feel the same if you spotted a vag in the men’s locker room? Really?
Everyone here is bitch-shaming this woman, but this is most definitely not an easy issue.
Yes, truly trans people who self-identify need to be respected, but trying to make blanket rules or laws isn’t so easy. It leaves things wide open for abuse by the wrong type of people.
How are you supposed to differentiate between a truly self-identifier and a horn-dog who thinks he has a free pass?
Paul Proulx
What a fucking cunt.
Jason Cobb
Ohmigosh yes. She HAS gotten fat.
Paco
@lykeitiz: That probably isn’t the best example. I wouldn’t feel threatened by a woman or a trans man in the locker room. Should I also feel threatened by a horn-dog gay male in the men’s locker room? Well I don’t. I only find it annoying when all I want to do is change my clothes and workout, which is why I tend to only go to the gym ready to work out and bypass the locker room altogether.
It would become obvious pretty quickly that the person didn’t belong in the opposite sex locker room if they were behaving like sexual predators. In other words… Actually doing something wrong and not what is imagined to be happening.
Susan McKenna
She must not be rewarded for her prejudices!
GreatGatsby2011
@lykeitiz:
“How are you supposed to differentiate between a truly self-identifier and a horn-dog who thinks he has a free pass?”
Let’s see.
The horn-dog faker would be leering, perhaps trying to sneak pictures,and possibly even masterbating.
The actual transgender individual would be… changing his/her clothes.
Seems pretty easy to spot the difference to me.
anubis0614
She just mad that she has been seen as the trans phobic that she is. The fact she returned 4 more days afterward to “warn” other non-trans women pretty much sums it up. If she really felt unsafe, then why did she continue to return? Most people I know who have felt unsafe in a situation, remove themselves from it, and not return. She just mad that now she is seen for what she really is, a nasty, arrogant, trans phobic person.
Arkansassy
Have you all forgotten how rape-y our culture is? This woman has every right to complain and sue. Planet Fitness’s policy puts her and every other woman at risk from creepy pervs who might claim to be transgendered just to get access to the women’s locker room.
Try looking at it from her perspective and you might see it differently.
Giancarlo85
@Arkansassy: Actually she wasn’t being discriminated against and this business had every right to terminate her membership. And their policy doesn’t put anyone at risk. Maybe open your eyes a bit.
John Nilon
TheNewEnergyDude
Bad plastic surgery lookin chick that Yvette looks and she’s gong to complain about a real transgender person?
Boy…she’s got nerve…
VampDC
Time for me to find a gym and I’m definitely not choosing planet fitness.
I don’t think this woman is “transphobic” and we should not just throw around that word.
polarisfashion
I hope her case is thrown out and she doesn’t get a dime!
Arkansassy
@Giancarlo85: I’m not saying she was a victim of discrimination. I’m saying Planet Fitness created a potentially dangerous environment not only for her but all of their female members.
Women really don’t like being raped, so it makes sense they wouldn’t want men in their changing room… even men who identify as women. Maybe it’s you who should open your eyes to the number of sexual assaults committed against women every year.
And I’m with you VampDC
Danny Micabane Aguaviva
Boy L Joey
money grubbing cunt
joehansbarger
What a surprise.
Her and her husband’s Facebook profiles are all churchy, churchy, church, church, churchity church.
But CHRISTIANS simply don’t hate, y’all!
Alex Rothwell
So in other words she is trying to scam or extort Planet Fitness.
Adam Christopher Phaneuf
I think if she loses she should have to pay them 25,000
Mark Pointon
Stupid ugly uppity cunt…
Giancarlo85
@Arkansassy: And I am saying bullshit on your claim. There was no dangerous environment. And I am sure some straight men would use your garbage reasoning against gay men.
Another brainless transphobic troll lacking original thoughts… What else is new?
Arkansassy
@Giancarlo85: You never win an argument by calling people names.
My point is valid and it is the responsibility of Planet Fitness to keep their members safe. There were over 170,000 cases of rape and or sexual assault in 2013. That number is huge. And a business like Planet Fitness shouldn’t be making policies that create the opportunity for more. Talk to some women who have been assaulted and maybe your perspective will change. Or maybe talk to women who have never been assaulted but understand they live in an environment in which they could easily be victimized.
Giancarlo85
@Arkansassy: Again no original thoughts.
You are incorrect. There is no risk here with this. You are making a false correlation so you can increase the emotional appeal of your argument. You are committing a logical error. You are saying that transgender people are going to rape someone. I could easily play devil’s advocate and say “If gay men are allowed in a lockerroom they’ll rape a straight guy”. Your argument is a whole lot of shit and doesn’t add up. You are making false equivalencies too. Learn how to make a real argument that isn’t based on logical fallacy.
Saint Law
@Arkansassy: “You never win an argument by calling people names.”
Sententious morons always say that though.
GreatGatsby2011
@Arkansassy: How many rapes occured in the United States in 2013 is irrelevant to the argument. (Though the number is high and it is tragic.)
There are a lot of companies (such as JCPenney and Planet Hollywood) that allow transgender individuals to use the facility (bathroom, locker room, dressing room, etc.) of the gender they identify with, and have done so for several years.
If you want to state that Planet Hollywood “created a potentially dangerous environment” you would have to show statistics that indicate that more women have been raped in these trans-inclusive facilities than in trans-exclusive facilities.
Since you haven’t presented any data remotely like that, I’m with Giancarlo; you’re attempting to use baseless fear to deny a transgender person’s right to self-identify their gender. And that’s wrong.
I could go on, but it’s late and I have to work in the morning.
GreatGatsby2011
@GreatGatsby2011: That should be Planet Fitness instead of Planet Hollywood. My brain is obviously heading to bed without me this even.
cflekken
This is the ONLY time I will agree with Planet Fitness.
Mark
Why don’t we just get rid of all this ridiculous gender segregation in bathrooms and dressing rooms altogether? It’s not becoming of a modern society to keep men and women separated.
jason smeds
I hope Ms Cormier wins her case. It’s unacceptable that a man is allowed into a woman’s change room. This sense of entitlement that transgenders have – particularly the male-female ones – is harming the entire gay rights movement.
NJjoe
$25,000…Sounds like she’s an opportunist to me.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: Blah blah blah more lies being peddled by jason smeds. Trans people have rights too and are part of the movement. Whether you want to accept it or not.
rickhfx
When will str8 people (and I am assuming she is str8 based on the fact she is so intolerant and uninformed) learn that a naked body and other peoples organs are normal, and that being naked does not always equal sexual activity or some perversion, or attack. She also needs to stop checking other women out at the gym, if she can. When in a changing room if you must look, keep your eyes on other peoples eyes not their organs. On the other I am sure the gym has private showers and changing rooms as most women’s gyms do. Whats the big deal? Maybe she was offended she was not hit on. Str8 America and its religion based sexualizing of everything is just so prehistoric.
Not to be cruel but I would guess some of those “real women” I hate that term, in the locker room would be less attractive to look at then the so called man she was offended by. Everyone just needs to chill, life is short and we are dead for a long long long time. But thats just my opinion. Good bye.
Pitou
@Adam Christopher Phaneuf: OMG… You’re both so damn cute!!
Arkansassy
@Giancarlo85: There is a risk of a straight male rapist posing as a transgendered person to gain access to bathrooms, locker rooms and any place else women are vulnerable. There is no way to confirm if a man dressed as a woman is indeed transgendered or someone playing the system. The fact that there are no statistics on this occurrence is because up to now, men who are obviously men but dressed as women have not been allowed in spaces designated for women only.
As far as narrow mindedness goes, try viewing the world beyond your myopic perspective and take in other issues that are currently relevant. Yes, transgendered people need to be incorporated into mainstream life, but such efforts shouldn’t put other people at risk.
Pushing this agenda without clearly thinking through the consequences could create greater backlash down the road.
GreatGatsby2011
@Arkansassy:
“The fact that there are no statistics on this occurrence is because up to now, men who are obviously men but dressed as women have not been allowed in spaces designated for women only.”
Oh please! Macy’s and JCPenney each started trans-inclusive policies regarding their dressing rooms three years ago! Where are the reports of the dramatic increase in the number sexual assaults in Macy’s and JCPenney dressing rooms??? Fox News should be reporting this since it proves that trans-inclusive policies are dangerous to women, right?? Oh that’s right, there aren’t any, because there hasn’t BEEN an increase.
Dear heavens, using your logic we should all be pushing for a law preventing a man from entering a woman’s home because 4 out of 10 rapes occur in the victim’s own home (MUCH higher than the 1 out of 10 rapes that occur in public). We should be doing something about that right???
Eric Ziegler
It’s all about the money with these types.
Bauhaus
@jason smeds:
Nothing is ruining the gay rights movement and momentum. Not T, bigots, or even self-hating right wing trolls, like you. Go cower in a corner, or volunteer to help Schock clean out his office, cretin.
Giancarlo85
@Arkansassy: You are a nasty demented person.
“There is a risk of a straight male rapist posing as a transgendered person to gain access to bathrooms, locker rooms and any place else women are vulnerable.”
No there isn’t. Trans people have been allowed to go into bathrooms in other establishments, and this has NOT happened. You are making a false correlation.
“The fact that there are no statistics on this…”
The fact that there are no statistics on this means you made it all up. You are making ad hominem attacks without any real substance on trans people.
” try viewing the world beyond your myopic perspective and take in other issues that are currently relevant.”
My myopic perspective? Have you taken a look in the mirror lately, you backwards delusional fuck?
“Yes, transgendered people need to be incorporated into mainstream life, but such efforts shouldn’t put other people at risk. ”
Same stupidity people used against gay people. “Why should we let gay men in bathrooms of straight men? That can put straight men at risk of rape! I also don’t want them there because I might get HIV from the toilet seat” – You see… this is the same logic some straight men used against gay men for years.
“Pushing this agenda without clearly thinking through the consequences could create greater backlash down the road.”
Sounds like something the religious right have said about homosexuality.
Same shit different day… thanks for peddling your bigotry!
aliengod
@Arkansassy: I’ve learned from experience that @Giancarlo85 has the mentality of a 14 year old. His way of debate is to name call and make pointless arguments. He’s the type that is offended by common sense. It’s a waste of time to attempt to converse with this type.
Regardless, your initial point was correct. This woman has every right to sue Planet Fitness. This guy had no right to be in the women’s changing room. Who would know if he was just some perv trying to sneak a peek?
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: I’ve heard from experience that aliengod is probably really about 13 and a macho type who hates feminine gay men, trans people and anyone who doesn’t talk like him. He’s a cowardly little runt who doesn’t have anything better to do.
No, this woman has no basis in her lawsuit. No legal basis what-so-ever. She’ll be laughed out of any court room.
But then again, aliengod is probably a pervert who checks out straight men’s dicks and asses whenever he gets a chance… (using his stupid logic).
Bauhaus
@aliengod:
Trolls and self-haters beware: It is pointless to argue with men of reason.
Name calling? Icing on the cake!
EricaDawn11
@arkansassy I agree