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Planet Fitness sees $400 MILLION wiped off value just five days after banning member who exposed 'trans woman' shaving in the female locker room
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77657303" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/28/planet-fitness-bomb-threats-trans-lgbtq/" target="_blank">How an inclusive gym brand became a battlefield over LGBTQ rights</a></h3><h3>At least 54 bomb threats have been received by Planet Fitness locations following attacks by far-right influencer Chaya Raichik</h3><p>Local police and the FBI say they have yet to determine who is behind the threats, which in some instances have forced the evacuation, police say, not just of Planet Fitness locations but of businesses nearby.</p><p></p><p>But the pattern is familiar to LGBTQ activists, who link the wave of threats to the far-right influencer Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account @libsoftiktok. She has made Planet Fitness the object of critical posts since early March when Planet Fitness revoked the membership of a woman in Alaska who complained about “a man shaving in a women’s bathroom” and posted a photo of the person online.</p><p></p><p>“Our gender identity non-discrimination policy states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity,” a Planet Fitness spokesperson said in a statement following the Alaska incident. “The member who posted on social media violated our mobile device policy that prohibits taking photos of individuals in the locker room, which resulted in their membership being terminated.”</p><p></p><p>After the Alaska incident, Raichik criticized Planet Fitness’ trans-inclusive policies and encouraged her more than 3 million followers to boycott the chain. She has posted dozens of times since, encouraging followers to protest the gym in an effort to “take back our country” and documenting updates in a thread that she titled “PLANET FITNESS BLOODBATH MEGA THREAD.”</p><p></p><p>Violent threats have followed Raichik’s tweets before, including dozens of bomb threats against LGBTQ pride events, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/02/lgbtq-threats-hospitals-libs-of-tiktok/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13" target="_blank">children’s hospitals that provide gender-affirming care,</a> drag queen story hours, and at least two dozen public schools and libraries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
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