Gym Bans Singer After Locker Room Dispute
A famous singer-songwriter was banned from a Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles following a heated exchange with a transgender woman over women's locker room access. The gym ended the memberships of both individuals after the incident sparked tension.
Incident Details
Tish Hyman, 42, a singer-songwriter from the Bronx, New York, shared that her gym membership was canceled after she filmed a confrontation with the transgender member, who she had reported before for using the women's change room.
The video shows Hyman explaining that she and other women had lodged complaints about the member. The transgender individual, later identified by TMZ as Alexis Black, is in transition and taking hormones but retains male genitalia. Black maintains she was never fully exposed to Hyman and does not see an issue with her presence in the locker room.
“Now he knows how to be a man, right? Stay outta the women’s locker room! We don’t want it,” Hyman says.
“He needs to have his gym membership revoked for that s**t!”
Hyman emphasized she had made prior complaints: “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!”
Context and Reactions
- The argument highlights ongoing controversies about transgender access to gender-specific spaces.
- Both members were ultimately banned, showing the gym’s effort to resolve the conflict.
Author's summary: The clash at a Los Angeles gym between a singer and a transgender woman over locker room rights ended with both being banned, reflecting rising tensions over gender and privacy.