A St. Louis branch of Life Time Fitness could face civil and criminal charges for “adopting a policy” allowing transgender women into the women’s locker room, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey A letter from Lifetime Fitness He said that while it’s common for company policies to say that biological males can use any bathroom they like, it wouldn’t be tolerated under his jurisdiction.
“While it may be fashionable in some corporate boardrooms to pretend biology is irrelevant, the reality is still alive in the heartland of America,” he said. “Missouris know that allowing grown men to brazenly invade spaces reserved for women and girls and remove their clothing is inexcusable and puts political correctness above public safety.”
The investigation comes after a 52-year-old transgender woman entered the women’s locker room, infuriating some Life Time customers, some of whom had to correct her and instruct her to use specific language when talking about transgender people.
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Life Time Fitness gyms are in hot water after an investigation by the Missouri Attorney General. (Fox News Digital)
“What’s even more concerning is the fact that instead of taking seriously gym members’ safety concerns, they rudely correct them and demand that they refer to this biologically male individual by their ‘correct pronouns,'” Bailey argued.
It later said it was considering filing criminal charges against Jim under various laws after a number of its constituents complained that he was “allowing Jim, a biological male, to actively exploit the private space of women and girls.”
The Missouri Attorney General said:First-degree trespass.” , arguing that a precedent had previously been established that it is against the law for biological males to enter women-only spaces.
“[T]”The court has confirmed that it is trespassing for a man to be in a women’s public restroom,” he said. “When restrooms are designated for separate genders, he is permitted to use only the restroom designed for his own gender.”
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Moreover, Bailey argued that, generally speaking, a biological male exposing himself in a female space “may be subject to further criminal liability for multiple sexual offenses, including first-degree sexual misconduct and the felony offense of sexual misconduct against a child.”
“Life Time Gym’s policies potentially encourage criminal activity and I am writing to assure you that such behavior will not continue under my watch,” the attorney general wrote in the letter. (Adobe Stock)
“Life Time Gym’s policies potentially encourage criminal behavior, and I am writing to ensure that they will not continue on my watch,” the attorney general warned. “If you continue to blatantly flout the law and put women and girls across our state at risk, you will face consequences.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Life Time Fitness for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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The company had previously stated that it complies with current state law.
Female athlete getting ready for training in gym locker room. (Adobe Stock)
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“At Life Time, we recognize there are differing opinions regarding locker room access. As a company, we are committed to following the law when it comes to public accommodations in all areas in which we operate. When members join Life Time, we verify their identity by checking their state-issued identification. Missouri provides a mechanism for individuals to change the gender designation on their state-issued driver’s license,” the company said.
“In this case, the member presented a state-issued driver’s license identifying her as a woman and, under Missouri law, we cannot refuse or discriminate on the basis of gender. Therefore, the member will be using Life Time’s women’s locker room.”
