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Budget gym chain; adopted transgender inclusion policy allowing members to use facilities matching gender identity; standard DEI programs; conservative backlash over locker room policy.
Summary
Planet Fitness, Inc. is a Hampton, New Hampshire-based budget gym chain. The company’s transgender-inclusive locker room policy generated conservative backlash in 2024. Planet Fitness maintains standard DEI programs and has been caught in culture-war debates over its bathroom and locker room policies.
Claims & Sources
Claim 1: Planet Fitness faced conservative backlash in 2024 over its policy allowing transgender members to use facilities matching their gender identity, including locker rooms.
Sources: Reuters — Planet Fitness transgender policy · WSJ — Planet Fitness backlash
Rating Logic
DEI activism: -2 (transgender-inclusive locker room policy, DEI programs)
COVID mandate: 0
Political donations: 0
Free-speech / censorship: 0
Final rating:3 / 9 — Not Aligned