{"id":2530647,"date":"2026-01-06T17:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-inevitable-result-of-letting-men-into-womens-spaces-trans-gymgoer-caught-touching-himself-at-planet-fitness\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:19:52","slug":"the-inevitable-result-of-letting-men-into-womens-spaces-trans-gymgoer-caught-touching-himself-at-planet-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-inevitable-result-of-letting-men-into-womens-spaces-trans-gymgoer-caught-touching-himself-at-planet-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inevitable Result of Letting Men Into Women\u2019s Spaces: &#8216;Trans&#8217; Gymgoer Caught Touching Himself at Planet Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-inevitable-result-of-letting-men-into-womens-spaces-trans-gymgoer-caught-touching-himself-at-planet-fitness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2530647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An opinion piece in The Western Journal reports on a viral TikTok and new York Post story about an incident last May at a Planet Fitness in Northern California, where a gym patron filming (Grace Hutson) captured footage she says shows an unidentified person masturbating in a stall in the women&#8217;s bathroom. The video, described as graphic, circulated widely on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media<\/a>; Hutson says staff were unsure how to handle it, her boyfriend later confronted the individual, and she regrets not contacting police as she feared being accused of transphobia.The article frames the event as evidence that policies and corporate decisions allowing peopel who identify as transgender to use bathrooms aligning with their gender identity create safety risks, and it strongly criticizes corporations and political groups that supported those policies. The piece is clearly opinionated and uses condemnatory language toward the person in the footage and those it holds responsible for broader societal trends.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Women are repeatedly told this does not happen.<\/p>\n<p>They are told their fears about sharing intimate spaces with confused men are imaginary, and to be quiet, kind, and accepting.<\/p>\n<p>Then a video goes viral, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jada-pinkett-smiths-red-table-talk-show-canceled-by-facebook\/\" title=\"Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s \u2018Red Table Talk\u2019 Show Canceled By Facebook\">reality takes<\/a> over.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/05\/us-news\/trans-gymgoer-caught-masturbating-in-womens-bathroom-at-california-planet-fitness\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_social_handle_id=17469289&amp;utm_social_post_id=642676132&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report<\/a> from The New York Post and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@borderlinebimbo_\/video\/7591708460211866910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a disturbing video<\/a> viewed by The Western Journal, a transgender gymgoer is seen appearing to masturbate inside a stall in a women&rsquo;s bathroom at a Planet Fitness in California.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place at a location in Northern California last May.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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in women&rsquo;s bathroom at California Planet Fitness <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2tigaLWpmW\">https:\/\/t.co\/2tigaLWpmW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xdkkilb8V\">pic.twitter.com\/2xdkkilb8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/2008151586451714371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The footage was originally posted on TikTok by gym patron Grace Hutson, but only gained traction online over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which is suddenly all over social media platform X, shows the shadow of an unidentified man appearing to perform a sex act on himself.<\/p>\n<p>It is graphic, stomach-turning, and deeply inappropriate. For that reason, we are not sharing the video.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, doing so would violate our own editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>Hutson said she encountered the situation while using the women&rsquo;s restroom at Planet Fitness.<\/p>\n<p>She later described being uncomfortable and unsure how to respond and said she alerted the front desk at the time.<\/p>\n<p>According to her account, employees did not know how to handle the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Her boyfriend eventually confronted the individual. Hutson has since said she regrets not doing more, including contacting the police.<\/p>\n<p>She also explained why she hesitated. She said she believed she would have been accused of being transphobic and that nothing would come of it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>She was probably right to make that assumption. Women are routinely told that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-usa-todays-censorship-of-my-client-chelsea-mitchell-is-unprecedented\/\" title=\"OPINION: USA Today\u2019s\u00a0Censorship Of My Client Chelsea Mitchell Is Unprecedented\">acknowledging biological reality<\/a> is hateful. In many cases, women themselves are actually the ones defending these policies.<\/p>\n<p>But here is a hard truth: If the idea of &ldquo;being a woman&rdquo; is sexually arousing to the point that someone cannot enter a women&rsquo;s bathroom without pleasuring himself, that person is not a woman.<\/p>\n<p>That person is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-this-look-like-the-face-of-an-allegedly-perverted-man-the-biden-admin-says-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"Is this the face of a person accused of being a perverted man, according to the Biden administration, who identifies as a woman?\">perverted man<\/a> with impulse-control issues, no matter what feminists and Democrats tell us.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the worst part of the video, if you have been unfortunate enough to see it, is that viewing it is not the least bit surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate America and the far left opened this door years ago. Target was among the first major companies to welcome men into women&rsquo;s bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Others followed, loudly and proudly, and people who protested the perversion were labeled as bigots.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who warned of incidents such as the one at Planet Fitness was mocked. Now it has led exactly where we said it would, and more people are to blame than the sicko in the clip.<\/p>\n<p>A society that demanded acceptance of a sickness is now paying the price.<\/p>\n<p>What happened at Planet Fitness has probably happened countless times, and it will happen again.<\/p>\n<p>A man pleasuring himself feet away from women with the mindset that he is fighting a civil rights battle is not something that occurred by accident.<\/p>\n<p>He was ushered into that stall by corporate cowardice and a society with some major issues.<\/p>\n<p>This was always going to be the outcome.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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