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A gym has been flooded with negative online reviews after a woman said her membership was revoked when she complained about a transgender woman in the women’s locker room. Singer Tish Hyman took to social media to say she had the “worst experience” at a Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles. The gym—which was recently acquired by EoS Fitness, according to local media—has received more than two dozen one-star Google reviews in the past 24 hours, several of which explicitly mentioned the locker-room dispute. Newsweek contacted the Beverly Center branch of Gold’s Gym for comment via a contact form on its website. Why It Matters Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has issued several anti-transgender executive orders—such as “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which threatens to “rescind all funds from educational programs” that allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s and girls’ sports. The incident at Gold’s Gym touches on a broader national debate over transgender rights and women’s privacy in public spaces, which continues to be a deeply contentious issue in the United States. What To Know Hyman said the Beverly Center Gold’s Gym revoked her membership after she complained about a transgender woman being in the women’s dressing room. “Today I was naked in the locker room. I turned around, and there was a man there. Boy clothes, lip gloss, standing there looking at me, and I’m butt naked,” Hyman said in a video posted on TikTok. She said that when she questioned the individual’s presence in the changing room, they said, “I am a woman and have a right to be in here.” Hyman added that the incident made her feel “violated” and “weird.” A Gold’s Gym in Venice, California, on May 12, 2013. Hyman also posted a video that showed her filming the individual as they argued and gym employees attempted to intervene. She said the person then followed her into the locker room and called her an expletive, leading to her leaving the locker room crying. Hyman wrote on X: “#goldsgym terminated my membership after the MAN was escorted out by police. Then had me escorted out by officers afterwards. It was EMBARRASSING! I left but not before making sure everyone KNEW that they were allowing MEN in the locker room!!!!!” #goldsgym terminated my membership after the MAN was escorted out by police. Then had me escorted out by officers afterwards. It was EMBARRASSING! I left but not before making sure everyone KNEW that they were allowing MEN in the locker room !!!!!— Tish Hyman (@listen2tish) November 3, 2025 On Instagram, she said other women had previously made several written reports about the individual “coming into our women’s locker room harassing us” and that “the gym staff has done absolutely nothing.” Hyman shared another video of herself shouting about the incident in what appeared to be a cafe attached to the gym. The gym, which comes up under the name EoS Fitness on Google, has since been flooded with negative reviews, with people saying they were canceling their membership over the incident. “Unsafe for women. Please get a membership elsewhere that will protect you as a woman, where you don’t have to worry about grown men in the restroom/locker room/shower area,” one reviewer wrote. “What an absolute joke of a gym. Allowing men into women’s locker rooms. SHAME ON YOU! How can any of us WOMEN feel safe when there are MEN in the locker rooms with us??!?!” another added. Hyman has also been supported by several prominent conservative commentators on X. View this post on Instagram What People Are Saying Paul A. Szypula, a conservative commenter, wrote on X: “Black woman who was kicked out of a Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles because she complained about a man using the women’s locker room. Good for this woman and shame on Gold’s Gym. She should sue both the man and the gym.” Riley Gaines, a former swimmer and prominent advocate against transgender women in sports, wrote on X: “If we saw boldness like this back in 2020, this insanity would’ve never been allowed to fester like it has. God bless you for speaking the truth loudly, @listen2tish.” What Happens Next As of writing, Gold’s Gym had not commented publicly on the incident. It remains to be seen whether the incident will affect locker-room policies.
