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On 24 April 2016, the web site End Time Headlines published an article reporting that earlier in the month, gym chain Planet Fitness affirmed men were allowed in women's locker rooms: As is frequently the case with transgender bathroom (and other) panics, the source of the misinformation either failed to verify or deliberately left out the date of the dispute. A read more link at the bottom of the page led to a press release from anti-gay group the American Family Association, dated 16 March 2015. The AFA's call to action included further detail as well as a correct date for the controversy: Although we were unable to locate any version of the Planet Fitness release, a CNN article provided a slightly more detailed version of the events: The AFA piece lacked important context, as did many social media and blog posts which insinuated Cormier's gym membership was terminated simply because she complained. She also visited her Planet Fitness location for four days in a row to protest the policy: Planet Fitness public relations representative McCall Gosselin issued the following statement after the February 2015 dispute, only half of which was quoted in the AFA's call to action and subsequent blog posts: Planet Fitness does allow transgender men and women to use the locker room that corresponds with their sincere self-reported gender identity, but nowhere does their policy state that men are allowed to women's bathrooms, or vice versa. The controversy involved one specific Planet Fitness location in Michigan, and occurred in February 2015. Nothing notable transpired between the individual dispute between a woman and the chain and April 2016, when outlets began to republish the claim as though it was new, except for increased debate over transgender bathroom use due to the passage of HB2 in North Carolina.
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