Authorities in North Carolina arrested a biological male who allegedly stripped naked in the women’s locker room and harassed females, WSOC-TV reports.
The incident prompted one person to call 911.
“And what’s he wearing?” a dispatcher asked, according to audio of the call obtained by the television station. “Nothing, literally nothing,” the caller responded.
Sources told WSOC-TV the accused, 38-year-old Christopher Allan Miller, was harassing females in the Planet Fitness gym in Gastonia and had asked a female member to rub lotion and take a shower together.
Miller allegedly said that they identify as a woman.
“It’s a man but he says he identifies as a woman, and he won’t leave the restroom,” the caller told the dispatcher, according to WSOC-TV. “But he is just walking around showing us his ***** and he won’t leave.”
Planet Fitness policy allows members to use locker rooms “based on their self-reported gender identity.”
Clark Simon, a former leader of Charlotte Pride, said this policy helps make gyms more welcome and accessible to transgender individuals.
“When you do that you create a sense of safety, security and affirmation for them to be able to do the things that everybody else is able to do in a secure, safe and affirming setting,” Simon told the television station.
Still, Simon said Planet Fitness has a responsibility to ensure that individuals who are not transgender do not abuse the policy.
A Planet Fitness spokesperson told WSOC-TV that the company does not tolerate harassment and is taking steps to keep all members safe.
Miller faces a charge of indecent exposure to a minor, as one of the females in the locker room was 17 years old, according to Queen City News. His bond was set at $25,000.
Last year in Ohio, a court found that a transgender woman was not guilty of public indecency for using a YMCA women’s locker room, according to the Dayton Daily News.
[Feature Photo: Christopher Allan Miller/Gastonia Police Department]
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