( CNN ) A Michigan woman lost her Planet Fitness membership over the `` inappropriate '' manner in which she complained about a transgender woman in the locker room , a gym spokeswoman said . Yvette Cormier 's membership was not canceled for simply raising the issue , `` as we welcome all feedback from our members , '' said McCall Gosselin , director of public relations at Planet Fitness Corporate . Rather , it was the manner in which she expressed her concerns that club management felt was inappropriate , resulting in the cancellation , Gosselin said . Cormier stands by her actions in a case that has drawn attention to transgender rights . `` This is all new to me . I did n't go out to specifically bash a transgender person that day . I was taken aback by the situation , '' Cormier told CNN . `` This is about me and how I felt unsafe . I should feel safe in there . '' The mother of two says she was acting out of concern for her safety and the privacy of other female gym members when she raised the issue on Saturday , February 28 . She went to the front desk after someone who looked like a `` man '' entered the women 's locker room while she was changing . `` I wanted to know why there was a man in the women 's locker room , '' she told CNN . `` He looked like a man , and that 's what stopped me in my tracks . '' She said the front desk employee told her about Planet Fitness ' `` no-judgment '' policy , which allows people to use changing room based on `` their sincere , self-reported gender identity . '' Unsatisfied , she said she called Planet Fitness ' corporate headquarters and heard the same thing . `` That should be something they pointed out when I signed up , '' she said . `` If you have male parts you do n't need to be in the women 's locker room . I do n't care what you are ; I do n't care if you 're gay lesbian , transgender or transvestite . I am uncomfortable with you as a male in my locker room , in my restroom . '' She returned to the gym Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday `` to get the word out '' to other women that they `` let men in the women 's locker room , '' she said . `` Every day I said 'just so you know , there 's a man they allow in this locker room and they do n't tell you that when you sign up , ' `` she said . The next day , she found out that her membership had been canceled . Cormier said Planet Fitness needs to do a better job of informing members of its policy allowing members to use whichever locker room corresponds with their gender identity , which refers to a person 's psychological identification as a man , woman or another gender . `` The manner in which this member expressed her concerns about the policy exhibited behavior that management at the Midland club deemed inappropriate and disruptive to other members , which is a violation of the membership agreement and as a result her membership was canceled , '' Gosselin said in a statement on behalf of Planet Fitness . `` Planet Fitness is committed to creating a nonintimidating , welcoming environment for our members . Our gender identity nondiscrimination policy states that members and guests may use all gym facilities based on their sincere self-reported gender identity . '' LGBT advocates applauded the Planet Fitness policy , saying it was necessary to ensuring the safety and privacy of transgender individuals . Planet Fitness has the right to allow members to use whichever locker room corresponds with their gender identity , Alison Gill , senior legislative council for the Human Rights Campaign , told MLive . Even though gender identity is not a protected class under Michigan anti-discrimination laws , transgender individuals still have the right to use whichever bathroom they feel comfortable using , attorney Jay Kaplan with the ACLU of Michigan 's LGBT Project told MLive . `` A transgender woman would be much more at risk for her safety if she had to use the men 's bathroom , '' he said . Cormier does not see it that way . But she agrees with LGBT advocates on one potential solution : unisex , single-stall bathrooms .
Woman loses gym membership after complaining about transgender woman in locker room . Planet Fitness said manner in which she expressed concerns was `` inappropriate '' Yvette Cormier : `` This is all new to me ''