Transgender Woman Insists She’s Entitled to Use Women’s Locker Room During LA Gym Altercation

6 November 2025

Alexis Black spoke out to TMZ after singer-songwriter Tish Hyman claimed she was recently kicked out of a Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles for confronting someone she described as a “man” in the female locker room. TMZ

In a viral confrontation at a Los Angeles gym, transgender woman Alexis Black has publicly defended her right to use the women’s locker room after being challenged by singer-songwriter Tish Hyman, who alleged Black exposed male genitalia in the space and had her own membership revoked following the scene.

Black, currently transitioning and undergoing hormone treatment, stated she is legally recognised as female, is registered as such with the gym, and uses its facilities accordingly. She denied the claim she exposed herself, saying she remained covered or wrapped in a towel throughout the incident. She took issue with the idea that she should be relegated to a “trans-only” locker room, calling such segregation discriminatory. “I know that I’m a woman,” Black told media, adding that being forced into a separate space would send the wrong message.

Hyman told a different story. She said she felt “terrified and violated” upon encountering Black in the women’s locker room, filming the moment she challenged Black’s presence and claiming the gym later expelled her for speaking up. “Men! Grown men with big d-ks in the women’s locker room!” she shouted in the footage, according to news reports. Hyman identifies as a lesbian and emphasised she is not transphobic but that she advocates for women’s privacy and safety in locker-spaces.

The gym in question is a location recently acquired by EōS Fitness, formerly a Gold’s Gym site. While Gold’s Gym issued a statement emphasising member safety and compliance with local laws, it clarified that day-to-day operations and policy decisions now rest with EōS. Gym-management has not publicly addressed the specifics of this incident.

What this incident highlights is the complexity of locker-room policy, transgender rights and co-existence in shared gendered spaces. California law prohibits discrimination based on gender identity in public accommodations, meaning a trans woman who identifies as female typically has the right to access women’s facilities. Black’s stance rests on that foundation.

But the dispute also brings into focus practical concerns around privacy, comfort and operational clarity in gyms and other gender-segregated spaces. Hyman’s perspective is rooted in her comfort and safety as a woman in a shared changing area an issue often cited in discussions of transgender policy and gender-separated facilities. The clash between these viewpoints raises urgent questions for gym chains, policy-makers and member communities alike.

Whether this altercation will trigger changes in how gym-locations manage access, enforce coverage, verify identities or offer alternative spaces is still unresolved. For now, the episode stands as a flash-point in the broader cultural debate over transgender inclusion and women’s locker-room boundaries.