ORLANDO -- Controversy surrounds a local gym that told a transgender who is undergoing treatment to become a woman she cannot use the women's bathroom.
Stacy Scott, 18, was on a trial membership at the Bally Total Fitness Center on West Colonial Drive.
Scott said last week management told her she could not use the women's bathroom, and had to use the men's room instead.
Scott, who is undergoing transgender therapy hormone treatments, already considers herself a female.
The teen said she was considering suing the gym, but lawyers said it could be a tough case to prove.
"If nothing was done to help me, they'll feel they're helpless," said Scott. "So I want to fight it, for all other transgender people."
"Whoever takes that case is going to have to do a fantastic job of convincing the judge that it truly is discrimination, in the legal sense," said Aldo Bartolone, a lawyer.
The manager at the gym would not comment about what the incident.
The gym's corporate office released a statement, saying "Bally Total Fitness is willing to accommodate specific needs while being sensitive to the rights of all of our members and guests."
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