Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Edge Fitness, LLC

Summary

The court held that the Public Accommodation Act does not contain an implied customer gender-privacy exception permitting public gyms to maintain women-only workout areas. Because those areas are not bathrooms or locker rooms within the plain meaning of the statutory exceptions, their operation constitutes sex discrimination in public accommodations. The court reversed the trial judgment and directed entry of judgment sustaining the commission’s administrative appeal.