Virgin Active has come under fire for allowing trans people to use changing rooms which affirm their new legally-recognised identities, notes a News24 report.

After being accused of putting its female clientele in danger, the gym deactivated its X account.

‘Virgin Active is committed to creating safe and inclusive spaces for all of our members. To ensure we achieve this, access to change rooms must correspond to a member's legal gender identity. We welcome members of the transgender community at all our clubs and allow those who have completed their full medical transition to access bathrooms that correlate with their changed legal gender,’ said the company on X.

Due to the backlash it said it would permanently deactivate its X account.

Full News24 report