Riley Gaines Receives Encouraging Messages Following Trans Teen’s 2nd Place Win
Female swimmer Riley Gaines received encouraging messages in her fight to protect women’s sports. On Thursday, Gaines posted messages on her Twitter page of fans in California thanking her for her efforts. They also…
Female swimmer Riley Gaines received encouraging messages in her fight to protect women’s Sports.
On Thursday, Gaines posted messages on her Twitter page of fans in California thanking her for her efforts. They also expressed their frustrations over transgender athletes taking over women’s Sports.
“Just a few of the many messages Ive (sic) received from the girls + their parents in CA whose sport (T&F) is being infiltrated with mediocre men. They feel helpless. How can you read these and think what’s happening is okay?” she wrote in the caption.
She referred to the inclusion as “discrimination against women and bullying at its finest.”
On May 20, Sonoma Academy student Athena Ryan, a biological male, competed against female high school students in the varsity girls 1,600-meter run finals and won second place. As a result, Ryan advanced to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track & Field Championships the following week, according to Fox News.