Riley Gaines
Outspoken Women Lead The Fight Against Men In Girls' Spaces
With the increase of men wanting to compete in women’s sports, it often seems like it’s women who hate women’s sports the most. Consider South Carolina women’s head basketball coach Dawn Staley and her recent comments that anyone “who considers themselves a woman” should be allowed to play in women’s sports. I asked South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley if she supports transgender women (biological males) playing women's college basketball. "If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to...
Gaines leads 16 female athletes suing NCAA for allowing male-born athletes to compete as women
Sixteen female athletes led by All-American swimmer Riley Gaines filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing the organization of violating Title IX by allowing male-born athletes to compete in women’s sports based on gender identity.
The landmark class-action lawsuit also named the University System of Georgia, which includes Georgia Tech, home of the 2022 NCAA women’s swimming championships at which transgender swimmer Lia Thomas became the first known male-born competitor to capture a Division I women’s title.