Riley Gaines, a former swimmer at the University of Kentucky, is among sixteen female athletes who have filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) seeking to put an end to biological men participating in women’s sports.
Those filing the lawsuit include 12 swimmers, one volleyball player, one tennis player and two track competitors.
The Free Press reported:
Over a dozen female athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletics Association for letting transgender athletes compete against them and use female locker rooms in college sports.
At the center of the class-action lawsuit is Lia Thomas, the transgender athlete who dominated the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships while a student at the University of Pennsylvania. The suit states that both the NCAA and Georgia Tech, which hosted the event, knowingly violated Title IX, the federal statute that guarantees equal opportunity for men and women in college education and sports.
The lawsuit, the first federal action of its kind, seeks to change the rules, rendering any biological males ineligible to compete against female athletes. It demands the NCAA revoke all awards given to transgender athletes in women’s competitions and “reassign” them to their female contenders. It also asks for “damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress, suffering and anxiety, expense costs and other damages due to defendants’ wrongful conduct.”
The report notes that Thomas, a biological man, first participated on the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s swim team as a male from 2017 to 2020.
Thomas then switched to the women’s team after two years of hormone therapy, and began winning competitions, taking victories away from the female competitors.
In the lawsuit, some of the female athletes describe their shock at having to share locker rooms with a six-foot-tall biological man, complete with male genitalia.
Many of the female athletes were so uncomfortable they resorted to changing into their swimming suits inside bathroom stalls or storage closets in order to protect their privacy.
Riley Gaines, who has become an outspoken advocate against transgenders participating in women’s sports, once tied with Thomas for fifth place in a swimming competition at the 2022 Championships – but the trophy was handed to Thomas.
The Free Press wrote:
She [Gaines] said it was a “betrayal” that the 2022 championships took place on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. “The NCAA was passing around shirts that said ‘50 years of Title IX’ and ‘50 years of creating opportunities for women,’ but these were the same people who were actively taking our opportunities away and telling us we weren’t worthy to be called champions, and instead this man, who merely says he is a woman, is.”
“The irony, the hypocrisy would almost be comical,” Gaines added, “but there were real consequences to it that not only just affected me, but my teammates, my coaches, families, and future female athletes.”
Gaines announced Thursday, “It’s official! I’m suing the NCAA along with 15 other collegiate athletes who have lost out on titles, records, & roster spots to men posing as women The NCAA continues to explicitly violate the federal civil rights law of Title IX. About time someone did something about it.”
it’s official!
I’m suing the NCAA along with 15 other collegiate athletes who have lost out on titles, records, & roster spots to men posing as women
The NCAA continues to explicitly violate the federal civil rights law of Title IX. About time someone did something about…
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) March 14, 2024
EXCLUSIVE:
Sixteen female athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletics Association over its decision to allow biological males to compete against them in college sports and have access to women’s locker rooms. https://t.co/VU4Og9HOah
— The Free Press (@TheFP) March 14, 2024
Below are just some of the reactions pouring in, in support of Gaines’ announcement about the lawsuit:
Excellent. https://t.co/k4Tb67ANuo
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 14, 2024
Hey Ladies it’s time to fight back against the tiny minorities who are trying to erase you. Time to boycott sports where biological males are hijacking your chances of being successful. Common sense will prevail but don’t let them bully you into thinking that men competing… https://t.co/eSBUZcar4Q
— Matt Le Tissier (@mattletiss7) March 15, 2024
Wow. So proud of you, Riley! Woulda been so much easier to move on & stay quiet…but you chose to fight. You chose the harder right…for you and for millions of others.
Proud to call you a friend!!
Go get ’em! https://t.co/UHxZtv0UbX— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) March 15, 2024
Go get em https://t.co/qc97obOiCl
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) March 15, 2024
This is the way https://t.co/UTRPbxPqJ9
— Travis (@Travis_in_Flint) March 14, 2024
Thank you @Riley_Gaines_ for continuing to fight to Save Women’s Sports! https://t.co/30GLYrFyGV
— TheFamilyFoundation (@KentuckyFamily) March 14, 2024
YESSSS https://t.co/EOYAKg049X
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) March 14, 2024
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