'The dam is bursting': Riley Gaines and other female athletes sue NCAA for allowing transvestites to invade women's sports



All-American swim star Riley Gaines and 15 other all-female athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletics Association for allowing transvestites to invade women's sports and locker rooms.

Gaines, host of the podcast "Gaines for Girls," noted on X, "The dam is bursting & it's about time."

The athletes who have joined the legal fight include All-American swimmer and Olympian Réka György; 2-time NCAA Champion and 31-time All-American swimmer Kylee Alons; soccer and track star Ainsley Erzen; University of Kentucky tennis player Ellie Eades; and Roanoke College swimming captains Lily Mullens and Kate Pearson along with their teammates Susanna Price, Carter Satterfield, Katie Blankship, and Julianna Morrow.

Background

Independent Council on Women's Sports, the group that ultimately organized the class action, penned a letter in January 2023 putting the NCAA Office of Legal Affairs on notice that their "practice of allowing male athletes on women's teams constitutes illegal discrimination against women on the basis of sex."

Stressing that the "NCAA is not above the law," the women's advocacy group demanded the association oust men from women's sports and locker rooms.

In subsequent months, various state governors around the country cognizant of the well-demonstrated athletic gap between men and women implored the NCAA Board of Governors to revise its transvestite student-athlete policy.

ICONS' letter and the gubernatorial pressure apparently weren't enough to make the NCAA budge. Sixteen female athletes figured a lawsuit might do the trick.

The Free Press reported that the suit could impact eligibility rules at 1,100 colleges and universities represented by the NCAA.

The class-action lawsuit

The stated aim of the lawsuit, filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, is to "secure for future generations of women the promise of Title IX that is being denied them and other college women by the National Collegiate Athletic Association working in concert with its member colleges and universities including those that are part of the University System of Georgia."

The suit accuses the NCAA of aligning with "the most radical elements of the so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda on college campus" in the interest of "retaining control of the monetization of college sport," a multi-billion-dollar business.

To ensure this profitable ideological alignment, the suit claims the NCAA has also coordinated with member institutions such as Georgia Tech to suppress the free speech of student athletes who resist or speak out about the corruption of women's sports.

Part of this suppression strategy allegedly involves the imposition of "what the NCAA calls 'LGBTQ-Inclusive Codes of Conduct' which 'outlin[e] consequences for engaging in homophobic and transphobic behaviors.'"

The plaintiffs have requested the court declare that the NCAA violated Title IX and the 14th Amendment.

The suit specifically claims that the NCAA's eligibility policies pertaining to transvestites are discriminatory and violate Title IX because they:

  • permit men to compete against women in competitions and for prizes designated for females;
  • "deprive women of equal access to separate showers, locker rooms, and associated restroom facilities";
  • "diminish equal opportunities and resources for women";
  • "divert opportunities and resources to males";
  • "subject women to a loss of privacy and emotional harm"; and
  • "disproportionately impact and suppress the free speech rights of women advocating for their rights, safe spaces, and a reasonable and correct application of Title IX and equal protection principles."

The plaintiffs seek declarations that the University System of Georgia and Georgia Tech have similarly run afoul of federal law.

Beyond demanding declarations and damages, the female athletes want the NCAA and the other defendants to be barred from continuing to allow men into women's sports and from altogether enforcing its transvestite policies.

The plaintiffs have also asked that male athletes — such as the swimmer formerly known as William Thomas — have any awards, prizes, titles, or trophies won while competing against real women invalidated and reassigned.

"We're not just fighting for ourselves, we're fighting for every young girl who dreams of competing in sports," Gaines said in a statement.

ICONS cofounder Marshi Smith, herself a collegiate All-American and NCAA national champion swimmer, stated, "This lawsuit against the NCAA isn't just about competition; it's a fight for the very essence of women's sports."

"We're standing up for justice and the rights of female athletes to compete on a level playing field," continued Smith. "It's about preserving the legacy of Title IX and ensuring that the future of women's sports is as bright as its past."

The NCAA said in a statement obtained by The Hill, "College sports are the premier stage for women's sports in America, and while the NCAA does not comment on pending litigation, the Association and its members will continue to promote Title IX, make unprecedented investments in women's sports and ensure fair competition in all NCAA championships."

CBS News noted that representatives from the Georgia schools named in the suit said they had not yet been served with the lawsuit and would not comment.

It's personal

The lawsuit comes more than a year after Riley Gaines wrote to NCAA president and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), speaking to the "anger and frustration" experienced by girls "who had worked so hard and sacrificed so much to get to this moment only to have to compete in a farce."

In her message to Baker, Gaines also highlighted the scientifically documented physical advantages male athletes have over female competitors. The former All-American swimmer witnessed this advantage firsthand in 2022 when she had to compete against Thomas, who dominated the NCAA Swimming Championships.

Blaze News previously reported that Thomas had been a middling performer on the University of Pennsylvania men's swimming team until he started taking cross-sex hormones in 2019 and competing against women.

He subsequently crushed records set by real women in the 500-yard freestyle in the 2022 championships and tied with Gaines for fifth the next month in the women's 200-meter.

Thomas' inclusion impacted various women besides Gaines, a number of whom are plaintiffs in the case.

Réka György, for instance, indicated in 2022 that Thomas' inclusion precluded her from securing a spot in the consolation final.

"That final spot was taken away from me because of the NCAA's decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete," György said in a March 2022 letter to the NCAA. "It hurts me, my team and other women in the pool."

It wasn't just Thomas' physical advantage that was a problem for female NCAA athletes. He also brought his vestigial male appendage into the women's locker room with him.

Kylee Alons, a plaintiff in the suit who previously swam for North Carolina State, told the Free Press that to avoid changing with a then-anatomically correct man, she started changing in a "dimly lit storage and utility closet" behind the bleachers.

"I was literally racing U.S. and Olympic gold medalists and I was changing in a storage closet at this elite-level meet," said Alons. "I just felt that my privacy and safety were being violated in the locker room."

Gaines previously alleged that on at least one occasion, Thomas exposed his male genitals in the presence of real female athletes.

Kaitlynn Wheeler told the Free Press that when changing into racing suits, "You're exposed."

"You can't stand there and hold a towel around you while putting the suit on at the same time," said Wheeler. "Never in my 18-year career had I seen a man changing in the locker rooms. I immediately felt the need to cover myself."

Gaines underscored that Thomas was merely taking advantage of the rules on the books: "It is the rules that are the problem. Not Lia Thomas."

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SFSU campus police abandon investigation into Riley Gaines' alleged assault and ransom demands by LGBT radicals



All-American, all-female swim star Riley Gaines traveled to San Francisco State University in April 2023 to speak about the importance of keeping women's spaces female-only. Enraged that the former NCAA swimmer was allowed to speak and desperate to prevent her from being heard, LGBT activists and other radicals worked feverishly to shut down the event.

Gaines claimed she was ultimately assaulted, mobbed by hysterical protesters, and effectively held hostage in a room for hours.

While Gaines apparently held out hope that the San Francisco State University Police might do something about the incident, she learned earlier this month that campus police have apparently suspended their investigation, writing off her concerns as baseless.

"I guess audio, video, & eyewitness evidence aren't admissible in SF," Gaines stated on X.

What's the background?

Blaze News previously reported that Gaines appeared at an April 6 Turning Point USA and Leadership Institute event at SFSU to discuss the invasion of female-only spaces by transvestites — the entry of the male swimmer formerly known as William Thomas into women's swimming serving as her prime example.

Protesters allegedly organized by the university's Queer and Trans Resource Center bleated in the hallways outside the event but ramped things up when those who listened to what Gaines had to say began filing out of the classroom.

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According to Gaines, violent protesters busted into the classroom, turned off the lights, and assaulted her.

Police had to escort her past the hysterical mob, which continued to pelt Gaines with vicious insults, such as "transphobic b****," along with various LGBT slogans.

The athlete was taken to a safe room; however, the door was locked. As her escorts figured out a way to get Gaines clear of the mob, she defiantly turned to face them and their signs, which read, "Go the f*** home," "trans lives matter," and "trans women are women."

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Gaines reportedly ended up barricaded in a room with police protection for over three hours, during which time LGBT activists allegedly demanded money for her safe passage off-campus.

Police announced around 11:36 p.m. that those remaining radicals waiting for Gaines were unlawfully assembled, then walked the female speaker off-campus. No arrests were made.

After the incident, Jamillah Moore, vice president of student affairs at SFSU, thanked the protesters in a statement and underscored that "the trans community is welcome and belongs at San Francisco State University."

No accountability

Gaines told Fox News Digital this week that she recently wrote to the San Francisco State University Police Department about the incident "where I was held hostage."

"Can you please let me know if you have completed your investigation?" Gaines wrote in a January email. "I wondered if you can share with me any conclusions you have reached regarding your investigation and whether any charges will be filed against the individuals who sought to threaten, intimidate and harm me?"

"Is there a timetable concerning this matter? Is there any additional information you need from me?" added Gaines.

A female officer who Gaines indicated was present at the incident responded in an email dated Feb. 2, "After a thorough investigation, the alleged charges in this case are unfounded and have been suspended pending further lead."

According to the officer, campus police wrote to Gaines in June and July of last year "for a case follow up" but that such queries "went answered."

Gaines told Fox News Digital she provided campus police with ample testimony and an official statement in April 2023 and was advised against duplicating her efforts.

"We talked for multiple hours. I told them over and over and over and over and over again what had happened, which, all the while, both of the officers that I was talking to were there, so it is not like they didn’t know what happened," said Gaines.

The officer reportedly requested in the Feb. 2 letter "any photos and/or videos you may have in your possession as well as the contact information for anyone who was present that may have digital evidence."

"Please do so and the case may be further investigated," added the officer.

The former NCAA swimmer made clear on X that there is plenty of media available to corroborate her claims, which campus police nevertheless suggested were "unfounded."

The SFSUPD reportedly did not provide comment to Fox News Digital.

Gaines figures the apparent reluctance to pursue the case will embolden radicals further.

"This just encourages what happened to me to happen to other people because the precedent has now been set," said Gaines. "We don't see this happening to liberal speakers or to anyone with a dissenting viewpoint to that of my own."

Gaines has received an outpouring of support in response to the news that the campus police have supposedly thrown in the towel.

Charlie Kirk, the founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, wrote on X, "This is outrageous. San Francisco police have suspended their investigation into the assault of Riley Gaines when a violent mob HELD HER FOR RANSOM — as caught on camera! Our @TPUSA students at SFSU hosted Riley and would be more than willing to participate in an investigation."

This is outrageous. San Francisco police have suspended their investigation into the assault of Riley Gaines when a violent mob HELD HER FOR RANSOM \u2014 as caught on camera! Our @TPUSA students at SFSU hosted Riley and would be more than willing to participate in an investigation.
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Actor and comedian Rob Schneider wrote, "Riley Gaines is a Heroine and a great example for ALL WOMEN! So of course the misogynistic Left ignores her and won't come to her aide and side with Men taking women's places in sports. Americans see through this sham and will end this nightmare soon!"

Genevieve Gluck, the co-founder of the feminist publication Reduxx, stated, "This is a form of psychological abuse, it's gaslighting."

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Riley Gaines 'ambushed and physically hit' by male trans activist, swarmed by violent mob: 'The prisoners are running the asylum'



Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines has been subject to verbal and written abuse in recent weeks after she took a stand against the inclusion of men in women's sports. On Thursday night, however, her attackers turned to physical violence.

A man in a dress reportedly struck Gaines at least twice Thursday night after the 23-year-old swim star gave a speech about keeping women's spaces female-only. Her attacker was part of a hysterical mob of transsexual extremists and LGBT activists that descended on the Turning Point USA and Leadership Institute event at San Francisco State University.

Gaines posted a video to Twitter documenting some of the chaos that reached a fever pitch as audience members were being let out of the classroom, noting, "The prisoners are running the asylum at SFSU...I was ambushed and physically hit twice by a man. This is proof that women need sex-protected spaces."
The 12-time All-American swimmer underscored that the vicious attack "only further assures me I'm doing something right. When they want you silent, speak louder."
\u201cThe prisoners are running the asylum at SFSU...I was ambushed and physically hit twice by a man. This is proof that women need sex-protected spaces. \n\nStill only further assures me I'm doing something right. When they want you silent, speak louder. \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\u201d
— Riley Gaines (@Riley Gaines) 1680844415

Kim Shasby Jones, co-founder of the Independent Council on Women's Sports, tweeted, "These people are UNHINGED and dangerous. It is 2023 and a young women is physically assaulted simply for speaking up for her rights!"

The Independent Women's Forum, for which Gaines is a spokeswoman, issued a statement strongly condemning the violence, adding, "Riley was violently accosted, ambushed, and physically assaulted during a speech on sex discrimination women face in their own single-sex sports category."

The IWF noted that "Riley is courageous in speaking up for truth, science and common sense. She has experienced firsthand the injustice female athletes face across America in their own sport."

"The effort to silence, threaten & harm women for standing up for #WomensRights is absolutely ludicrous. The Biden administration @POTUS & governing bodies of sport @ncaa @iocmedia pushing for biological males in women’s sport for the sake of inclusion are responsible for this," continued the statement.

Gaines had dared to tell her story to SFSU students about competing in the women’s NCAA swimming championships against male athlete Lia Thomas, whom she claimed in a February interview had exposed his male genitalia in a women's locker room after a meet.

Her agent, Eli Bremer, told Fox News Digital, "Her goal in speaking at universities has been to educate her peers about her experience and what the impact of the growing number of biological males in women’s sports will do to the integrity of Title IX. She has been questioned in civil and somewhat uncivil manners about her views many times, and she thoroughly encourages diverse viewpoints and debate on this issue."

Concerning Gaines' attack by a transsexual extremist, Bremer said, "This will not stop Riley from boldly educating people of the dangers of biological males in women’s sports. She will continue to speak the truth against the radical left that no longer understands the difference between men and women."

Footage taken by the student-run news outfit Golden Gate Xpress shows police escorting Gaines down a hallway and away from the angry mob. When the officers reach the end of one corridor, they appear to find the door to a safe room locked, at which point Gaines turns to calmly face the extremists, who held signs that read, "Go the f*** home," "trans lives matter," and "trans women are women."

One LGBT activist can be heard screaming, "transphobic b****."

\u201cRiley Gaines has been escorted out of the event into a side hallway in the HSS Building. Students were following through \u201ctrans women are women\u201d 8:31 p.m\u201d
— Golden Gate Xpress (@Golden Gate Xpress) 1680834361

Gaines was ultimately barricaded in a room with police protection for roughly three hours, during which time some transsexual activists attempted to extort her, saying they would disperse if paid off.

The All-American athlete did not leave campus until 11:38 p.m., 20 minutes after police announced that those who stuck around to protest would be arrested.

Upon learning that Gaines had been attacked, her husband, Louis Barker, said, "I was shaking. It made me that mad. It makes me sick to feel so helpless about it. ... She was under police protection and was still hit by a man wearing a dress."

A TPUSA spokesman told Fox News Digital that the mob had been "organized by SFSU's Queer and Trans Resource Center."

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Chip and Joanna Gaines say divorce is not 'an option' for them, 'we're in it forever'



"Fixer Upper" stars Chip and Joanna Gaines said recently that fans will never find a story about their messy breakup in some gossip magazine because divorce is not "an option" for them and they're in it "forever."

While celebrating the launch of their new television network, called "Magnolia Network," the beloved do-it-yourself couple sat down with Access Hollywood for a wide-ranging interview, during which the topic of calling it quits when things get hard came up.

Fame and the heat of the national spotlight can often be a source of anguish for couples, but the Gaineses, who are devoted Christians, assured fans that they're not wired that way.

"Has there ever been a moment for the two of you, where you thought you were going to throw in the towel?" asked Access Hollywood reporter Kit Hoover.

"One thing that I would say is that our superpower is that Jo and I are not quitters," Chip Gaines responded. "I mean, throwing in the towel is not something that, honestly, ever even comes to mind. And I would say that that happened pretty early in our relationship, where we just thought, that's interesting, that divorce or leaving one another is not really an option for us."

"That little foundation has definitely served us well because things have definitely been challenging, we're not perfect and we have issues and trials and errors just like anybody ... but relationally we're in it forever," he continued.

"This will never be a gossip mag [situation] that we don't make it," he added.

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The strength and vibrancy of the Gaineses' marriage is a large part of what draws viewers to their various shows, and their devotion to each other is something that should be celebrated.

Nevertheless, even the Gaineses have at times become the targets of left-wing cancel culture. In 2016, BuzzFeed published a hit piece deriding the Gaineses for their membership in a church where homosexuality is considered a sin.

In response, Chip Gaines refused to take the bait, saying in a blog post that "we have got to learn to engage people who are different from us with dignity and with love."

"Joanna and I have personal convictions," he added. "One of them is this: we care about you for the simple fact that you are a person, our neighbor on planet earth. It's not about what color your skin is, how much money you have in the bank, your political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender, nationality, or faith. That's all fascinating, but it cannot add or take away from the reality that we're already pulling for you. We are not about to get in the nasty business of throwing stones at each other, don't ask us to cause we won't play that way."

Then just two months ago, the woke mob came for the couple again, this time attempting to cancel them for donating $1,000 to a local school board campaign. The candidate they supported, who happens to be Chip's sister, had made keeping critical race theory out of the curriculum a major theme of her campaign.

(H/T: The Daily Wire)