U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Wednesday that it was rescinding the policy requiring legal immigrants to receive the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19</a> vaccine in order to further the process.
On the agency&#8217;s official <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-485" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government website</a>, an alert was issued detailing the policy change, dated January 22, 2025, and effective immediately.
&#8220;Effective January 22, 2025, USCIS waives any and all requirements that applicants for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident present documentation on their Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, that they received the COVID-19 vaccination,&#8221; the announcement read.
&#8220;USCIS will not issue any Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) related to proving a COVID-19 vaccination. USCIS will not deny any adjustment of status application based on the applicant’s failure to present documentation that they received the COVID-19 vaccination,&#8221; it continued.
The policy change applies to immigrants who are in the United States legally and are attempting to change their immigration status.
Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines responded to the news, saying, &#8220;HUGE NEWS. Following the below tweet, USCIS has rescinded their Covid vax mandate for legal immigrants. I can&#8217;t even tell you the thousands of people in the same situation who have reached out over the past few years. Promises made, promises kept. Thank you, @realDonaldTrump.&#8221;
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HUGE NEWS. Following the below tweet, USCIS has rescinded their Covid vax mandate for legal immigrants.
I can&#39;t even tell you the thousands of people in the same situation who have reached out over the past few years.
Promises made, promises kept. Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>. <a href="https://t.co/WBn47PgTQS">https://t.co/WBn47PgTQS</a> <a href="https://t.co/k5cBNnKrOt">pic.twitter.com/k5cBNnKrOt</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1882153729178402852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Gaines included her previous post, dated just one day prior, in which she&#8217;d shared a letter her husband — a legal immigrant from the United Kingdom — had received from USCIS denying him just such a status change because he&#8217;d not had the COVID vaccine.
&#8220;Just got another letter from USCIS saying they won&#8217;t give my husband his green card until he gets the Covid jab. This is ridiculous. We&#8217;ve been married coming up on 3 years. We&#8217;ve spent thousands for the submitted forms to expire on their time. We&#8217;re hoping for change soon,&#8221; she said at the time.
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Just got another letter from USCIS saying they won&#39;t give my husband his green card until he gets the Covid jab.
This is ridiculous. We&#39;ve been married coming up on 3 years. We&#39;ve spent thousands for the submitted forms to expire on their time.
We&#39;re hoping for change soon🤞🏼 <a href="https://t.co/OMUDJzATGQ">pic.twitter.com/OMUDJzATGQ</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1881776147094286785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On Tuesday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> once again passed legislation that aims to protect women’s sports leagues by trying to keep male athletes who identify as females from competing.
Two Democrats — Reps. Henry Cueller (D-TX) and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) — <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202512" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> with 206 Republicans in voting for the Protection of Women and Girls Act. Another 206 Democrats, some of whom argued the bill would have <a href="https://x.com/MicaSoellnerDC/status/1879179579895709876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invasive</a> consequences and is supported by <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1879228470900765057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;bigoted folks,&#8221;</a> voted against the legislation.
&#8220;Only 2 members on the Left voted to protect women&#8217;s sports,&#8221; Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said in a post to X, responding to former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines celebrating passage of the legislation. &#8220;The Left really hates women don&#8217;t they?&#8221;
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Only 2 members on the Left voted to protect women&#39;s sports. 
The Left really hates women don&#39;t they? <a href="https://t.co/ZOcyeZIyik">https://t.co/ZOcyeZIyik</a>
&mdash; Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepNancyMace/status/1879265732611153974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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If <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/28/text?s=1&amp;r=9&amp;q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Protection+of+Women+and+Girls+in+Sports+Act%22%7D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enacted</a>, the bill would &#8220;amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth,&#8221; adding language that says it would be a violation for recipients of federal aid to allow a person whose sex is male to participate in a sports program for women or girls.
Also included in the legislation is a provision directing the comptroller general to conduct a study that would look at &#8220;the adverse psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing males to compete, be members of a sports team, or participants in athletic programs, that are designed for girls.&#8221;
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Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) reintroduced the Protection of Women and Girls Act this month after it previously had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zero-democrats-vote-for-house-bill-to-protect-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the House in 2023 with no Democrats supporting it and <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Protection+of+Women+and+Girls+in+Sports+Act%22%7D&amp;s=1&amp;r=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never got a vote</a> in the Democrat-led Senate in the last Congress.
&#8220;The radical left is not in step with the American people on the issue of protecting women’s sports,” Steube <a href="https://steube.house.gov/press-releases/u-s-rep-greg-steube-reintroduces-his-landmark-legislation-to-protect-womens-sports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> in a statement. &#8220;Americans have loudly spoken that they do not want men stealing sports records from women, entering their daughters’ locker rooms, replacing female athletes on teams, and taking their daughters’ scholarship opportunities.&#8221;
Now the bill has better odds as Republicans control both chambers of Congress and, as of next week, the White House as well. President-elect Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signals-he-will-ban-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports-cant-have-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> during a Fox News town hall in October that he was in favor of banning transgender athletes from women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;My legislation stands for truth, safety, and reality: men have no place in women’s sports,&#8221; Steube said. &#8220;Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will fulfill this promise.&#8221;

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Former volleyball star Payton McNabb — who was seriously injured by a trans-identifying biologically male opponent in high school — hopes that by speaking out she can aid in preventing further tragedies.
In a new documentary titled “Kill Shot: How Payton McNabb Turned Tragedy Into Triumph” — created by the Independent Women’s Forum — filmmakers share what happened to McNabb when she was 17 after a trans-identifying player spiked a volleyball at her head, knocking her unconscious, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/17/us-news/female-athlete-permanently-hurt-by-trans-athlete-speaks-out/">New York Post</a> reported.
While the other players on her team finished the game, McNabb was rushed to the hospital with a concussion, a neck injury, and two black eyes.
“If my story can in any way help prevent this from happening to at least just one woman or girl, then it was all worth it,” McNabb told the outlet about the documentary. “It was 100% avoidable, if only my rights as a female athlete had been more important than a man’s feelings.”
“Every single person that fights for truth, people absolutely attack them, but it doesn’t bother me because I know what I’m saying is common sense,” she added. “It’s not about me. I’m in this for women and girls.”
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Such a special piece that shows how much bigger this story truly is! I’m so blessed and thankful to have a loving family that has stood by me from the very beginning!!!
Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/iwfeatures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iwfeatures</a> 💜 <a href="https://t.co/sYfQnQ0nb9">https://t.co/sYfQnQ0nb9</a>
— Payton McNabb (@paytonmcnabb_) <a href="https://twitter.com/paytonmcnabb_/status/1869395249124274534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
McNabb said that the team knew about the trans-identifying biological male on the other school’s team but were worried about speaking out.
“We never thought we would ever be put in this position to begin with,” the volleyball player said. “I didn’t know one person who agreed with [a trans player competing against us] on my team, but we didn’t know what to do.”
McNabb, who had dreams of playing college softball, ended up being diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, partial paralysis, a brain bleed, and loss of peripheral vision on her right side, the outlet noted. She also suffers from severe headaches, confusion, and memory loss.
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 “I had the hopes and dreams of playing college softball and I had the opportunities too, but my injury set me back, and it didn’t end up working out,” McNabb said. “I was really depressed.”
“I was always at the top of my class. Learning had never been an issue before,” she added. “But I still just can’t comprehend the way that I used to or focus on what I need to learn.”
The documentary also includes interviews with those closest to Payton who have never spoken out, including her parents and her sister.
Pamela McNabb, her mother, told the Post, &#8220;The guilt Payton’s father and I carry is heavy. At the time we weren’t allowed to speak up. We couldn’t say, ‘No, she’s not playing against a boy, it’s dangerous.’”
“I would never, ever let her play today if I knew what I know now,” she added. “Pull your kid. Don’t play. It is not worth what has happened to her to happen to anybody else’s child.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-still-suffer-high-school-volleyball-star-spiked-in-face-by-trans-player-describes-her-horrific-injuries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘I Still Suffer’: High School Volleyball Star Spiked In Face By Trans Player Describes Her Horrific Injuries</a>

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Female athletes are among those who reacted to the news that the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour has announced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lpga-announces-major-change-to-transgender-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">major change</a> to its eligibility rules when it comes to transgender-identifying male players.
Former collegiate female swimmer and outspoken advocate for women’s sports Riley Gaines wrote on <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1864341619874414659">X</a> on Wednesday that “The &#8216;L&#8217; in LPGA means something again!” after the <a href="https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/lpga-updates-gender-policy-for-competition-eligibility">LPGA</a> “updated their gender eligibility requirements to ban men from women&#8217;s golf.&#8221; Her post included that the group found &#8220;the effects of male puberty confer competitive advantages in golf performance compared to players who have not undergone male puberty.&#8221;
The legislative strategist for the women’s group, Concerned Women for America, Macy Petty, <a href="https://x.com/macypetty0416/status/1864343251420946854">wrote</a>, “BREAKING: LPGA changes their gender policy, &#8216;Players assigned male at birth and who have gone through male puberty are not eligible to compete in the [women’s] events.&#8217; HUGE step in keeping women’s sports for women.&#8221;
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BREAKING: LPGA has updated their gender eligibility requirements to ban men from women&#8217;s golf.
&#8220;The effects of male puberty confer competitive advantages in golf performance compared to players who have not undergone male puberty.&#8221;
The &#8220;L&#8221; in LPGA means something again!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 <a href="https://t.co/aiYXzcQrZp">pic.twitter.com/aiYXzcQrZp</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1864341619874414659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
Veteran female golfer, <a href="https://www.iwf.org/2024/12/04/lpga-usga-responds-female-pro-golfers-calls-to-restrict-men-in-womens-golf/">Amy Olsen</a>, called the ruling “a positive step forward&#8221; that the LPGA recognized &#8220;that an individual’s chromosomes affect their physical development in ways that are irreversible.”
Starting in 2025, “under the new policy, athletes who are assigned female at birth are eligible to compete on the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour, and in all other elite LPGA competitions,” the statement read, noting that &#8220;players assigned male at birth and who have gone through male puberty are not eligible&#8230;&#8221;
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&#8220;Our policy is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach,” LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said. “The policy represents our continued commitment to ensuring that all feel welcome within our organization, while preserving the fairness and competitive equity of our elite competitions.”
The move comes after transgender-identifying male golfer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/womens-golf-league-bans-men-from-competition-after-trans-identifying-player-won-tournament">Hailey Davidson</a> had competed on the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/transgender-golfer-hailey-davidson-responds-getting-banned-womens-pro-tour">NXXT Tour</a> before the group changed its rules and he was removed, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lpga-tours-gender-eligibility-policy-change-draws-fiery-reaction-from-transgender-golfer">Fox News</a> noted.
The move on Wednesday now cuts off Davidson’s possible path to the tour or Epson Tours after competing in Q School in the fall as the player inched closer to qualifying for an LPGA Tour card.
Davidson, who formerly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-golfer-who-played-on-mens-college-team-snags-womens-title-eyes-lpga">played</a> on a men’s collegiate golf team, took to Instagram and slammed the gender eligibility rule change, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lpga-announces-major-change-to-transgender-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lpga-announces-major-change-to-transgender-rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LPGA Announces Major Change To Transgender Rule</a>

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Piers Morgan, Megyn Kelly, J.K. Rowling and more reacted to a new report that claimed to show proof confirming that Algerian Olympic boxer  Imane Khelif — who took the gold in the women’s competition in Paris — is a biological male with a sex development condition.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/french-journalist-claims-medical-report-proves-olympic-boxer-who-took-gold-in-womens-division-a-man?topStoryPosition=2">French journalist </a>Djaffar Air Aoudia, who allegedly obtained a medical report, said that an MRI determined “Khelif had no uterus, but instead had internal testicles and a ‘micropenis’ resembling an enlarged clitoris,” <a href="https://reduxx.info/algerian-boxer-imane-khelif-has-xy-chromosomes-and-testicles-french-algerian-medical-report-admits/">Reduxx reported</a>. The fighter also reportedly has XY chromosomes and testosterone levels typical of males.
“Confirmation of what some of us said at the time: Khelif is a biological man,” Morgan wrote on <a href="https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1853428863541330052">X</a>. “The gold medal should now be stripped and awarded to the best actual woman.”
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Confirmation of what some of us said at the time: Khelif is a biological man. The gold medal should now be stripped and awarded to the best actual woman. <a href="https://t.co/iqVlqQhrwr">https://t.co/iqVlqQhrwr</a>
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1853428863541330052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
The host of Sirius XM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast wrote on <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1853428685338018090">X</a>, “As we told you &#8211; that Olympic gold medal winner is MALE.”
Famed “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling also wrote on <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1853406500770758840">X</a> in response to the article, “Every gender activist in my mentions: &#8216;But Vogue,'&#8221; a reference to <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/algerian-boxer-imane-khelif-scores-olympic-gold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vogue article&#8217;s</a> claiming that Khelif was a woman. 
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova reacted to the <a href="https://x.com/Martina/status/1853546062738505859">report</a> and wrote that it showed “what we have been saying for months. And for calling his person a man or at least a male, we got called all kinds of names and most of all the women this male took medals and wins from. Just awful.”
Former collegiate swimmer and vocal advocate for women’s sports <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1853416147225387212">Riley Gaines</a> said, “Remember the man who won an Olympic gold medal in women’s boxing? His medical reports show he has XY chromosomes, male testosterone levels, testicles, &amp; a micropenis. But that never mattered—they believe that words &amp; feelings make you woman, not biology.”
OutKick’s <a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1853454687128719585">Clay Travis</a> added, “Remember the male Olympic boxer who won a women’s gold medal after beating the crap out of all the women? Well<a href="https://x.com/ReduxxMag"> @ReduxxMag</a> has the medical reports that prove he’s a man. And just published them.”
Former top of Levi executive — and now founder of a pro-women sport’s apparel brand — Jennifer Sey <a href="https://x.com/JenniferSey/status/1853545989132472498">wrote,</a> “Imane is biologically male &amp; has male advantage, however he identifies. “I don&#8217;t care what he calls himself, I only care that he is not permitted to compete in women&#8217;s boxing. He won a gold medal at the Olympics in an unfair fight. He needs to be stripped of it.”
Khelif previously failed gender eligibility tests administered by the IBA, but was allowed by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to compete against biological women in the 2024 Paris Olympics, since the Olympics’ gender eligibility standard for boxing is based merely on a fighter’s passport.
Opponents of Khelif and advocates for girls and women’s spaces in sports spoke out about the gender controversy, but the legacy news media maintained that Khelif was female and categorized any dissent as “false gender claims,” as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/french-journalist-claims-medical-report-proves-olympic-boxer-who-took-gold-in-womens-division-a-man?topStoryPosition=2">reported</a>.
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this piece.
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Tulsi Gabbard, Riley Gaines, and a group of high-powered athletes appeared together at a special event in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania on Sunday, where they discussed the importance of protecting women&#8217;s sports, a hot-button issue the current election cycle.
About 300 people rushed into the rally-style <a href="https://www.iwv.org/standwithwomenpa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event</a> when the doors opened at the Philadelphia arena. The event was hosted by Independent Women&#8217;s Voice, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for good policy for women.
Many men as well as women attended, some with their teenaged sons and daughters. Several people had donned MAGA hats, and some wore clothing expressing their passion for the issue. One man wore a shirt reading, &#8220;No Men In Women&#8217;s Sports,&#8221; and another wore a shirt covered in American flag print.
&#8220;Excited to be here today to highlight the fact that our leaders are failing us, number one. We need leaders that stand with women.&#8221; Gaines told The Daily Wire in an interview before the event.
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I joined <a href="https://twitter.com/IWV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IWV</a> yesterday for their &quot;Stand With Women&quot; event in Philadelphia
Riley Gaines, Tulsi Gabbard, and other top athletes spoke about keeping men out of women&#39;s sports ahead of the election in this critical swing state <a href="https://t.co/p4griVUEYD">pic.twitter.com/p4griVUEYD</a>
&mdash; Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1851033300690686141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Gaines is a former University of Kentucky swimmer who tied with trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas for fifth place at the NCAA championship in 2022. Gaines left the competition that day <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/swimmer-who-tied-lia-thomas-taken-aback-in-trophy-handling/">with</a> a sixth-place trophy after the NCAA decided to give Thomas the fifth-place trophy.
Since then, Gaines has become a vocal advocate for women’s sports, arguing that trans-identifying males should not be allowed to compete alongside women and girls.
She emphasized that women care about more than just abortion, the issue Democrats are hammering the most.
Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama are &#8220;failing miserably at the male vote so it seems like they&#8217;re going all in on the angry abortion-obsessed female contingent touting women&#8217;s rights,&#8221; Gaines said. &#8220;We are here to combat that narrative and say real women&#8217;s rights is ensuring equal opportunity. Real women&#8217;s rights is ensuring safety in our sports, privacy in areas of undressing. We as women care about more than the ability to dismember and abort a developing child.&#8221;
Gaines <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4936727-trump-bans-transgender-athletes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she was &#8220;super enthused&#8221; to hear Trump suggest he would use his executive power to ban schools from allowing biological boys to play on girls&#8217; teams.
She also said she has &#8220;absolutely&#8221; seen progress in the sports world since her experience competing against a biological man.
&#8220;On the legislative front of course, but even in terms of how the general public feels and the willingness and the ability to say, &#8216;That&#8217;s a man,&#8217; kind of like the &#8217;emperor wears no clothes&#8217; parable,&#8221; Gaines said.
Gaines was joined on the panel by Gabbard and Sia Liilii, a women&#8217;s volleyball team captain at the University of Nevada Reno whose team forfeited a game against San José State University&#8217;s women’s team, which has a male player.
Gaines noted that the girls&#8217; volleyball team was able to express the &#8220;emotional blackmail&#8221; their university put them through as well as their safety concerns.
&#8220;We wouldn&#8217;t have seen that type of unity and that type of outpouring of support from the community two years ago,&#8221; she said. &#8220;All that leads me to believe that yes, the tide is turning, and it&#8217;s turning in our favor.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s been a whirlwind for me,&#8221; she said of her personal journey. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t what I necessarily prepared to do. I just saw an injustice and I was willing to call it out, but it shows you how desperate society was for that. I don&#8217;t say anything profound. I don&#8217;t say anything overly wise. I say there are two sexes.&#8221;
Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and Army veteran who switched to the Republican Party last week emphasized her belief that &#8220;this is not a small issue.&#8221;
&#8220;I just find it incredibly hypocritical,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This is coming from a Democrat Party, my former party, that claims to be the champion of women. You hear this all the time in this election right now. And it also is the party that says, we must believe all women. Why don&#8217;t you believe Sia? Why don&#8217;t you believe her teammates and those who are afraid of being smashed in the face by a male player at full force with a volleyball?&#8221;
Two former UFC champions and mixed martial artists, Royce Gracie and Carla Esparza, spoke on the second panel, which was moderated by Sage Steele, former ESPN SportsCenter host.
&#8220;Contact sports, but combat sports, I mean we&#8217;re putting people in danger here, I think that needs to be the focus,&#8221; Esparza said.
Steele asked champion gymnast Jen Sey, who previously spoke out about the abuse in the gymnastics world, why corporations are &#8220;sacrificing girls and women.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re cowards,&#8221; Sey responded. &#8220;Most people would rather stand with the crowd than stand apart and do the right thing, but courage is contagious.&#8221;
Also speaking at the event was Cynthia Monteleone, a Team USA Masters track runner who competed against a man in women&#8217;s races and whose daughter lost her first high school race to a boy on the girls&#8217; team.
&#8220;Why is our current administration lying and pretending that they stand up for women when they&#8217;re trying to rewrite Title IX?&#8221; she said. &#8220;Not only did I have to deal with this. My daughter had to deal with this.&#8221;
Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and Frank Murphy, a former NFL wide receiver and Heisman Trophy winner who started a charity to mentor youth athletes, also spoke at the event.
&#8220;Especially now where it&#8217;s crunch time before the election,&#8221; Gaines told The Daily Wire, their goal is to &#8220;send a message loud and clear to voters, to our federal government, to leaders in corporate America, leaders in the academic world, that enough is enough. Do the right thing. It&#8217;s never been on the wrong side of history to stand with women.&#8221;

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Tulsi Gabbard, Riley Gaines Talk Women's Sports In Crucial Swing State

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University of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a>, Reno, is facing backlash over its refusal to support its women’s volleyball team, which had announced it would not be playing against San Jose State University&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women&#8217;s team</a> because of its trans-identifying male player.
It started when the UNR women’s volleyball team released a statement that made it the fifth university to forfeit its game against SJSU because the California school’s team’s star player is a male.
“We, the University of Nevada Reno women’s volleyball team, forfeit against @SJSU and stand united in solidarity with the volleyball teams of Southern Utah University, Boise State University, the University of Wyoming, &amp; Utah State University,” the statement read in part, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5th-womens-volleyball-team-nixes-game-against-college-with-trans-identifying-star-player">reported</a>.
The statement included that the girls demanded “that our right to safety and fair competition on the court be upheld. We refuse to participate in any match that advances injustice against female athletes.”
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INSANE response from <a href="https://twitter.com/unevadareno?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@unevadareno</a> after the women&#8217;s volleyball team decided to forfeit their match against SJSU.
This is the intimidation &amp; emotional blackmail that girls face when they stand up for themselves.
Hold the line girls, <a href="https://twitter.com/NevadaWVB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NevadaWVB</a>. We&#8217;re all behind you! BOYcott <a href="https://t.co/9n9wsoaqHt">https://t.co/9n9wsoaqHt</a> <a href="https://t.co/k8JQPL8aEQ">pic.twitter.com/k8JQPL8aEQ</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1845951765226614965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
Later, the university released a statement showing it did not support the move by the women’s team, saying that the school is about “providing an inclusive and supportive environment,” claiming the prior statement was made “independently and without consultation” of the school.
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The university also claimed that the school is governed by a law which protects “the equality of rights under the law,” which includes things like race, sexual orientation, &#8220;gender identity or expression.&#8221; It ends with a statement that the match on October 26 will still happen and those girls who wish not to play can do so without any disciplinary action.
Former collegiate swimmer and outspoken advocate for women’s sports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riley-gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> slammed the <a href="https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1845951765226614965">response</a> by the university, first sharing the statement and then calling it “INSANE.”
“This is the intimidation [and] emotional blackmail that girls face when they stand up for themselves,” Gaines wrote.
“Hold the line girls, @NevadaWVB. We&#8217;re all behind you! BOYcott,” she added.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> of “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast also reposted the article about the girls refusing to play and threw her support to them after they lost the university&#8217;s support.
“A 5th team forfeits in D1 collegiate women’s volleyball rather than play against a team w/a male player,” Kelly <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1846191226560643563">wrote</a>.
“This, as their own school turns on them, content to endanger them by pressuring them to play,” she added. “The girls aren’t having it. GOOD FOR THEM.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fourth-university-womens-team-refuses-to-play-against-trans-identifying-male" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fourth University Women’s Team Refuses To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male</a>

University Turns On Its Women’s Team Over Refusal To Play Against Trans-Identifying Athlete

University Turns On Its Women's Team Over Refusal To Play Against Trans-Identifying Athlete

Nevada

A fifth women&#8217;s collegiate volleyball team — this time from the University of Nevada — announced on Monday that they would forfeit a game against San Jose State University rather than play against that school&#8217;s star player, a trans-identifying male.
&#8220;We, the University of Nevada Reno women’s volleyball team, forfeit against @SJSU and stand united in solidarity with the volleyball teams of Southern Utah University, Boise State University, the University of Wyoming, &amp; Utah State University,&#8221; the statement read in part.
Former NCAA swimmer-turned-women&#8217;s rights activist Riley Gaines shared the school&#8217;s statement, adding, &#8220;University of Nevada becomes the 5th team to forfeit their upcoming match against SJSU. They&#8217;re the first school to specifically cite fairness and safety concerns as reason for forfeit. Incredibly proud of these girls. This is the way!!!&#8221;
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University of Nevada becomes the 5th team to forfeit their upcoming match against SJSU. They&#39;re the first school to specifically cite fairness &amp; safety concerns as reason for forfeit. 
Incredibly proud of these girls👏🏼 this is the way!!! <a href="https://t.co/chEtM8CBKB">pic.twitter.com/chEtM8CBKB</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1845848295538569259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Gaines then highlighted the second half of the statement, which outlined the reason the team had opted to forfeit, saying, &#8220;Can we recognize how great this statement is? &#8216;We demand that our right to safety and fair competition on the court be upheld. We refuse to participate in any match that advances injustice against female athletes.&#8217; Athletes defend themselves while the adults stay silent.&#8221;
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Can we recognize how great this statement is?
&quot;We demand that our right to safety and fair competition on the court be upheld. We refuse to participate in any match that advances injustice against female athletes.&quot; 🔥
Athletes defend themselves while the adults stay silent. <a href="https://t.co/9n9wsoaqHt">https://t.co/9n9wsoaqHt</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1845860479689777625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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And Gaines was not the only one cheering on the University of Nevada team for taking a stand.
Captain Sam Brown, an Army veteran and Republican who is currently campaigning to be a U.S. Senator from the state of Nevada, commented, &#8220;As a father of an athletic daughter, I’ve got one clear message: Ladies, I’m proud of you, and I’ve got you! Your courage is admirable. America needs more leaders who will stand up and support women athletes on the basis of fairness, safety, and privacy.&#8221;
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As a father of an athletic daughter, I’ve got one clear message:
Ladies, I’m proud of you, and I’ve got you! Your courage is admirable. 
America needs more leaders who will stand up and support women athletes on the basis of fairness, safety, and privacy. <a href="https://t.co/hU4S2igVBn">https://t.co/hU4S2igVBn</a>
&mdash; Sam Brown (@CaptainSamBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/CaptainSamBrown/status/1845860956934660106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We are finally building momentum. Courage begets courage,&#8221; Seth Dillon added.
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We are finally building momentum. Courage begets courage. <a href="https://t.co/22GvRpiKmP">https://t.co/22GvRpiKmP</a>
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1845904031794831543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Lieutenant Governor Stavros Anthony (R-NV) threw his support behind the team as well, saying in a post on X, &#8220;The University of Nevada women’s volleyball team has my full support and admiration for their courageous decision.&#8221;
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The University of Nevada women’s volleyball team has my full support and admiration for their courageous decision. <a href="https://t.co/CxmwS2dE59">https://t.co/CxmwS2dE59</a>
&mdash; Stavros Anthony (@StavrosAnthony) <a href="https://twitter.com/StavrosAnthony/status/1845886635889905752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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5th Women’s Volleyball Team Nixes Game Against College With Trans-Identifying Star Player

5th Women's Volleyball Team Nixes Game Against College With Trans-Identifying Star Player

College sports

A new ad from the pro-women’s sports brand XX-XY Athletics went viral after it called out the athletic brand <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nike</a> for being silent about supporting female-only women&#8217;s sports amid the transgender insanity.
“Chills! Powerful ad by @xx_xyathletics in honor of Real Women’s Day tomorrow [Oct. 10],” former collegiate swimmer and outspoken women’s sports advocate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riley-gaines">Riley Gaines</a> wrote in her post on <a href="https://x.com/riley_gaines_/status/1844071677568901344?s=46&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw">X</a>.
“It&#8217;s not hard to stand up for women and girls, so why won&#8217;t @Nike just do it?” she added.
Gaines &#8212; who is also brand ambassador for the company &#8212; made the post on Wednesday, and by Thursday, it had garnered 1.8 million views.
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Chills! Powerful ad by <a href="https://twitter.com/xx_xyathletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@xx_xyathletics</a> in honor of Real Womens Day tomorrow. 🔥🔥🔥
It&#8217;s not hard to stand up for women and girls, so why won&#8217;t <a href="https://twitter.com/Nike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Nike</a> just do it?<a href="https://t.co/A1OJZljEzr">pic.twitter.com/A1OJZljEzr</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1844071677568901344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
The ad, titled “Dear Nike,” features nearly a dozen girls of all different ages asking Nike simply, “Why won’t you stand up for me?”
“Why do you claim to support women and girls, yet when we need you most, you remain silent?” a group of the young girls say in the clip. “Today, males are claiming our identity, our sports, our spaces.”
“Men and boys are stealing opportunities, medals, trophies, and our future,” a few more girls add. “And it is not fair or just. In fact, it’s awfully dangerous, yet you refuse to use your platform to stand up. You say you’re for social justice and progress, so why do you allow men’s rights to come before ours?”
“See, with a big platform comes an even bigger responsibility,” the girls in the ad continue. “You have a chance to do the right thing, not just do the easy thing. So we’re asking you, Nike, as the biggest voice in all of sports, will you stand up for me? Will you just do it?”
A hashtag at the end of the ad reads, “#SaveWomensSports.&#8221;
Podcast host and journalist Megyn Kelly reacted to the ad, writing on <a href="https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1844153792260079747?s=46&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw">X,</a> “Woah. Chills. Will you, @Nike?”
Former ESPN anchor <a href="https://x.com/sagesteele/status/1844075427104686172">Sage Steele</a> also saw the ad and wrote, “Wow.  LOVE this new ad called &#8216;Dear Nike&#8217; by @xx_xyathletis. Tomorrow is #XXDay so please join us in asking @Nike to do the right thing by standing up for girls &amp; women by keeping boys &amp; men OUT of our sports.”
She also credited the company’s founder, former top Levi executive Jennifer Sey, with doing a great job with the ad.
Sey — who was ousted as brand president at Levi Strauss &amp; Co. after more than 20 years with the company when she spoke out against COVID policy issues — shared <a href="https://x.com/JenniferSey/status/1844420092550844420">the ad</a> and wrote, “Hey @Nike will you actually do the right thing?”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fourth-university-womens-team-refuses-to-play-against-trans-identifying-male" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fourth University Women’s Team Refuses To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male</a>

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Viral Ad Calls Out Nike For Being Silent About Female-Only Women’s Sports

Viral Ad Calls Out Nike For Being Silent About Female-Only Women's Sports

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Nike

Utah State University has become the fourth college to protect their women’s volleyball team from playing against San Jose State University with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans-identifying</a> male on the women&#8217;s team.
On Wednesday, a <a href="https://www.usu.edu/today/story/university-announces-volleyball-schedule-update">statement</a> from the school’s athletic department read, “Utah State University will not participate in its scheduled October 23, 2024, volleyball match at San Jose State University. The University will abide by Mountain West Conference policy regarding how this match is recorded.&#8221;
Former collegiate swimmer and advocate for women&#8217;s sports Riley Gaines praised the move by the school and wrote that it was the “fourth school to forfeit their match against SJSU due to a man playing on the women&#8217;s volleyball team. Major kudos to<a href="https://x.com/USUAthletics"> @USUAthletics</a> THIS. IS. THE. WAY.”
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A movement is in motion. It&#8217;s becoming increasingly clear that the NCAA has a decision to make. So far, the NCAA has prioritized inclusion over safety &amp; fairness.
Will the <a href="https://twitter.com/NCAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NCAA</a> keep letting girls take matters into their own hands or will they step up &amp; protect their athletes? <a href="https://t.co/21VHlX5YF5">https://t.co/21VHlX5YF5</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1841856829925527758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
“A movement is in motion,” she added in a second post. “It&#8217;s becoming increasingly clear that the NCAA has a decision to make. So far, the NCAA has prioritized inclusion over safety &amp; fairness. Will the @NCAA keep letting girls take matters into their own hands or will they step up &amp; protect their athletes?”
Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox wrote on <a href="https://x.com/GovCox/status/1841671214802338139">X</a> that he stood with “the students, coaches and leadership at @SUUtbirds and @USUAggies in their decision to forgo their women’s volleyball matches against San Jose State.”
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“It is essential that we preserve a space for women to compete fairly and safely,” he added. “Our female athletes are left grappling with this difficult issue because the NCAA has failed in its responsibility to protect female athletes and women’s sports. It’s time for the NCAA to take this seriously and protect our female student athletes.”
On Monday, the women’s volleyball team at the University of Wyoming became the third school to refuse to play against SJSU because of the California school&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">trans-identifying male</a> on the women’s team, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-womens-team-becomes-latest-to-refuse-to-play-against-trans-identifying-male">reported</a>.
In a statement posted on <a href="https://x.com/RealDanZak/status/1841229572886364624">X</a> from Wyoming Cowgirl Volleyball, the team stated, “After a lengthy discussion, the University of Wyoming will not play its scheduled conference match against San José State University in the UniWyo Sports Complex on Saturday, Oct. 5.”
“Per Mountain West Conference policy, the Conference will record the match as a forfeit and a loss for Wyoming,” the statement added. “The Cowgirls will host Fresno State on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex.”
SJSU’s star volleyball player is a trans-identifying male who goes by the name of Blaire Fleming, OutKick’s David Hookstead previously <a href="https://x.com/dhookstead/status/1840089721877229584">reported</a>.
On Friday, the Boise women’s volleyball team announced that it would forfeit its match over the weekend against SJSU, OutKick <a href="https://www.outkick.com/sports/wyoming-boise-state-southern-utah-san-jose-state-volleyball-blaire-fleming">noted</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/girls-soccer-team-refuses-to-play-team-with-biological-male-following-similar-move-by-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Girls’ Soccer Team Refuses To Play Team With Biological Male, Following Similar Move By University</a>

Fourth University Women’s Team Refuses To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male

Fourth University Women's Team Refuses To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male

Boise State

San Jose State

Wyoming

Members of a New Hampshire high school girls&#8217; soccer team refused to play against a team whose star player is a biological male, following a similar move by some universities when it comes to teams with trans-identifying athletes.
On Tuesday, at least five of the girls on the Hillsboro-Deering High School Girls Varsity Soccer team skipped their game against Kearsarge Regional High School where the team’s star player is a male named Maelle Jacques, <a href="https://nhjournal.com/hillsboro-deering-girls-players-refusing-to-take-field-against-male-today/">NHJournal</a> reported.
“This isn’t about transgenderism,” Heather Thyng, the mother of a Hillsboro-Deering player who refused to play, told the outlet. “This is about biology for us and the increased physical risk when playing a full contact sport against the opposing sex.”
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BREAKING: Members of the Hillsboro-Deering High School Girls Soccer team in New Hampshire refused to play against the Kearsarge team because of their star athlete, Maelle Jacques, who is a male.
Parent of the Hillsboro-Deering player says, &#8220;This is about biology for us and the… <a href="https://t.co/vZ5ekWBThs">pic.twitter.com/vZ5ekWBThs</a>
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“No one ever got near [Maelle,] so I guess they’ll never be in any danger if there’s enough girls to always have a weak team,” Betsy Harrington, another parent said. “If every game has a few girls refusing to play, we will never know the ability of the Kearsarge team. They have an advantage I hadn’t thought about. It’s that they get to always play a crippled team without all of their players.”
&#8220;We believe, my daughter included, that refusing to compete is the best way to push back on this issue, and we are hoping parents will be more willing to put themselves out there knowing they don’t have to be the first or the only family within our community to do so,” Thyng said.
&#8220;The coaches reassured me they told the girls there would be no negative repercussions for anyone who refuses to compete,&#8221; she added. &#8220;They said they understood the increased risk and would be paying attention to the aggressiveness of the game, and if anyone was getting hurt or play was too rough, they were prepared to end the game.&#8221;
Jacques is not only dominating in soccer but also in high school <a href="https://x.com/icons_women/status/1757146082331775460">track and field</a>, taking away the opportunity for a female to be named the girls’ high jump champion when the biological male won first place at the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship in February, the outlet noted.
On Monday, the women’s volleyball team at the University of Wyoming became the third school to refuse to play against San Jose State University because the California school has allowed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">trans-identifying male</a> to play on the women’s team, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-womens-team-becomes-latest-to-refuse-to-play-against-trans-identifying-male">reported</a>.
In a statement posted on <a href="https://x.com/RealDanZak/status/1841229572886364624">X</a> from the Wyoming Cowgirl Volleyball, the team stated, “After a lengthy discussion, the University of Wyoming will not play its scheduled conference match against San José State University in the UniWyo Sports Complex on Saturday, Oct. 5.”
“Per Mountain West Conference policy, the Conference will record the match as a forfeit and a loss for Wyoming,” the statement added. “The Cowgirls will host Fresno State on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex.”
SJSU’s star volleyball player is a trans-identifying male who goes by the name of Blaire Fleming, OutKick’s David Hookstead previously <a href="https://x.com/dhookstead/status/1840089721877229584">reported</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-womens-team-becomes-latest-to-refuse-to-play-against-trans-identifying-male" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University Women’s Team Becomes Latest To Refuse To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male</a>

Girls’ Soccer Team Refuses To Play Team With Biological Male, Following Similar Move By University

Girls Soccer Team Refuses To Play Team With Biological Male, Following Similar Move By University

New Hampshire

Soccer

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