Former female collegiate swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> responded to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on social media after the Biden administration official fielded a reporter&#8217;s question about trans-identifying male athletes being able to compete in women&#8217;s sports.
During a Tuesday briefing, a journalist asked Jean-Pierre if President Joe Biden believes &#8220;it&#8217;s fair for girls to have to compete against biological males?&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slapping-us-across-the-face-riley-gaines-rips-jean-pierre-for-ignoring-parents-worried-about-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jean-Pierre</a> replied, &#8220;It is a complicated issue. It is truly a complicated issue with a wide range of views, a wide range of views. There is no yes or no answer to this. It is complicated&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;We want to make sure that while we establish guardrails with this rule, that we also prevent discrimination as well against transgender kids,&#8221; Jean-Pierre added. &#8220;But again, a complicated issue with a wide range of views and we respect that.&#8221;
Following Jean-Pierre&#8217;s remarks, Gaines posted a message on <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1696684923413725657?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> to her hundreds of thousands of followers slamming her response.
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&quot;Does the president agree that [biological boys playing girls&#39; sports] is a women&#39;s rights issue?&quot;
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: &quot;I&#39;m just not gonna get ahead of that&quot; <a href="https://t.co/bgZl3AFc6b">pic.twitter.com/bgZl3AFc6b</a>
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Gaines sarcastically wrote: &#8220;Well, we do know we won&#8217;t stand for trans kids to be told they can&#8217;t play where they want, but we don&#8217;t know if we care about women, therefore this issue is complicated.&#8221;
&#8220;This is quite literally the least complicated issue,&#8221; Gaines continued. &#8220;Males compete with males. Females compete with females.
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&quot;Well, we do know we won&#39;t stand for trans kids to be told they can&#39;t play where they want, but we don&#39;t know if we care about women, therefore this issue is complicated.&quot; 
This is quite literally the least complicated issue. Males compete with males. Females compete with…
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1696684923413725657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;No one is being told they can&#8217;t play sports. No one is being told they can&#8217;t transition,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Just compete where [it] is safe &amp; fair. Again, not complicated.&#8221;
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The former University of Kentucky swimmer has become a vocal advocate for women&#8217;s rights in sports and has faced backlash for speaking out against females competing against biological males.
During an event at San Francisco State University earlier this year, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/did-this-just-say-peaceful-riley-gaines-unloads-on-san-francisco-states-response-to-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gaines</a> says she was verbally and physically assaulted by leftists when she was on campus to speak about the discrimination women are facing in their female sports.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-shares-messages-shes-gotten-from-female-athletes-competing-against-trans-identifying-males" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines Shares Messages She&#8217;s Gotten From Female Athletes Competing Against Trans-Identifying Males</a>

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Transgender activists yelled profanities at children, threw bottles, and spat on some of the people gathered in support of girls-only spaces and sports at a bill signing in Texas, Division 1 swimmer-turned-activist Riley Gaines told The Daily Wire. 
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott invited Gaines, her former teammate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fighting-for-women-lia-thomas-teammate-tells-her-story-to-matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paula Scanlan</a>, and others to the ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 15, dubbed the &#8220;Save Women&#8217;s Sports Act.&#8221; The bill was signed into law in June and is set to take effect on September 1.
&#8220;To no one&#8217;s surprise we were met with protesters,&#8221; Gaines told The Daily Wire. &#8220;And to no one&#8217;s surprise, these protesters were some of the most vengeful, hateful, soulless individuals. They were yelling profanities at children, they were throwing bottles and pouring drinks, and spitting on people.&#8221; 
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“Racist, sexist, anti-trans, you have blood on your hands” 
Simply female athletes asking for our own spaces. <a href="https://t.co/FtYjg8XI4Z">pic.twitter.com/FtYjg8XI4Z</a>
&mdash; Macy Petty (@macypetty0416) <a href="https://twitter.com/macypetty0416/status/1688644646379954177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;There are pockets of these protesters who are doing everything in their power to dissuade us from our argument, but they can&#8217;t do it with truth, they can&#8217;t do it with science, they can&#8217;t do it with logic, or reasoning, or, quite frankly, common sense,&#8221; Gaines said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s why they resort to name-calling. That&#8217;s why they resort to spitting.&#8221;
&#8220;This does not deter us &#8212; this is actually almost encouraging,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We are doing the right thing. And this treatment, while it&#8217;s unfortunate, it encourages me to continue on and to continue pushing this in all 50 states.&#8221; 
Video from the event shows young girls being yelled at by protesters supporting transgender policies. There were reportedly hundreds of protesters gathered.
&#8220;Girls, as young as 5, were harassed &amp; called vulgar names, all for joining the celebration of protecting equal athletic opportunity,&#8221; Independent Women&#8217;s Voice captioned the footage.
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DISGUSTING: Protestors targeted young girls outside of the signing of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveWomensSports</a> Act in Texas. 
Girls, as young as 5, were harassed &amp; called vulgar names, all for joining the celebration of protecting equal athletic opportunity. <a href="https://t.co/QdPFpThq6L">pic.twitter.com/QdPFpThq6L</a>
&mdash; Independent Women&#39;s Voice (@IWV) <a href="https://twitter.com/IWV/status/1688694138831568896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Independent Women&#8217;s Network&#8217;s Austin chapter leader Michelle Evans described the crowd to protesters as &#8220;rabid,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/riley-gaines-activists-say-they-were-spat-attacked-protesters-ceremonial-bill-signing-texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
&#8220;When I turned around to go back inside of the building, that&#8217;s when somebody threw water on me,&#8221; Evans said. &#8220;Somebody told me they &#8216;know where I f***ing live.&#8217; There was somebody that got in front of me to try to physically block me from going back inside and pushed her body up against mine. Somebody hit my arm, and then someone — a woman in a pink ski mask and sunglasses — spit into my open eye.&#8221;
Scanlan, who also attended the event, captioned video of protesters, &#8220;What about women&#8217;s rights? Are women&#8217;s rights not human rights?&#8221;
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What about women’s rights? Are women’s rights not human rights? <a href="https://t.co/54zzS9lxPa">pic.twitter.com/54zzS9lxPa</a>
&mdash; Paula Scanlan (@PaulaYScanlan) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulaYScanlan/status/1688683747363651584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Gaines told The Daily Wire the &#8220;Save Woman&#8217;s Sports Act&#8221; protects girls and women at &#8220;all levels&#8221; in Texas, &#8220;meaning, you compete with your biological sex.&#8221;
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&#8220;This was great. It felt like a cumulation of hard work had finally paid off,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I had been to the state of Texas several times to testify. I have worked with lawmakers on both sides in the state to help them understand why this is important, as well as ways to effectively communicate this message. So we were super excited.&#8221;

Riley Gaines Vows To Push Legislation In ‘All 50 States’ After She Says Trans Protesters Spit On Attendees At ‘Save Women’s Sports’ Event

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Tennis legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-says-allowing-emily-zanotti" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martina Navratilova</a> destroyed a transgender activist who attacked former swimming champion <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/womens-swimsuits-arent-accessorized-with-a-bulge-riley-gaines-slams-adidas-swimwear-line-modeled-by-male" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> after she recalled how uncomfortable she was changing in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-california-teenager-claims-she-was-exposed-to-male-genitalia-at-local-ymca-org-promotes-trans-inclusivity-and-acceptance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">locker room</a> with trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas.
The 66-year-old former tennis star took to Twitter on Monday responded to a person who mocked the former swimmer after she said during Bill Maher&#8217;s &#8220;Club Random&#8221; <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/bill-maher-peppers-swimmer-riley-gaines-with-uncomfortable-questions-about-lia-thomas-genitals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> she&#8217;s &#8220;managed to refrain from looking at the genitals of every single person I&#8217;ve ever been in a changing room with&#8221; when asked to describe Thomas&#8217; genitals. Gaines was deprived of receiving an NCAA award at a meet by the trans-identifying male swimmer.
&#8220;Well, good for you,&#8221; Navratilova tweeted. &#8220;Tell that to the 10 year old girl in the locker room too — just don&#8217;t look there and hopefully that person won&#8217;t look at you either…&#8221;
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Well good for you. Tell that to the 10 year old girl in the locker room too- just don’t look there and hopefully that person won’t look at you either… how effing irresponsible is this?!?
&mdash; Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href="https://twitter.com/Martina/status/1688498731849568256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How effing irresponsible is this?&#8221; she added, noting what&#8217;s happening with young girls being subjected to having to change in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-california-teenager-claims-she-was-exposed-to-male-genitalia-at-local-ymca-org-promotes-trans-inclusivity-and-acceptance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women locker rooms</a> with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lia-thomas-teammate-locker-room-definitely-awkward-because-thomas-male-genitalia-exposed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trans-identifying males</a>.
When another person suggested Navratilova&#8217;s post was fascism and it was an issue of &#8220;sex-based rights,&#8221; the tennis star hit back.
&#8220;Nobody here is trying to control bodies,&#8221; Navratilova wrote. &#8220;Which in fact men had been controlling women bodies for millennia and still do … asking for sex-based women&#8217;s spaces is not Fascism. Thank you.&#8221;
One person appeared to dispute the former professional tennis player&#8217;s post was even happening and she tweeted back, &#8220;Except any man can now get into a women&#8217;s locker room and the women can do nothing about it. And it&#8217;s not ok and you shouldn&#8217;t be ok with it either.&#8221;
And when another trans-activist tried to compare fear of trans-identifying males in women&#8217;s locker to how people reportedly felt in the 1990s about allowing lesbians, like herself, in those places, she pointed to statistics.
&#8220;Nope. Lesbians, as in biological females, do not commit sexual assaults — that would be 95% plus biological men,&#8221; Martina wrote. Nice try though…&#8221;
During the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ClubRandomPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maher&#8217;s</a> Sunday <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12374265/Swimmer-Riley-Gaines-reveals-trans-competitor-Lia-Thomas-endowed-refrain-looking-crotch-locker-room-fateful-Atlanta-race-meet.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, Gaines tried to dodge the original question and when the host returned back to it, she replied, &#8220;I was trying to run away from this question. Okay, a six-foot-four male … We can&#8217;t unsee it. I mean, being in that space with a male, it&#8217;s like a bad car wreck.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-shares-messages-shes-gotten-from-female-athletes-competing-against-trans-identifying-males" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines Shares Messages She’s Gotten From Female Athletes Competing Against Trans-Identifying Males</a>

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An Alabama public library reversed its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision to cancel</a> a Moms for Liberty book reading event featuring actor Kirk Cameron and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines. It will now allow it to take place on Saturday. 
The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library System announced Wednesday that the Madison Public Library could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300, <a href="https://www.hmcpl.org/sites/default/files/images/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">citing</a> concerns about security and capacity. After backlash and a letter from law firm First Liberty Institute, the library system reverted back to allowing the event, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/alabama-library-caves-brave-books-kirk-cameron-stand-up-attempt-deny-americans-venue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m happy to announce that Madison Public Library has reversed course and are now rightfully inviting us to come host the story hour for the community in Huntsville,&#8221; said Brave Books CEO Trent Talbot. 
&#8220;We must stand our ground and fight for our public institutions,” he added. “The foe we fail to meet at the gate in our own generation is the foe we let into the city for the next.&#8221;
The event, held by publishing company Brave Books, is part of a “See You at the Library” national tour in nearly 300 libraries in 45 states. After Cameron announced on social media that he would attend, protesters threatened to crash the event. 
As more people began expressing interest in attending, the library asked if the organizers needed additional space to accommodate a larger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from a group out of Birmingham, they were advised to move the event to a private location. But the organization stayed firm on its position to hold the event in the public space.
Brave Books immediately challenged the decision to cancel the event, and law firm First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the library system, stating it was &#8220;prepared to vindicate this violation of our client’s civil rights in court,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/alabama-library-caves-brave-books-kirk-cameron-stand-up-attempt-deny-americans-venue">reported</a>. Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart previously told The Daily Wire they disagreed with how the library system and the Madison City Police Department wanted to address the safety concerns.
“It was a directive on how to manage our group and not the protesters,” Jones, the organization’s Madison County chapter chair, said. “To me, that just indicates that [the police chief] is not interested in making this event go well. He wants it to go away.”
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The event, led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,” seeks to allow conservative Christian families to meet at public libraries around the country as an alternative to the controversial drag queen story hours targeting children.
Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled to appear at the Madison County event, but Jones said she received a separate email earlier this week stating that the two national conservative celebrities planned to attend.
“I freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted and kind of did a happy dance,” she said.
The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention to the event.
“The response was overwhelming,” Jones said.
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Join me this Saturday, August 5th, for the first National &#39;See You at the Library’ day with thousands of faithful Americans for a day of singing, praying, and reading.
I will be visiting 3 libraries with <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BraveBooksUS</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>:
1. TENNESSEE: We will be at the… <a href="https://t.co/N9fK2EirAz">pic.twitter.com/N9fK2EirAz</a>
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Alabama Library Reverses Decision After Canceling Kirk Cameron, Riley Gaines Faith-Filled Story Hour Event

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Two days after actor Kirk Cameron and former NCAA champion swimmer Riley Gaines announced that they would be appearing at a faith-filled story hour hosted by the conservative political organization Moms for Liberty at the Madison Public Library in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a>, the event was abruptly canceled after months of planning.
Citing a capacity limit, the library&#8217;s public relations director Jay Hixon said in a <a href="https://www.hmcpl.org/sites/default/files/images/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> that the public space could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300 following the announcement from conservative influencers Cameron and Gaines, which also sparked threats from protestors about 80 miles south of Madison County.
But Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart told The Daily Wire they&#8217;re not buying the official narrative from the 200-year-old countywide library system and the Madison City Police Department.
&#8220;It was a directive on how to manage our group and not the protesters,&#8221; Jones, the organization&#8217;s Madison County chapter chair, said. &#8220;To me, that just indicates that [the police chief] is not interested in making this event go well. He wants it to go away.&#8221;
Two months ago, Jones said the grassroots parent group that advocates against school curricula teaching identity politics to children &#8212; including LGBT rights and Critical Race Theory &#8212; received notice from BRAVE Books publishing company looking to hold a story hour event in the southern state during its &#8220;See You at the Library&#8221; national tour taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.
The event is led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom &#8220;Growing Pains,&#8221; to allow conservative Christian families to meet at public libraries around the country on August 5 as an alternative to controversial children&#8217;s drag queen events, the company said on X.
Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled to appear at the Madison County event. But of the many locations booked on the tour, Jones said she received a separate email earlier this week stating that the two national conservative celebrities planned to attend.
&#8220;I freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted and kind of did a happy dance,&#8221; she said.
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The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention to the event.
&#8220;The response was overwhelming,&#8221; Jones said.
As more people began expressing interest in attending, Jones said the library reached out and asked if the organizers needed additional space to hold a bigger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from a group out of Birmingham, they were advised to move the event to a private location. But the organization stayed firm on its position to still hold the event in the public space.
&#8220;This is intended to be at a library and put traditional values back into the library, so we&#8217;re sticking there,&#8221; Jones said.
After several exchanges, the library ultimately said they would no longer support the event out of safety concerns and suggested finding a new location without providing other alternative solutions, including directing library staff to operate on a suggested first-come, first-serve basis.
&#8220;My personal opinion is they really don&#8217;t want this event to happen,&#8221; Stewart, the communications lead for the organization&#8217;s first and largest chapter in North Alabama, said.
Stewart said the group has been monitoring social media accounts on TikTok and Reddit threads of far-left protesters who planned to travel to Madison and hold protests outside the story hour event. Some have indicated they would display banned books in the parking lot, while others suggested they would show up dressed in drag attire in front of the children.
When tour organizers first approached Moms for Liberty to host the children&#8217;s event, Jones said they were reluctant due to other obligations. But after a couple of weeks, she said God put it on her heart to move forward with the event in the wake of drag queen story events popping up nationwide in recent years, including at the <a href="https://www.mymuskokanow.com/92605/news/drag-queen-story-time-a-success-for-huntsville-library/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madison Public Library</a>.
&#8220;We have family-friendly drag shows 20 minutes from my house,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have kid drag shows, meaning kids are dressing in drag on full display — and I think that God put this in front of us because he hears the cry of our community, our churches, and our leaders to step up and push back on them.&#8221;
&#8220;So I think God did the next best thing and turned to the moms and said, &#8216;Make it happen,'&#8221; she added.
BRAVE Books recently obtained evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association (ALA) has allegedly been guiding libraries nationwide to thwart conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries. According to the publishing company, a director with the national association suggested how libraries could block public meeting rooms from events like Cameron&#8217;s tour to use under the pretext of the space already being taken for other activities.
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🚨 1/ BREAKING: We have obtained exclusive evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association <a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALALibrary</a> is circulating guidance to sabotage conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries on August 5th. One ALA director gave suggestions on… <a href="https://t.co/iBqwIChNhJ">pic.twitter.com/iBqwIChNhJ</a>
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After the company posted the leaked recordings on social media, Republican Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) in demanding an investigation into ALA&#8217;s alleged religious discrimination against BRAVE Books.
&#8220;To the contrary, the ALA is advancing a political agenda, not Brave Books. Further, the ALA is doing so while receiving federal funds and actively promoting hotly contested events in public libraries, including &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8217; – events aimed at having scantily and/or exotically clothed adults read to children with the goal of introducing them to sexualized topics. The ALA has an entire page dedicated to &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hour,&#8217; which includes a program session labeled &#8216;Reading Fabulously,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-demand-investigation-into-alas-religious-discrimination-against-brave-books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> the senators.
First Liberty Institute, the law firm representing Cameron and Brave Books, sent a letter to the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C., asking the federal agency to &#8220;open an investigation into whether the American Library Association has violated federal law protecting religious liberty and failed to comply with the assurances of nondiscrimination required as a federal grant recipient,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-seeks-investigation-of-american-library-association.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Christian Post</a>.
An ALA spokesperson told the outlet, in part, &#8220;Publicly funded libraries are not obligated to provide meeting room space to the public.&#8221;
&#8220;If libraries choose to do so, such spaces are considered designated public forums, and legal precedent holds that libraries may not exclude any group based on the subject matter to be discussed or the ideas for which the group advocates,&#8221; the spokesperson continued, adding the association has been &#8220;very clear that, just like all other policies, library policies regarding meeting rooms should not be prejudicial or discriminatory&#8221; and should follow what it considers &#8220;a reasonable content and viewpoint policy&#8221; that protects library users and staff from &#8220;harassment.&#8221;
&#8220;[R]ather, they must be inclusive and follow a reasonable content and viewpoint policy that benefits all members, as well as &#8216;user behavior policies that protect library users and staff from harassment, while maintaining their historic support for the freedom of speech,'&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;Any statement or suggestion that ALA has advised otherwise is incorrect and intentionally misleading.&#8221;
First Liberty attorney Jeremy Dys, who is representing the Alabama Moms for Liberty chapter, called the cancellation an &#8220;unconstitutional religious discrimination&#8221; in a letter to the Huntsville-Madison County Libraries, adding that if Madison Public Library continues to refuse space for the event, attorneys are &#8220;prepared to vindicate this violation of our client&#8217;s civil rights in court.&#8221;
But for parents nationwide, such as Jones and Stewart, who observe foundational institutions exiling Christian conservatives out of the public square while openly embracing &#8220;evil societal norms&#8221; taking precedence in the United States, they are more encouraged than ever to take their fight on a national level and bring revival back into the communities.
&#8220;This does not go away with one story hour,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;This is a generational fight for the safety and welfare of our children, and we&#8217;ve got to start taking action.&#8221;

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Alabama Library Cancels Moms for Liberty, Kirk Cameron Faith-Filled Story Hour Event After Hundreds RSVP

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-boycotts-new-book-and-slams-pride-month-celebrations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> talked about Conservatives and Christians wading into the culture battle &#8212; and pushing back on the woke agenda being forced on their kids &#8212; ahead of a faith-based story hour event taking place across the country this Saturday from Brave books.
The 52-year-old actor spoke to The Daily Wire on Tuesday about both the positive response and pushback he and his publisher have seen for their National See You At The Library Day 2023, taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.
Cameron said tens of thousands of people are expected at his events, as well as other Brave authors&#8217; story hours hosted by influential people like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swim-champ-riley-gaines-drops-shocking-claims-about-lia-thomas-on-crain-co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a>, Sheriff Mark Lamb, David Harris Jr., and more. He said he will personally be in three libraries in three states in one day &#8212; surprising hosts in Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas &#8212; to read one of his books with the company. He recently released &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Comes-Before-Freedom-Island/dp/1955550395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DP8KJXAYV4Y8&amp;keywords=pride+comes+before+the+fall+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1690919493&amp;sprefix=Pride+comes+%2Caps%2C169&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pride Comes Before The Fall</a>,&#8221; and previously &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=as+you+grow+book&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA6fafBhC1ARIsAIJjL8lzWzAA-VXOAJxZE3swDeSSlJo22BHZy-6TEwUjvUUfU0SFiXMuY9gaAudNEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=323067330915&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9031869&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=205687976781233372&amp;hvtargid=kwd-462106938386&amp;hydadcr=22535_10344669&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_1znpx9gz5f_b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As You Grow</a>&#8221; with Brave books.
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star stressed that the event isn&#8217;t a Kirk story hour and instead praised Christians and Conservatives, who he said have been &#8220;vilified&#8221; and &#8220;demonized&#8221; by the Left, for taking the spark he and Brave started by demanding a seat at the table.
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&#8220;This isn&#8217;t Kirk out there doing a story hour at a library, these are American patriots,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;I think this is a real tangible moment for people to see in America and those outside America that are looking at what a mess America is in right now, morally, politically, and spiritually.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not just a bunch of talking heads battling about ideas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But parents who are now fully engaged for the hearts and minds of their children, thus the future of our country in the public square contending for the ideas that will produce the results of the future. Conservatives and people of faith want a seat at the table.&#8221;
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&#8220;They don&#8217;t like being marginalized and vilified. Well, on August 5, we have a seat at the table and the Left is going to feel the weight of that,&#8221; Cameron continued, noting how Christians are taking a page out of the Left&#8217;s handbook in this fight.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> focused on the response from communities instead of the critics, and said they have received so much support from numerous organizations, churches, various libraries, boards, politicians, families, state governors, pastors, mayors, and more who took it upon themselves to host their own story hours when more well-known names canceled due to protestors.
Recently, Brave books and Cameron spoke about the pushback they have gotten from protestors and some libraries. He also talked about video they obtained of the American Library Association (ALA) explaining to other libraries how they could &#8220;block families&#8221; who want to host these story hours, while &#8220;simultaneously hosting and funding Drag Queen story hours.&#8221;
The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star praised politicians like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who the publisher said sent a letter to the IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) calling for an investigation into the ALA and their apparent use of taxpayer dollars to silence BRAVE Books, a release read.
More information about Saturday&#8217;s event and Brave story hours can be found <a href="https://bravebooks.us/pages/bb-story-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron Reacts To Library Harassment At Faith-Based Story Hour, Says Left’s Playing The Long Game</a>

Today – Season 67

Kirk Cameron Talks Conservatives, Christians Wading Into Culture Battle Ahead Of National Faith-Based Story Hour Event

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A viral photo of a man identifying as a woman nursing a baby prompted swimmer-turned-activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riley-gaines">Riley Gaines</a> to declare that such behavior was “normalizing pedophilia.”
The photo was posted by Mika Minio-Paluello, a former adviser to Great Britain’s Labour Party, who said he &#8220;only breastfed my child for a few weeks&#8221; before stopping due to cancer treatments. Gaines, a former All-American at University of Kentucky who has become outspoken about radical gender theory and protecting women and girls in sports, called it &#8220;sick.&#8221;
“For the longest time I refrained from posting on TikTok,” Gaines wrote. “But after what I saw today on Twitter, I will be blasting my opinions and my views on all of my social media platforms because this is sick and I think a true testament of where, as Americans, we are today.”
Gaines posted other photos of Minio-Paluello that show him using nipple clamps to satisfy a twisted sexual fetish.
“In the following photos you will see the same man who was breastfeeding the child actively using nipple clamps to fulfill his sexual fetish,&#8221; wrote Gaines, citing an Instagram caption in which he wondered how hard the viewer could tug on the clamps.
“So I guess what I’m wondering is, how can any sane human being see this man posing with this child, obviously sucking on his nipple, now seeing what he engages in privately, and not see this baby as an erotic prop for this man with a sick fetish?” Gaines asked.
“It is sexual abuse of a child, bottom line and all of this to say that in America we are normalizing pedophilia,” she charged. “Let me repeat that: we are normalizing pedophilia. We are normalizing this behavior in the guise of human rights but sexual abuse is not a human right for anyone. I hate to even be spreading this message but I think people need to see it.
“It’s up to us to stand up against evil which is exactly what this is,” she declared. “This is a battle of moral versus evil. The smirk on this man’s face says it all.”
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Riley Gaines is calling out normalizing pedophilia. Well done <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a> 
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Former NCAA champion swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> responded on Thursday to a hit piece accusing her of using her 5th-place tie with trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas to launch a career in right-wing media.
The piece was written by Alyssa Tirrell at left-wing outlet Media Matters for America, and argued that Gaines had traded a fifth place finish in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2022 NCAA championships — where she tied with Thomas — for a platform in conservative media.
MMfA&#8217;s Ari Drennen shared the article along with the comment, &#8220;Riley Gaines has turned a fifth-place tie with Lia Thomas into a lucrative career in the right wing media.&#8221; The headline echoed the same claim: &#8220;Over a year after her last race against Lia Thomas, Riley Gaines has built a media career on the trans swimmer’s name.&#8221;
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In the article that followed, however, Tirrell appeared to be suggesting that 29 appearances — totaling two hours and 38 minutes of air time — amounted to a &#8220;media career.&#8221;
The piece went on to complain that instead of talking solely about her race against Thomas, Gaines was being asked to comment on broader issues — such as the athletic advantages biological males have over females when it comes to sports and the trauma that could result from allowing men into locker rooms with biological females and, particularly, young girls.
But as Gaines told The Daily Wire on Thursday, despite the fact that she does not intend to make media a career, critics like MMfA are just going to have to get used to seeing her around.
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&#8220;I finished fifth in the entire country. Is the fifth best NBA player considered elite? Of course. The critics to this have never been an elite athlete or placed fifth in the country in any of their endeavors, so I don&#8217;t expect them to know what that actually means,&#8221; Gaines began. &#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t matter. It wouldn&#8217;t matter if I won an Olympic gold medal or was the slowest swimmer in the country. How competitive you are doesn&#8217;t change your worthiness of equal opportunity, safety, and privacy. Every single young girl and woman is entitled to their rights to those things regardless of how &#8216;good&#8217; or &#8216;fast&#8217; they are.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not fighting this for personal reasons. This is never a battle I wanted or felt equipped for,&#8221; Gaines continued. &#8220;And I&#8217;m done competing. I&#8217;m not doing this for myself. I&#8217;m fighting this for the past female athletes who fought relentlessly for Title IX so I could benefit in the way I did. I&#8217;m fighting this for the present female athletes who have their voices effectively silenced by their universities and the media. I&#8217;m fighting this for the next generation of female athletes who don&#8217;t yet have a voice and don&#8217;t yet understand the implications of what this means for their opportunities.&#8221;
Gaines went on to say that she&#8217;d be only too happy to return to her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-was-ready-to-go-to-dental-school-riley-gaines-became-an-activist-by-accident-but-shes-not-backing-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">original plan</a> for her life — to go to dental school and eventually become an endodontist.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t see that happening anytime soon. So I&#8217;m sorry, but my critics are going to be stuck seeing my face and hearing my voice,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This is a battle I won&#8217;t give up on because I see what&#8217;s at stake if we do. Make no mistake, this is bigger than just fairness in women&#8217;s sports. They want to control how you feel, what you think, and what you say. Not on my watch.&#8221;

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) stumped the president of the Human Rights Campaign during a Wednesday hearing — with a yes-or-no question that most preschool-aged children could answer with no difficulty.
During a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> titled &#8220;Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans,&#8221; Cruz first asked HRC President Kelley Robinson whether she believed there was any difference between men and women – and when she failed multiple times to answer that question, he asked why she thought women had separate sports teams.
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&#8220;Ms. Robinson, do you agree with Ms. [Riley] Gaines, that there&#8217;s a difference between women and men?&#8221; Cruz asked, referencing an answer given earlier in the hearing by former NCAA champion swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-about-us-riley-gaines-fires-back-at-sen-dick-durbin-for-bowing-to-trans-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a>.
&#8220;If the question is about trans women —&#8221; Robinson began, but Cruz interrupted.
&#8220;I&#8217;m just asking, is there a difference between women and men?&#8221; he repeated.
Robinson evaded the question again, saying, &#8220;What I can say is that the NCAA has rules in place, they&#8217;ve had rules in place for the last decade, and when this competition –&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to try again,&#8221; Cruz interjected, delivering the question once again: &#8220;Do you believe there&#8217;s a difference between women and men? It&#8217;s a yes-no question. It – do you believe there&#8217;s a difference?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I think that we&#8217;re talking about this case with the NCAA —&#8221; Robinson continued to pivot away from the question.
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&#8220;No, I&#8217;m asking a question,&#8221; Cruz repeated. &#8220;Do you believe there&#8217;s a difference between women and men? Most people could answer this very simply, I&#8217;m curious if you&#8217;re willing to do so.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh, absolutely,&#8221; Robinson agreed, but continued to stonewall the Texas senator, attempting to reframe the debate instead of answering the direct question.
&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to get a yes or no, I&#8217;m not trying to get a speech,&#8221; Cruz said as Robinson claimed that definitions with regard to sex were separate from those with regard to gender. &#8220;Is there a difference between women and men?&#8221;
When Robinson ignored the question for a fifth time, saying again that gender had to be kept separate from sex, Cruz tried again with a different question.
&#8220;So you&#8217;re not answering that. Let me ask you this question then: why do women&#8217;s sports exist?&#8221; Cruz asked. &#8220;If you can&#8217;t define a difference between women and men, why not abolish women&#8217;s sports and tell little girls to swim with little boys and see who wins?&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m simply saying that sex and gender —&#8221; Robinson picked up where she had left off, giving the same answers she had before, even though Cruz had changed the question.
&#8220;My question is why do women&#8217;s sports exist?&#8221; he asked again. &#8220;Ms. Robinson, please answer the question I&#8217;m asking you: Why do women&#8217;s sports exist?&#8221;
Robinson dodged that direct question as well, instead saying that she believed sports, in general, were beneficial and a positive influence on all who participated.
&#8220;But why have a separate category for women?&#8221; Cruz pressed again. &#8220;If there&#8217;s no difference between women and men, why have women&#8217;s sports?&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m saying that there&#8217;s a difference between sex and gender, and that the NCAA has rules in place, which they have for the last decade,&#8221; Robinson tried again to reframe the question, but Cruz made it clear he had had enough.
He turned to Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and asked for a <a href="https://law.duke.edu/sites/default/files/centers/sportslaw/comparingathleticperformances.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duke University paper</a> to be entered into the record. The paper was titled &#8220;COMPARING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES THE BEST ELITE WOMEN TO BOYS AND MEN.&#8221;
&#8220;If you know sports, you know this beyond a reasonable doubt: there is an average 10-12% performance gap between elite males and elite females. The gap is smaller between elite females and non-elite males, but it’s still insurmountable and that’s ultimately what matters,&#8221; authors Doriane Lambelet Coleman and Wickliffe Shreve wrote.
The paper opened with two stark comparisons noting that in 2017 alone, &#8220;Olympic, World, and U.S. Champion Tori Bowie&#8217;s 100 meters lifetime best of 10.78 was beaten 15,000 times by men and boys.&#8221; In that same year, men and boys outperformed &#8220;Olympic, World, and U.S. Champion Allyson Felix’s 400 meters lifetime best of 49.26.&#8221;
&#8220;This differential isn’t the result of boys and men having a male identity, more resources, better training, or superior discipline. It’s because they have an androgenized body,&#8221; the authors concluded. &#8220;The results make clear that sex determines win share.&#8221;

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Ted Cruz Stumps Human Rights Campaign Pres. With Preschool-Level Question

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Former NCAA swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-was-ready-to-go-to-dental-school-riley-gaines-became-an-activist-by-accident-but-shes-not-backing-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> delivered a fact check in real time to a Democrat witness during a Wednesday hearing.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/did-this-just-say-peaceful-riley-gaines-unloads-on-san-francisco-states-response-to-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gaines</a>, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-about-us-riley-gaines-fires-back-at-sen-dick-durbin-for-bowing-to-trans-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also testified</a> during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled &#8220;Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans,&#8221; disputed the claim — made by Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson — that biological males had no inherent advantage when it came to athletics.
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Dem witness: &quot;There&#39;s been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis. And it&#39;s just not the case. She is stronger than them.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>: &quot;Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/MSAnV6IA5t">pic.twitter.com/MSAnV6IA5t</a>
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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) put the question to Robinson, who describes herself as the HRC&#8217;s first queer black president, asking her if she could provide an example proving that men did not have a biological advantage over women when it came to sports.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t believe that a biological male has a physical advantage in sports over a biological female?&#8221; Kennedy asked.
&#8220;Not as a definitive statement,&#8221; Robinson said, shaking her head.
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&#8220;Give me an example &#8230; nah, well, I don&#8217;t think &#8230; how many female members of the NBA do you see?&#8221; Kennedy asked.
&#8220;I can say that there&#8217;s been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis, right? That they think they could actually score a point on her,&#8221; Robinson replied. &#8220;And it&#8217;s just not the case. She is stronger than them.&#8221;
Kennedy turned the same question to Gaines, then, asking what her experience had been when women competed against biological males.
But instead of beginning with her own experience — competing at last year&#8217;s NCAA championships against trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas — Gaines began with a quick fact check of Robinson&#8217;s claim.
&#8220;Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player, which — they&#8217;re phenoms for women,&#8221; she said, and then added her own personal experience as well. &#8220;My experience, my husband, he swam at the University of Kentucky as well. In terms of accolades, in terms of national ranking, I was a much better swimmer than him. He could kick my butt any day of the week — without trying.&#8221;
The game Gaines referenced <a href="https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2017/06/27/595296da468aeb99218b464c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took place in 1998</a>, after Serena and Venus Williams boasted that no male player outside the top 200 in world rankings would be able to beat them. German player Karsten Braasch, ranked 203rd in the men&#8217;s circuit, took them on, beating Serena 6-1 and Venus 6-2.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know it would be that difficult. I played shots that would have been winners on the women&#8217;s circuit and he got to them very easily,&#8221; Serena observed when it was over.
Braasch&#8217;s assessment was a bit more brutal: &#8220;They wouldn&#8217;t have had a chance against anyone inside the top 500 because today I played like someone ranked 600th to keep it fun.&#8221;

Riley Gaines Blows Up Democrat Witness’ Testimony During Trans Rights Hearing

Riley Gaines Blows Up Democrat Witness' Testimony During Trans Rights Hearing

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Former NCAA swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riley-gaines">Riley Gaines</a> took Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to task during a Wednesday hearing, criticizing him for choosing to protect the feelings of trans-identifying males over biological women and girls.
Gaines appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing titled &#8220;Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans&#8221; — and while detailing her own experience competing against trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas, she addressed Chairman Durbin&#8217;s comments on the importance of sending the right &#8220;message&#8221; to trans-identifying individuals.
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Here’s the fearless ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>⁩ explaining what it was like to have a 6’4” biological man in her locker room &#8211; and being told to shut up about it. This is the “tolerance” of the left <a href="https://t.co/KjbhGkhmtV">pic.twitter.com/KjbhGkhmtV</a>
&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href="https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1671545269714923521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked Gaines to describe for the committee what it was like when she and her other competitors learned that in addition to swimming against Thomas in the championship meet, they would also be subjected to a locker room situation in which a biological male would be allowed to change alongside the female swimmers.
Gaines said that she and the other female swimmers had been blindsided by the locker room situation, and that when she spoke to officials about it, they shrugged off her concern and informed her they had &#8220;gotten around the rules&#8221; by making all of the locker rooms &#8220;unisex.&#8221;
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&#8220;First and foremost, you just admitted this is a male by acknowledging that you had to change your rules to make the locker rooms unisex,&#8221; Gaines responded, adding that she had then realized that because of the rule change any male — for any reason – could have come into the locker room and watched the girls as they changed into their racing suits.
&#8220;It was so easy for them to dismiss our rights to privacy, &#8221; Gaines added, turning her attention to Durbin. &#8220;Senator Durbin, in your opening statement you had mentioned this rhetoric — it&#8217;s, you had mentioned that – &#8216;What message does it send to trans individuals?&#8217; And my comeback to that is what message does this send to women? To young girls who are denied of these opportunities?&#8221;
&#8220;So easily, their rights to privacy and safety thrown out of the window to protect a small population, protect one group as long as they&#8217;re happy,&#8221; Gaines continued. &#8220;What about us? That is the overall general consensus of how we all felt in that locker room.&#8221;

‘What About Us?’: Riley Gaines Fires Back At Sen. Dick Durbin For Bowing To Trans Activists

Riley Gaines Fires Back At Sen. Dick Durbin For Bowing To Trans Activists

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Twelve-time NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines, an outspoken advocate for keeping women’s sports exclusive to women, ripped into White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for disputing the idea that males competing in women’s sports could be dangerous for women.
A reporter asked Jean-Pierre what the Biden administration would say to parents worried that their daughter might have to compete against men and be unsafe as a result.
“What you’re alluding to is basically saying that transgender kids are dangerous,” Jean Pierre stated. “That is dangerous. That is a dangerous thing to say.”
“When they say ‘inclusion,’ just know they really mean ‘exclusion,’” Gaines fired. “The message this sends to ALL women is that our safety doesn&#8217;t matter. Nor does our privacy, our fairness, our equal opportunities, or our dignity. The misogyny is slapping us across the face.”
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When they say &quot;inclusion&quot;, just know they really mean &quot;exclusion&quot;. 
The message this sends to ALL women is that our safety doesn&#39;t matter. Nor does our privacy, our fairness, our equal opportunities, or our dignity. The misogyny is slapping us across the face. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveWomensSports</a> <a href="https://t.co/DYqZDiQF7p">https://t.co/DYqZDiQF7p</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1668795620910407680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In February, Gaines, an All-American at the University of Kentucky and a five-time Southeastern Conference champion, called for the NCAA to have separate facilities for transgender-identifying competitors. She said seeing the male genitalia of Lia Thomas, who swam for the University of Pennsylvania, in the locker room left her feeling violated.
“There’s a 6’4” biological man dropping his pants and watching us undress, and we were exposed to male genitalia,” she recalled. “Not even probably a year, two years ago, this would have been considered some form of sexual assault, voyeurism. But now, not even are they just allowing it to happen, it’s almost as if these large organizations are encouraging it to happen.”
Gaines has continued to advocate for women following the end of her collegiate swimming career.
“I’m speaking for every female athlete, not just myself,” Gaines said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-skewers-lia-thomas-over-trans-swimmers-latest-heartbreaking-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during an interview</a> with British broadcaster Piers Morgan in April. “I’m done competing. This isn’t about me. But I know what’s at stake if someone doesn’t use their voice. I have a younger sister. I just got married. I can only hope one day that I have a daughter and I can’t imagine being in this position and not fighting for them.”
The topic has bled into popular culture, with many popular commentators making their position on the issue clear. In March, podcaster Joe Rogan <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/joe-rogan-goes-off-transgender-female-athletes-competing-against-biological-women-f-ing-maddening" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sounded off</a> on transgender athletes.
“It’s why we have weight classes. It’s why we should have the difference between females and males competing against each other, which is why this trans athlete thing f***ing blows my mind – how many people go along with this?” Rogan said. “It just blows my mind.”

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