Conservative activist Franc Riley Gaines recalled the feeling of being “violated” by being forced to share a wardrobe with a transgender athlete.
Sheaths, now 24 years old, when he was swimming for the University of Kentucky at the 200 Yards NCAA Freestyle Championship for fifth place with the swimmer of the University of Pennsylvania Lia Thomas in 2022.
Thomas, previously known as Will Thomas, became the first transgender athlete to win a title in Division 1 of the NCAA the same year.
Gaines has been expressed in his opposition to allow Trans athletes to participate in women’s sport and has devoted the last two years to campaign on the issue.
And now she expressed herself again on the subject, raising the cover by sharing a cloakroom with Thomas.
“A 6 -foot 4 inch man was allowed to undress, to expose exposure fully. He was full naked and, of course, a few centimeters intact from where we, girls of 18, 19, 20, were completely undressed, “she told Fox News.
Riley Gaines recalled the “humiliating” experience of sharing the locker room with a trans athlete
In 2022, sheaths tied in fifth row with the Swimmer Transgender Lia Thomas (photo on the left)
“I can’t even put into words the feelings of violation. It’s humiliating. It’s embarrassing. It’s embarrassing. It is uncomfortable. But above all, I remember that I felt so betrayed by my university, by NCAA, by people I thought I had our best interest at heart. And in the blink of an eye, they threw our rights to privacy as women entirely outside the window.
“What we saw resulting from this is women, rather than going to the locker room to undress, they found other points of sale. I know that there were even several girls, several of my teammates, who chose to change in the cupboard of the concierge alongside Dirty Mops rather than being exposed and exploited to a naked man.
“So when they talk about” inclusiveness “, which is really exclusivity and what they exclude are women from the wardrobes of women.”
Thomas had contributed for the male swimming team of the UPENN of 2017 to 20 under the name of Wil before being presented to the women’s team in the fall of 2019.
She finished first during the 500 and 200 meters freestyle races at the Ivy League 2022 championships.
Meanwhile, Gaines was invited to Donald Trump’s address at the Congress on Tuesday evening when the president focused on Trans athletes in female sports.
The subject had been a large engine during his elections last November and Trump chose to highlight the story of Payton McNabb, a former high school volleyball player who ended up with brain lesions after being peak in the face by a trans opponent, during his speech.
Trump’s speech came after surrounding himself with female athletes and activists, especially sheaths, at the White House last month to sign an executive decree prohibiting the transaction of female sports.
Sheaths was one of the many female athletes and activists encouraged to the White House last month
The order uses title IX, a law against sexual discrimination in education programs funded by taxpayers, to prohibit transgender girls and women from participating in women’s school sports activities.
Trump said his new Secretary of State Marco Rubio “would clearly indicate to the International Olympic Committee” that “America categorically rejects transgender madness”.
“We want them to change everything that has to do with the Olympic Games and to see with this absolutely ridiculous subject,” continued Trump.
Commitment was one of Trump’s most popular rallying cries during the 2024 electoral campaign.
Many students and their parents expressed their concern about the opportunities that women lost because of organic men who compete their sports.
