Riley Gaines called the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s (PWHL) Pride Night “brainwashing” and compared it to “Nazi propaganda in Germany.”
The irate former NCAA swimmer shared a message from an audience member who attended a PWHL game between Ottawa and Boston on Wednesday night at TD Place in Canada.
In her message, Michelle Alleva recounted her experience, saying: “Before the match, the audience was invited to read the following commitment out loud together.”
“Part of the intention is to train the audience (which was full of young girls) to accept boys in their sports and vilify those who don’t,” she continued.
Gaines called the game “crazy” and wrote, “Literal brainwashing.” This is equivalent to the propaganda spread in Nazi Germany.
Riley Gaines called the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s (PWHL) Pride Night “brainwashing” and compared it to “Nazi propaganda in Germany.”
The irate former NCAA swimmer shared a message from an audience member who attended a PWHL game between Ottawa and Boston on Wednesday night at TD Place in Canada.
The Pride Night game in Ottawa follows a similarly themed game in Boston last week (pictured), where fans waved flags and held signs to celebrate the game between Boston and Toronto.
In a photo shared by Alleva, what was dubbed ‘Sport A Rainbow Pledge’ was displayed on the big screen before the match.
It reads: “By wearing a rainbow, I understand that all athletes, coaches and competitors deserve to participate in sport without judgment.
“I will help by speaking out against hateful speech and actions in my sport. Because it’s not just a game’
It was part of the first Pride Night game hosted by PWHL Ottawa on Wednesday, promoting inclusion and diversity in the sport.
According to Alleva, almost everyone in the audience participated in the engagement and no one protested.
Footage shared by PWHL Ottawa on X shows athletes and coaches donning T-shirts, scarves, sneakers and socks, all in rainbow colors, as they enter the arena.
Even the ice hockey sticks were covered in LGBTQ rainbow fabric.
It was part of the first Pride Night game hosted by PWHL Ottawa on Wednesday, promoting inclusion and diversity in the sport.
Fans waved flags and held signs to celebrate “Pride Night” during Boston’s game against Toronto last week.
The Pride Night game in Ottawa follows a similarly themed game in Boston last week, where fans waved flags and held signs to celebrate the game between Boston and Toronto.
Jamie Lee Rattray, Sport A Rainbow Foundation ambassador and Boston player, said after the game, “It was really cool to see all the rainbow signs and all the representation here tonight.”
Gaines has been an outspoken critic of allowing biological males to compete with females.
She competed against Lia Thomas, a biological male who identifies as female, who won the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships.
DailyMail.com previously reported that Gaines was among 16 female athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA for violating the federal Title IX civil rights law.
The combination centers on Thomas, who competed as a man as recently as 2019, and whose ranking improved significantly following his gender transition.
DailyMail.com previously reported that Gaines was among 16 female athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA for violating the federal Title IX civil rights law.
The federal lawsuit, the first of its kind, centers around Lia Thomas, seen with Gaines, who won the 2022 NCAA swimming championships as a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiffs are seen from top to bottom, left to right: Kylee Alons, Katie Blankenship, Réka György and Julianna Morrow; and (bottom left to right): Lily Mullens, Kate Pearson, Carter Satterfield and Kaitlynn Wheeler
Three months after Thomas’ victory, World Aquatics banned transgender women. At that time, US Swimming had already introduced strict transgender regulations in March 2022, which critics said fell short of a ban.
However, the NCAA continues to allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports, sparking outrage among activists and swimmers.
The lawsuit claims Thomas’ victory and participation in the event represented a violation of Title IX, which gives women the right to equal opportunity in sports.
It calls on the NCAA to change its rules to make biological males ineligible to compete against female athletes and to revoke all awards given to trans athletes in women’s competitions and give them to their female competitors.
Additionally, the suit seeks “damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress, suffering and anxiety, expense charges, and other damages due to Defendants’ wrongful conduct.”
Other plaintiffs include former North Carolina State swimmer Kylee Alons, current Virginia Tech swimmer Réka György, and Kaitlynn Wheeler, who swam for the University of Kentucky, as did Gaines.
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