Last week, a federal court determined that a West Virginia law banning transgender women from women’s sports violated Title IX, which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities. And anti-trans activist Riley Gaines is not happy about it.
Riley Gaines, who has made an entire career out of speaking out against transgender athletes after she tied for fifth place with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in an NCAA Championship meet, wrote a lengthy response to the court decision for Fox News this week.
“We used to take it for granted that when young women chose to step up to the plate or dive into the pool, they’d be competing fairly against other women. Sadly, common sense has become less common, as males have self-identified their way into women’s locker rooms, prisons and athletic competitions across the country. That’s why West Virginians stepped up in 2021 to protect athletic opportunities for girls and women by passing H.B. 3293, which simply clarifies that only females would be permitted to participate in female scholastic athletics,” Gaines wrote for Fox News.
“But just days ago, the Fourth Circuit, picking up on arguments coming straight from the Biden administration, ludicrously found that keeping women’s sports all-female violates Title IX. This is a view that the Biden administration has since codified with its final Title IX regulation rewrite, which was released April 19.”
Gaines went on to argue why she thinks the decision is unfair and blamed the Joe Biden administration for the federal court decision.
[Fox News]
