On Thursday, current and former NCAA female athletes, coaches, and parents have planned a rally outside of the 2024 NCAA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, to demand that the organization refuse to allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
The 4th annual “Our Bodies, Our Sports” rally will include the Independent Women’s Forum, the Women’s Liberation Front, Concerned Women for America, as well as former collegiate swimmers Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan, both of whom have recently become anti-trans activists, speaking out against transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.
“Female athletes work our entire lives to compete in sports, only to have the NCAA destroy our even playing field. This devalues female athletes and women in general,” Gaines said in a release ahead of the event. “Sex-based categories are important for competitive sports just like age classifications and weight categories. We are asking very little of the NCAA. Maintain the fairness necessary for competition and safety.”
The theme of the rally is “We Won’t Back Down,” according to the release. The release also claims that the goal of the rally is to “stop discrimination” against women. Ironically enough, they seem to be trying to achieve this goal by discriminating against transgender women.
