A group of brave female collegiate athletes, led by former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, has taken a stand against the NCAA and its destructive policies promoting transgenderism in sports. These policies violate the civil rights of female athletes, as outlined in Title IX, and have caused harm and unfairness in the world of athletics.
In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gaines and 14 other current and former collegiate athletes are demanding a change to the rules that would make it so that biological males are no longer allowed to compete against female athletes. They are also asking for the revocation of awards given to trans athletes and for them to be reassigned to their female competitors.
Gaines made the announcement on social media, stating, “[I]t’s official! I’m suing the NCAA along with 15 other collegiate athletes who have lost out on titles, records, & roster spots to men posing as women.” She went on to add, “The NCAA continues to explicitly violate the federal civil rights law of Title IX. About time someone did something about it.”
Gaines, a highly decorated swimmer in her own right, had her college career cut short due to the NCAA’s policy of allowing men pretending to be women to compete against female athletes. She expressed frustration and disappointment in an interview, saying, “It feels like that final spot was taken away from me because of the NCAA’s decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete.”
Her sentiments were echoed by her fellow plaintiff, former Virginia Tech University swimmer Reka Gyorgy, who described the experience of sharing a locker room with a male competitor as “scary” and “uncomfortable.” She also questioned whether she belonged in that environment, stating, “I had the question in myself that, ‘Am I in the right — am I at the right place?’”
Gaines also highlighted the violation of their First Amendment rights in the growing transgender movement, saying, “Our promises, endowed by the Constitution, of free speech were entirely violated.” She also pointed out the absurdity of having to attend training sessions to learn how to use “she/her” pronouns and being forced to repeat the training if they did not adhere to the standards set by the NCAA.
It is clear that this movement and its authoritarian demands have gone too far and are infringing upon the rights and safety of women in sports. The brave plaintiffs in this lawsuit are standing up for what is right and we must support them in their fight against this destructive ideology.
It is time for universities and other institutions to stop pandering to the demands of the transgender movement and start protecting the rights of female athletes. God bless Gaines, Gyorgy, and the other plaintiffs for their courage in taking a stand against this harmful and unjust trend.