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What It’s Like to Compete Against Lia Thomas, a Biological Male

In this episode of Counterculture, Danielle discusses the unfairness of allowing males to apply for female scholarships, compete in women’s sports competitions, enter women’s beauty pageants, and more. Danielle interviews athlete Riley Gaines about what it was like to compete against biological male Lia Thomas and tie for first place. Gaines details the first time…


[PREMIERING 7/01 at 4 PM ET]: What It’s Like to Compete Against Lia Thomas, a Biological Male

In this episode of Counterculture, Danielle discusses the unfairness of allowing males to apply for female scholarships, compete in women’s sports competitions, enter women’s beauty pageants, and more. Danielle interviews athlete Riley Gaines about what it was like to compete against biological male Lia Thomas and tie for first place. Gaines details the first time…


Riley Gaines: Defending Female Athletes

Commentary This week marks the 51st anniversary of the enactment of Title IX, the historic federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex at federally funded educational institutions. The passage of Title IX in 1972 significantly expanded opportunities for women in education and in competitive sports. As a result, participation in female…


Beyond the Absurd: When Your Mother Encounters a Naked Man in the Change Room at the Public Pool

Commentary For years my mother has gone swimming several times per week at her local pool in Ottawa. The pool is a central part of her life, but recently her once-innocuous activity became unsafe. About two months ago, my mother finished her swim and went to the women’s change room to shower. Afterwards she wrapped…


Poll Finds Growing Opposition to Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports

The percentage of Americans opposed to biological males competing in women’s sports has grown over the past two years, according to recent Gallup polling results. Overall, 69 percent of respondents in a May Gallup poll said athletes should only be able to compete according to their birth gender; a seven-point increase since May of 2021…


Riley Gaines Recalls Being Barricaded and Assaulted, Calls Out Karine Jean-Pierre

Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) questioned Riley Gaines, a spokeswoman of the Independent Women’s Forum, at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing held last week. During the questioning, Gaines recalled being held hostage by hundreds of people who tried to stop her from giving a speech. She also said that the protesters kept chanting, and the…


‘Women Are in Jeopardy’ When Men Infiltrate Their Locker Rooms and Sports, Says Activist Riley Gaines

Women feel threatened by men in their sports and locker rooms, no matter with which gender the men  “identify,” says college-swimming-star-turned-activist Riley Gaines. Yet, some states recently have addressed this situation with laws to protect women’s spaces and sports. And that’s “really good news,” she said. But the fight is far from over. Gaines, who…


LIVE NOW: Riley Gaines, Women Sports Advocate Rallies With Reps. for Women’s Bill of Rights

Riley Gaines, Independent Women’s Voice spokeswoman, and former 12x All-American swimmer, joins Reps. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), Burgess Owens (R-Utah), and other members of Congress in a press conference at 9:15 a.m. ET on May 17 to advocate for the passage…


Riley Gaines, Women Sports Advocate Rallies With Reps. for Women’s Bill of Rights

Riley Gaines, Independent Women’s Voice spokeswoman, and former 12x All-American swimmer, joins Reps. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), Burgess Owens (R-Utah), and other members of Congress in a press conference at 9:15 a.m. ET on May 17 to advocate for the passage…


Riley Gaines Details ‘Traumatic’ Experience of Being ‘Held Against Her Will’ by Protesters Who ‘Demanded Ransom’

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines has detailed her “traumatic” experience of being physically assaulted and held against her will at San Francisco State University (SFSU) last month after giving a speech on the “injustices” surrounding women’s participation in sports. Gaines told members of Congress during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on May 16 that she…