Riley Gaines dares supporters to take public stance rather than “private thanks” following advocacy of fair women’s sports

Riley Gaines, a vocal supporter of women’s sports, challenged her supporters who have been supporting her from the shadows to come forth and do so.

<strong>Riley Gaines dares supporters to take public stance rather than “private thanks” following advocacy of fair women’s sports</strong>

Riley Gaines [Image Credit: Sportskeeda]

Ex-Kentucky star swimmer Riley Gaines recently made headlines for daring her supporters to come out of their shadows. She asked them to support her upfront in her war for the fairness of women’s sports. On Wednesday in an interview with ‘America Reports’, Riley recalled one of her past unfair experiences with Lia Thomas.

Riley talked about how she and her teammates were forced to be exposed to Lia’s “male genitalia” in the women’s locker room after a meet. She called on NCAA to establish separate locker rooms to avoid situations like this. Last year Riley and Lia both tied at NCAA Championships, bringing forth a storm of arguments.

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She has ever since been a vocal supporter of fairness in women’s sports. Her stance has kept the participation of transgender women from competing against biological females in competitions. Undoubtedly, her acts called forth public support and appreciation both on and offline platforms.

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Related: “Dropped HIS pants,” Riley Gaines reveals how Lia Thomas exposed her ‘Male Genitalia’ in women’s locker room

Riley Gaines recalls her discomfort in sharing locker room with Lia Thomas

Lia Thomas and Riley Gaines [Image Credit: Washington Times/National Review]
Lia Thomas and Riley Gaines [Image Credit: Washington Times/National Review]

Recently, Riley Gaines called out her supporters stating they should come out and publicly acknowledge their own stance rather than offering “private thanks”. According to her, there are people who personally backed her but won’t support her upfront. 

She called out for people to come out of their shadows and vocalize their stance on sensitive matters like equality in women’s sports. Riley tweeted on Tuesday, “At first, I felt honored when elite (both female and male) athletes thanked me for taking a public stance on having male-bodied athletes in women’s sports and locker rooms”.

“Now I realize these private thanks make them responsible for this continuing and advancing as it has.” While attending President Biden’s State of the Union she called out Biden’s advocacy as “gender ideology propaganda”.

She goes on to question the administration which is allegedly pushing more transgender females to participate in women’s sports, stating, “I am truthfully intrigued as to how he will address the state of our nation. What is the state of our nation? What’s the condition of it?”, according to Fox News.

She told ‘America Reports’ about Lia Thomas’ locker room case, “We were not forewarned beforehand that we would be sharing a locker room with Lia. We did not give our consent, they did not ask for our consent…” 

According to Riley, the locker room filled with discomfort as they were surprised to see Lia changing there, exposing his “male genitalia”, “a 6’4″ biological man dropping his pants and watching us undress”.

The locker room incident for Riley was far “worse” than the competition where both tied for a place. She points out the colleges and organizations stating, “they just allowing it to happen, it’s almost as if these large organizations are encouraging it to happen.”

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