A group of women gathered outside the NCAA Convention on Thursday to protest rules allowing transgender women to compete as women.
A group of women, including several former college athletes, gathered outside the NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday to protest the college sports authority’s rules allowing transgender women to compete against natural-born female athletes.
The group was led by former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, one of the few to openly protest against transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas without hiding behind anonymity as many others did at the time. Gaines competed against Thomas in the 2022 NCAA finals and felt it was unfair to allow Thomas, who was born a man, to overpower his female opponents and knock them out of place in the competition.
“Today, we intend to personally tell the NCAA to stop discriminating against female athletes by handing them a petition that we have garnered nearly 10,000 signatures on in just a couple of days,” GainesOther speakers at the rally included Marshi Smith, a former NCAA athlete and co-founder of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports. Smith spoke of a letter her group has sent to the NCAA demanding that the trans athlete rules be changed.
“To avoid legal action, the NCAA must comply with civil rights law immediately,” the letter states before adding the group’s conditions. Repealing all policies and rules that allow male athletes to take roster spots on women’s teams and/or compete in women’s events;Requiring colleges to provide single-sex locker rooms for female athletes.
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