Twelve-time All-American swimmer Riley Gaines — a woman — is condemning ESPN for promoting a transgender athlete in a segment celebrating Women’s History Month.
“In 2022, swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I Championship by winning the 500 Freestyle,” the narrator stated alongside video of Lia Thomas, a male who began identifying as transgender and competing on the women’s swimming team for the University of Pennsylvania. “The Texas native competed for three seasons on the men’s swim team at the University of Pennsylvania.”
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Thomas said in the video that identifying as transgender “was not a choice,” adding, “People will say, ‘Oh, she just transitioned so she would have an advantage so she could win. I transitioned to be happy.”In a tweet of her own, Gaines lambasted ESPN for featuring […]
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