'She would shiv a male who took her spot': Riley Gaines calls Megan Rapinoe 'faux feminist' for opposing Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act
Riley Gaines (L) slammed Megan Rapinoe for sending a letter to the House of
Representatives, opposing the Protection of Girls and Women in Sports
Act It suggested that the proposed bill was disingenuously "claiming to protect women's sports' by pushing a trans & intersex ban."
Riley Gaines calls Rapinoe a hypocrite
The former University of Kentucky swimmer who was attacked by trans activists last week inferred Rapinoe was a hypocrite in supporting trans women. "It's worth noting that 1) you are done playing sports competitively and 2) because you aren't sexually attracted to men, you will never have a daughter to defend. To me, this simply looks like virtue signaling because you have nothing to personally lose," Gaines wrote on Twitter. "I can respect opinions that differ from my own and everyone is entitled to think/speak independently, but I can't help but think Megan Rapinoe would genuinely shiv any male who tried to take her spot on the US Women's National Team."
Rapinoe and other female athletes co-signed letter sent to House of Representatives
According to SI, Rapinoe, alongside several other female athletes, co-signed a letter sent to House of Representatives lawmakers Monday, April 10, 2023. "We believe that gender equity in sport is critical, which is why we urge policymakers to turn their attention and effort to the causes women athletes have been fighting for decades, including equal pay, an end to abuse and mistreatment, uneven implementation of Title IX, and a lack of access and equity for girls of color and girls with disabilities, to name only a few," the letter read. "Our deepest hope is that transgender and intersex kids will never have to feel the isolation, exclusion and othering that H.R. 734 is seeking to enshrine into law," it further read.
Biological men would be prohibited from participating in girls' or women's sports under HR 734, otherwise known as the Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act. Rapinoe's position on the matter is particularly concerning due to the rise of trans women such as Thomas illustrating a superior physical ability to that of biological women. The former University of Pennsylvania men's swimmer became the first transgender person to win an NCAA swimming title. Rapinoe was part of the then-world champion USA Women's National Team who lost 5-2 to the U15 MLS academy team, FC Dallas in 2015.
Rapinoe still plays professionally for WSL side OL Reign and has long been a supporter of women's sports. "What we know is how successful women's sports have been in the face of discrimination, in the face of lack of investment in every level in comparison to men," Rapinoe said back in 2021, according to Daily Mail. "Men have run the world for all these years, maybe they should just take a few hundred years off and we can just take it for a few hundred years and we’ll see where we are," she told The Guardian in 2019.
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