According to the report, in her talk Gaines “repeatedly misgendered transgender athletes,” including University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas against whom Gaines competed in the NCAA swimming championships.<\/p>\n
\u201cMen are men, women are women,” Gaines said. “There are only two sexes. You can\u2019t change your sex and each sex is deserving of equal opportunities.”<\/p>\n
Gaines said that being called “transphobic” has \u201cliterally no meaning\u201d to her — she considers it a “term of endearment.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI think if we\u2019re labeling pro-woman as anti-trans, wouldn\u2019t that inherently mean pro-trans is anti-woman?” Gaines asked. “I\u2019m most certainly pro-woman and I\u2019m not advocating for the exclusion of trans athletes.You just compete where it is fair and where it\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
MORE:<\/strong> Riley Gaines: Penn State canceled my \u2018Real Women\u2019s Day\u2019 speech<\/a><\/p>\n Chastity Bowick of the Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts told Big Trans Party protesters to \u201ccontinue letting your voices be heard [and] your faces be seen.”<\/p>\n “[T]hat is the only way that we\u2019re going to create concrete change for our trans youth,\u201d Bowick said.<\/p>\n But unlike Lia Thomas, Bailar made the less advantageous sporting decision in college: Although originally recruited by Harvard’s women’s swim team, Bailar decided to swim with the men<\/a> knowing the competition would be a lot tougher. For example, the Ivy League women’s record for Bailar’s main event, the 100 meter breaststroke, would rank as only the 21st best time in the men’s competition.<\/p>\n Recently, the tech platform Eventbrite refused to allow<\/a> Gaines to use its site to manage tickets for her appearance at the University of California Davis. The company claimed the event violated its community guidelines\/terms of service against “disparaging,” etc. groups based on various “actual or perceived” identity characteristics.<\/p>\n Oddly enough, Eventbrite’s guidelines and TOS don’t appear to apply to pro-Hamas events.<\/p>\n MORE:<\/strong> TikTok removes College Fix video of leftists flipping table at Riley Gaines event<\/a><\/p>\n Last chance to support student journalists<\/span><\/a> during our Back to School fundraising campaign! We’re very close to our goal of $25,000. The deadline for the matching offer is quickly approaching so please donate by Oct. 31<\/span><\/a> to help us meet the goal. Thank you!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n IMAGES: Riley Gaines\/Facebook; Schuyler Bailar\/X<\/p>\n ![\"Image\"](\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1478215554943041538\/zZ0LKTDF_400x400.jpg\")
Former Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailar (pictured)<\/em>, a biological woman who transitioned to a man, told protesters that “people like her are happening because [transgender people] are making progress, right? [W]e\u2019re more visible than we ever were before. Because we actually are striving for more than what the box is that they put us in.\u201d<\/p>\n