Former college swimmer Riley Gaines received a less-than-warm welcome from Penn State University as she kicked off the first Real Women's Day.
Riley Gaines, an advocate for single-sex women’s sports, kicked off the inaugural Real Women’s Day with a rally at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Former college swimmer Riley Gaines received a less-than-warm welcome from Penn State University as she kicked off the first Real Women’s Day.
“We have people flipping tables and being arrested and protesting — for what?” Ms. Gaines told the crowd outside the Henderson Building on the campus in State College, Pennsylvania. “Again, let me reiterate: for saying men are men and women are women.” Ms. Gaines, who tied for fifth with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA Division I women’s swimming championships, urged people to stop using “biological male” to refer to men who identify as women.
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