Piers Morgan calls trans athletes participation in women's sports 'grotesquely unfair,' calls for boycotts

Piers Morgan and Riley Gaines discuss female athletes boycotting events that feature trans participation on OutKick's "Girls for Gaines" podcast.

British journalist Piers Morgan slammed transgender athletes' participation in women’s sports as "grotesquely unfair" during an appearance on OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast, adding that women should boycott events with trans athletes all together. 

The Fox Nation host told former NCAA Division 1 swimmer Riley Gaines that while some world sports governing bodies have implemented bans on trans athletes in women’s sports, a boycott would prompt the biggest change. 

Riley Gaines gives a speech at Penn State. (Riley Gaines)

"I actually think, right now, every female competitor in women’s sport in the world should just refuse to compete against trans athletes. Not because they’re transphobic, because they want to protect women’s rights to fairness. And if they all did that one day, this ends."

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Morgan said separately that his issue with the participation of trans athletes in women’s sports is primarily focused on what it means for women’s rights. 

"In every sport now you’re seeing this creeping erosion of women’s rights to fairness and equality," he continued. "I have no problem with trans people. People want to transition or identify as something they weren't born as, fine. But what you can’t do in your pursuit of your own rights to fairness and quality is erode the rights of women’s fairness and equality rights. And that’s what we’re seeing and it has to stop." 

Piers Morgan speaks during  PROMAXBDA 2013 at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on June 20, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Joe Kohen/Getty Images)

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