Riley Gaines says blockage of Biden admin's Title IX changes is a 'huge win for humanity'

OutKick contributor Riley Gains and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares react to federal judges blocking President Biden's new Title IX rules in 10 states on 'America Reports.'

A U.S. district court in Kentucky on Monday halted the implementation of the Biden administration's new Title IX protections for transgender individuals in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia.

OutKick's "Gaines for Girls" podcast host, and former NCAA swimmer, Riley Gaines said the ruling is a "huge win for humanity."

"This is a huge win for women and girls, but really what this is is a huge win for humanity. It’s a win for objective truth," Gaines said on Fox News Channel's "America Reports" on Tuesday. 

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Riley Gaines attends the DailyWire+ Red Carpet Premiere of "Lady Ballers" on November 29, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Davis/Getty Images for Bentkey Ventures)

Gaines began fighting for fairness in women's sports after transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who Gaines went up against, won a Division I title in 2022.

"I’ve been more hopeful these past few weeks than I have been at any point these last two years that I have so unapologetically and firmly taken this stand. … I feel very hopeful. I think the gender ideology house of cards is crumbling fast."

Gaines, the director of the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, relived the "traumatizing" experience of not only racing against Thomas, but being naked beside the trans swimmer in the locker room.

"To put it in plain words, it felt like betrayal. It felt like an utter violation, and truly, it was traumatizing," she said. "A 6-foot-4 man fully naked, fully intact, fully exposing himself,