Riley Gaines Talks To WV Girls About Transgender Athlete Protest: 'Not Transphobic, Doing What's Right'

Last month, a United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia law that bars biological boys from competing on girls' sports teams cannot be enforced with regard to a 13-year-old who competes on the girls' track and field team at the athlete's middle school.

The athlete was allowed to continue competing following the ruling, and five girls from an opposing school "stepped out" of the ensuing track meet to protest the inclusion of that athlete – a meet in which the transgender athlete won the shot put event.

The five girls who protested were subsequently suspended for the next track and field meet by their head coach. The West Virginia Attorney General filed a lawsuit on their behalf, and the court ruled that the girls must be allowed to compete. 

It's since come out, in a separate lawsuit, that a teammate of the transgender athlete alleges sexual harassment from the transgender athlete, including very graphic and sexual remarks towards female teammates. 

On the latest episode of "Gaines for Girls" – an OutKick podcast hosted by Riley Gaines, the most prominent voice in the country for protecting women's sports – Gaines spoke to four of the five girls who protested during that West Virginia middle school track and field meet. 

Riley Gaines and Emmy Salerno, one of five West Virginia middle school athletes who protested the inclusion of a transgender (biological male) opponent at a track and field meet.

The girls say that they do not regret their actions and encourage other women and girls to do the same. 

"A lot of schools from our district started saying things about it, saying that we shouldn't have done that and that we're just letting our teammates down," one of the girls said. "And we pretty much