Riley Gaines: 'The rewrite of Title IX is an abomination'

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines gave an emotional opening statement at the Senate hearing on ‘Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.’

Riley Gaines blasted the Biden administration’s proposal to amend Title IX to include regulations on transgender issues in schools during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., asked Gaines about what it meant to her to be able to participate in team sports and the value playing sports has had on her life. The former Kentucky swimming star detailed the hard work that went into becoming a top swimmer in Division I athletics.

Gaines then used part of her time to talk about the proposed Title IX revisions.

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"The rewrite of Title IX is an abomination. It’s equating sex to gender identity, which means men would live in dorm rooms with women," Gaines said. "Men would have full access to bathrooms, changing areas, locker rooms. Men could join sororities, which we’re seeing happening. It’s happening at the University of Wyoming. Men can take academic and athletic scholarships away from women. In this new rewrite, it’s actually sexual harassment if you misgender a trans-identified individual. It’s sexual harassment that if you’re in a dorm room and you’re a woman and you feel uncomfortable sharing this room and you complain and asked to be moved – you’re guilty of sexual harassment."

Under the department’s proposed rule, no school or college that receives federal funding would be allowed to impose a "one-size-fits-all" policy that categorically bans