SFSU Athletics Director blames 'gender bias' for belief trans women athletes have biological advantage

12-time NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines says she was ambushed by activists and that the local police and campus police would not help her.

San Francisco State University Athletics Director Stephanie Shrieve-Hawkins blamed "gender bias" for those upset over transgender athletes competing alongside biological women, an issue that has become increasingly concerning for some as the push for inclusivity intensifies.

"You’ll notice that especially transgender male to female is the one that people are focusing most on because it’s a gender bias in a way…" Shrieve-Hawkins said, according to an article published by the Golden Gate Express, last Friday.

"What does that say about women, that women aren’t strong?" she continued.

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Sign outside San Francisco State University. (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith )

Shrieve-Hawkins also pointed to performing arts – particularly dancing – and argued that such competitions lacked the same outrage. 

"It’s just with this athletics [perspective], we live in this society that’s so competitive," she claimed, adding that criticizing the presence of trans athletes hinders "inclusivity."

The comments come after ex-NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines' appearance on SFSU's campus as part of a "Save Women's Sports" event sponsored by Turning Point USA and the Leadership Institute sparked backlash from critics and invited protesters to lash out at her.

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Swimmer Riley Gaines is barricaded in a room at San Francisco State University after she says she was assaulted while speaking at a college event put on by a popular conservative