TikTok reportedly removes then reinstates Riley Gaines reaction video to non-binary activist

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines discusses North Carolina’s ban on transgender athletes from female sports on ‘The Story.’

A recent TikTok video from Riley Gaines was allegedly removed for violating community guidelines, according to the former NCAA All-American swimmer on Friday.

Gaines claimed the social media site removed a video of her eating cereal in reaction to a non-binary TikTok user listing out pronouns and other identities. 

"Hi there. I’m Cody. Pronouns are e/em/eir/eirs/ or xe/xem/xyr/xyrs or really any neopronouns that aren’t ze/hir/hirs. I am a white transmaculine femme non-binary temporary mostly able-bodied neurodivergent obsessive compulsive chronically ill culturally Jewish Unitarian Universalist nonmonogamous demilowromantic greydemibisexual survivor of acute and complex trauma millennial and cat parent in mental health recovery," Cody said.

"Poor cat," Gaines wrote in a post that included the video on X, formerly known as Twitter, on August 3rd. 

Riley Gaines, American competitive swimmer, speaks before Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis at the Greenville Convention Center on Friday, June 2, 2023. (MCKENZIE LANGE/ Staff / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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Fifteen days later, Gaines shared that TikTok removed the video.

"This video just got removed from my tik tok for violating community guidelines but I literally didn't say a word," Gaines posted.

The video was then reinstated on Sunday after Fox News Digital reached out for a comment. TikTok did not respond to questions about why the video was originally removed.

While it is unclear which of the community guidelines Gaines’ video