The movement against transgender athletes in female and girls sports supported the majority of Americans, politicians in power and even a niche consumer market. Now, one of the leaders in this movement is calling for reinforcements of great stars.
The former NCAA swimmer and conservative influencer Riley Gaines was one of the most active defenders in the movement, going back to her infamous transgender Lia Thomas swimmer at the NCAA 2022 championships. In 2024, Gaines became the first brand ambassador for the brand of activist sports clothing XX-BYLETICS.
The brand has acquired importance and profitability by becoming the first sports clothing company dedicated to the promotion of activism against transgender inclusion in female sports. He also created financial incentives for female college athletes across the country to take a stand on the issue by signing with the brand.
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Gaines thinks that two stars can help propel the brand and movement to new heights.
“People who, I think, would be essential to this movement are, of course, people like Caitlin Clark, people like Simone Biles, which, I think, is definitely a section, but these are women who have broken the glass ceilings and break barriers, who are models of young girls across the country,” said Gains à PK Press Club Digital in an exclusive interview.
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“To make them categorically say that they [trans athletes] Did not belong to female sports, the problem would be solved at all levels, as yesterday, if they were willing to do so. “”
Gaines said that it was “not as far as distant” that it may seem due to a change in culture among Americans to protect women and girls from transgender athletes.
The founder of XX-Sox, Jennifer Sey, a former American and executive gymnast of Levi, addressed Gaines’ Pitch to Clark and Biles in a statement to PK Press Club Digital.
“We always encourage more female athletes to join the fight. And we would like to work with anyone who defends the integrity of female sports. We are in constant conversations with those who have risen or who plan to do so,” said Sey. “We think it ends when athletes defend female sports in large numbers.”
Sey previously told Fox Business that his brand had exceeded a seven -digit profit in its first 10 months in 2024, but she still thinks that her brand lacks a female athlete superstar as an ambassador of the brand.
“There is no high -level competitive female athlete or female coach defended the protection of female sports,” said Sey.
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“We have no high -level athletes in competition that have spoken. I think it is an illustration of how far we have to go. It should be normal for them to get up and say:” I will fight for the protection of female sports “, and yet they have not done so because I think many of them are afraid of being called terrible names.”
Gaines and Sey say that the brand is “in talks” with eminent female athletes, including the Olympians.
“They are in preparation and (there are) conversations with many incredible, Olympian and beyond athletes,” said Gaines.
A recent New York Times / Ipsos survey Found that the vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, do not think that transgender athletes should be allowed to participate in female sports.
“Thinking about Transgender female athletes – which means athletes who were male at birth but who currently identify themselves as a woman – do you think they should or should not be allowed to compete in female sports? “Asked the investigation.
Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said that biological men who identify themselves as women should not be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 1,025 people who have identified as a democrats or who lean a democrat, 67% said that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
According to a Gallup poll Last year.
In June 2024, an investigation Led by Norc at the University of Chicago Asked the respondents if the transgender athletes of both sexes should be allowed to participate in sports leagues that correspond to their favorite gender identity instead of their biological gender. In this survey, 65% replied that he should never or rarely be authorized. When those questioned were questioned specifically about adult transgender female athletes who participate in female sports, 69% opposed this.
Caitlin Clark, Riley Gaines and Simone Biles (Imagn)
However, the resistance to transfeding transposition in female sports caused harassment and even crime against the athletes involved in the movement, including the ambassadors of the XX-XX athletics brand.
The former co-captain of female volleyball at the State University of San Jose, Brooke Slusser, who signed with the brand after denouncing his school and the NCAA, quoting her experience with her Balaire Fleming teammate in the fall, told PK Press Club Digital that she was to leave the this semester after being harassed and threatened for her convictions.
The former assistant coach of the Slusser SJSU, Melissa Batie-Smose, who appeared in the recent advertisement “We See You Ncaa” of XX-LEX ATHLETICS, made her house shoot in February and estimated that she was targeted for denouncing the alleged favoritism of the University of Fleming.
“It’s crazy what we saw on the other side,” said Gaines. “But he doesn’t have the starter that it happened once.”
