Riley joined the Kentucky swim team, paid her tuition, and became a champion, choosing to repay her debts through hard work and responsibility.

At first, I felt honored when elite (both female and male) athletes thanked me for taking a public stance on having male-bodied athletes in women’s sports and locker rooms.’
She did not name any of the athletes who had thanked her, but went on to demand they break their silence.

‘Now I realize these private thanks make them responsible for this continuing and advancing as it has,’ Gaines added.Gaines is a rising star on the conservative speaking circuit, having recently been on a panel discussion hosted by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to keep student athletes who are born biological males out of women’s sports.

She was McClain’s guest because, in the Congresswoman’s words, she’s ‘a courageous, young woman…fighting against the universities…standing up for my daughters. That is an amazing story to tell’.

The Kentucky alum is also scheduled to be a guest speaker at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.

The 23-year-old became an activist against transgender women participating on female sports teams after she was forced to go head-to-head with University of Pennsylvania swimmer