DOUBLE FAULT: Riley Gaines calls out tennis legends over their silence in trans sports debate.
NCAA All-American and former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines talks putting 'pressure' on celebrity women athletes and the Olympic Committee to speak on unfair physical advantages with transgender competitors.tweeted for prominent women athletes to speak on the transgender sports debate, the swimmer has perceived the silence is in fear of "cancel culture."
"Women are depending, girls are depending on these women with platforms and with influence to take a stance on this, so changes can ultimately be made," Gaines told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney on Thursday.that she would be tagging "well-known female athletes" for each day this week, stating "silence is complicity" on the issue of biological males competing in women’s sports.
First up: tennis sisters Serena and Venus Williams. Though they haven’t responded yet, Gaines noted she wants them to feel "pressured to take a stand" against the potential physical advantages biological men have against women.
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