{"id":1844236,"date":"2023-02-12T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844236"},"modified":"2023-02-12T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T14:41:19","slug":"former-kentucky-swimmer-riley-gaines-accuses-ncaa-of-encouraging-sexual-assault-and-voyeurism-by-allowing-men-to-expose-themselves-to-female-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-kentucky-swimmer-riley-gaines-accuses-ncaa-of-encouraging-sexual-assault-and-voyeurism-by-allowing-men-to-expose-themselves-to-female-swimmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kentucky Swimmer Riley Gaines Accuses NCAA of Encouraging Sexual Assault and Voyeurism by Allowing Men To Expose Themselves To Female Swimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-kentucky-swimmer-riley-gaines-accuses-ncaa-of-encouraging-sexual-assault-and-voyeurism-by-allowing-men-to-expose-themselves-to-female-swimmers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11731777\/Trans-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-dropped-pants-exposed-male-genitalia-womens-locker-room.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines is a University of Kentucky swimmer<\/a> She has advocated for separate locker rooms in the NCAA for women swimming against transgender athletes. This is an opinion she held since Lia Thomas (real name William Thomas) was granted the same privileges for female athletes. She repeated the same allegation this week while campaigning for different locker rooms at the NCAA for transgender female swimmers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Riley-Gaines-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-768x410-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-480x256-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-600x320-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Riley-Gaines-750x401-1.jpg 750w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riley Gaines via Kentucky Wildcats TV YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Gaines, a 12-time All-American, she and her teammates were exposed to Thomas\u2019 \u201cmale genitalia\u201d After a meeting, you will be in the locker room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe were not forewarned beforehand that we would be sharing a locker room with Lia,\u201d Gaines told\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">American Reports<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. \u201cWe did not give our consent. They did not ask for our consent, but in that locker room, we turned around, and a 6-foot-4 biological man was dropping his pants and watching us undress, and we were exposed to male genitalia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThat, to me, was worse than the competition piece,\u201d Gaines claimed that her locker-room allegation was true. \u201cNot even probably a year, two years ago, this would have been considered some form of sexual assault, voyeurism. But now not even are they just allowing it to happen, it\u2019s almost as if these large organizations are encouraging it to happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-1340x712-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-768x408-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-480x256-1.png 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-600x320-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-750x398-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-9.28.18-AM-1200x638-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riley Gaines at CPAC-2022 via The Independent YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/riley-gaines-testifies-that-ncaa-allowed-man-to-expose-himself-to-her-at-swimming-championships-denounces-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines testifies that NCAA allowed man to expose himself to her at the Swimming Championships.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time, Gaines claimed Thomas exposed himself to other female athletes. In September 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/ncaa-champion-female-swimmer-we-protect-girls-women-biden-destruction-title-ix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In an opinion piece for Fox News, she wrote<\/a>, \u201cUnder Title IX, women are entitled to their own locker rooms so that we can be vulnerable and change in private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She elaborated: \u201cYet at the NCAA Championships, I saw a 6\u20194\u2033 biological male exposing male parts in our women\u2019s locker room. To be perfectly clear, the anatomy I and many other women were forced to view, confirms Thomas is a male.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.06.44-PM-e1675274912406.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.06.44-PM-e1675274912406.png 750w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-01-at-12.06.44-PM-e1675274912406-300x152.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riley Gaines via Huckabee, TBN YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thomas completed his higher education at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> During college, Thomas competed on both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s swim teams, making history in March 2022 as the first openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/17\/sports\/lia-thomas-swimmer-wins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division I wins transgender athlete<\/a> national championship in any sport after taking first place in the women\u2019s 500-yard freestyle event.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1-750x422-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lia-Thomas-via-NCAA-Championships-1-1200x675-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Thomas via NCAA Championships, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many were shocked when transgender athletes were told they could only follow the rules of a 2010 policy. Under this policy, it\u2019s required that male-to-female transgender athletes have less than ten nanomoles per liter of testosterone in their blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Research on the athletic performance and elite levels of transgender people has been limited. Several studies were published prior to the Olympic Games. These studies showed that biological men who successfully transitioned even with suppressed testosterone were more successful than their female counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.06.01-12.35-boundingintosports-62975d0493af8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1219\" height=\"632\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Thomas as Lia Thomas via NCAA Championships YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/university-of-kentucky-swimmer-riley-gaines-on-lia-thomas-being-nominated-as-woman-of-the-year-its-another-slap-in-the-face-to-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University Of Kentucky Swimmer Riley Gains From Lia Thomas Being Nominated For Woman Of the Year \u201cIt\u2019s Another Slap In The Face To Women\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/macdonaldlaurier.ca\/files\/pdf\/Dec2021_Fair_game_Pike_Hilton_Howe_PAPER_FWeb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the MacDonald Laurier Institute\u2019s Fair<\/a>, \u201cfor trans women who have successfully suppressed testosterone for 12 months, the extent of muscle\/strength loss is only an approximate (and modest) -5% after 12 months,\u201d According to the authors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cTestosterone suppression does not remove the athletic advantage acquired under high testosterone conditions at puberty, while the male musculoskeletal advantage is retained.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News-750x422-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lia-Thomas-via-ABC-News-1200x675-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Thomas via ABC News YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/55\/11\/577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study by Timothy Roberts and his colleagues<\/a> The University of Missouri-Kansas City studied the athletic performance of US military personnel who had to undergo gender transition while serving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After one year of hormone therapy (which typically involves increasing estrogen and reducing testosterone), transgender women still had an advantage over women. Transgender women had a running speed of 12% after two years.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022.06.01-12.28-boundingintosports-62975b52bf50d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1223\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022.06.01-12.28-boundingintosports-62975b52bf50d.png 1223w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.06.01-12.28-boundingintosports-62975b52bf50d-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.06.01-12.28-boundingintosports-62975b52bf50d-768x396-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.06.01-12.28-boundingintosports-62975b52bf50d-750x387-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.06.01-12.28-boundingintosports-62975b52bf50d-1200x619-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Thomas via NCAA Championships YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Riley Gaines\u2019 accusation against the NCAA?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2023\/02\/ncaa-all-american-swimmer-riley-gaines-calls-out-the-ncaa-says-men-competing-in-womens-sports-is-a-mockery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA All-American Swimmer Riley Gaines Calls Out The NCAA, Says Men Competing In Women\u2019s Sports Is \u201cA Mockery\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Riley Gaines is a University of Kentucky swimmer She has advocated for separate locker rooms in the NCAA for women swimming against transgender athletes. This is an opinion she held since Lia Thomas (real name William Thomas) was granted the same privileges for female athletes. 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