I'm so proud of Riley and it gives me faith in this generation. How did women's rights go so wrong? Keep going Riley and keep on standing up for Women.
None of those who assaulted Riley have been arrested or brought to justice! So, today, men in dresses are permitted to assault real women without repercussions!
As a woman who has lost multiple friends over this trans issue and is terrified of speaking my mind out here with all these lunatics in a very blue part of New York, thank you Riley Gaines for being so brave and standing up for us. It is not easy.
They were never your friends. People that can’t stand diferentes opinions or are triggered by facts are not worth keeping around. Kudos for keeping your ground on this extreme and dangerous views. There nothing wrong with being trans but don’t talk about inclusion when mocking women, pushing them aways for all we have fight for. This is not inclusion this is telling women go back to the kitchen.
You should never feel terrified for speaking your mind you have ever right to say wat you like who cares wat others think 👍 sending hugs to u from Australia 😘
It's scary to speak your truth now a days without being threatened in some way or another. People who try to manipulate, guilt trip, and gaslight you into conforming into their ideologies are anything but a friend. Glad you dodged a bullet. That group of "friends" will end up disowning eachother the moment someone doesn't properly conform. Sounds more of a fascist cult than a group of friends.
Being a woman you're always a protected class - As long as you do what The Powers That Be want from you. It all suddenly stops when you use your position to actually try and get a change that's not foreseen in their books. Same goes for all minorities and celebrities, even transgenders. Dance to our tune? Yay! >:D Stopped complying? Hey! >:(
I also don't think people realize how many LGBs do not support the 'gender' lunacy. Feminists and lesbians have been fighting against the 'gender identity' ('trans') nonsense for decades. The lesbian feminist professor at the U of Mass, Janice Raymond, wrote her book, The Transsexual Empire, in 1979, calling out the danger of 'trans' to women. 'Trans' is misogynist and homophobic to its core.
Old Soldier, I'm a biological female and myself and millions of other women are so thankful for men like you who also speak up for us. Women have fought for decades to get where we are today, and now we're being degraded by men dressed up like women. I'm 73 and I never dreamed I'd live in a world like today! Thank you sir for your comment. 😊
I’m a Canadian woman who used to be an athlete. Riley is speaking out for me too! This is absolutely not about Riley trying to get clicks. She’s going to dental school, she is a woman using her brain and she doesn’t need social media money. Weird how we all find her authentic and Dylan and Lia inauthentic- but sure, it is the majority that are wrong. This new wave of trans aren’t trans at all (like they actually were 15 years ago) they are people in need of extreme therapy (not the gender affirming therapy- real therapy first), predators or misogynists. I feel so sorry for the very few real trans people because these new wave ones are incredibly disrespectful to them and their plight.
Riley Gaines speaks for me. I was a female athelete, I grew up having to play on boys teams (pre 10 years old aka under 11s), in a time when there was no female sports teams. I can tell you here and now, we had to fight just to create female teams. WE did the ground work. Trans people, do your own ground work. Make YOUR OWN TEAMS STOP STEALING OUR HARD FAUGHT FOR OPPORTUNITIES! Please. We went through enough to create our teams, make your own, don't steal our victory from us. I didn't get to compete on a professional level, but I saw those who came after me get to. I cheer for them everytime they play/represent our countries. Please. Make your own teams.
Bravo Samantha. The trouble is, women my age and below (I’m 28) don’t realise the ground that was paved by the women before us. We take female sports for granted. It doesn’t occur to us necessarily, that before women’s sports, we simply didn’t get to play at all. We weren’t there to witness what a hard won fight it was. May I ask what sports you played/fought for, and what timeframe you found yourself still having to ask for the opportunity to play as a woman/girl?
You took the words right out of my mouth why do women have to lose rights for trans people to gain them. What I don't understand is how the hormone replacements they take are actually legal in any sport.
It won't happen because it will cost votes. They prefer something more vague where they get the best vote-pandering results they can get, meaning EVERYBODY including pro-trans individuals.
Riley you I’m sure never imagined you’d be having to be a spokesperson for women’s rights but hear you are killing it. You’re very well spoken dear and I love that my daughter, who is only 4 yrs old, will have you as a role model and you to thank for her opportunities as an athlete if she so chooses.
As a Father and Grandfather of daughter's and granddaughters, It's absolutely wrong that trans still want to change in Women's changing rooms. Power to you Riley Gaines !
@@kiaraj.7809 They don't pose the same potential danger, but actual sexual assaults by biological males presenting as trans in women's locker rooms are non-existent as far as I know. It is more a matter of being uncomfortable with an opposite sex person in your locker room. In that way, it's the same issue - though oddly never even brought up. (By the way, a few years ago there were 2 female custodians cleaning the men's locker room at a health club; the police were called because the guys were so uncomfortable with it.)
but girls in the boy scouts ok. female reporters in the male change rooms ok. women quotas in firedepartment when most 14 year old boys more strength and stamina. why is womens feelings more important than a stable society and public safety?
She is 100% correct in her thinking and is an amazing person for speaking the truth that most know but are too intimidated to express. The politicians who uphold this kind of insanity are not fit to be leaders. Last time I checked holding someone hostage and threatening them was illegal!!
Also, thank you to the men like Piers Morgan who have spoken out against this madness in an effort to protect us from these lunatics. We women- ADULT HUMAN FEMALES for those of you that are still confused are thankful.
The world is insane how can a man who simply says he is a woman be allowed to take part in woman's sport or enter women's spaces. 100% support for Riley
@@Sherlock245 I reject god. I think this trans topic is insane. Why did god allow it to happen? god has always seemed so anti-human happiness I don’t understand how people like the invisible fairy jerk. Keep your religion to yourself and out of this topic. If we as women want to win this battle we must leave god out of it or we will lose more than half of our support- like me. As soon as this be aimed about god I fight for no one because you are just as crazy as people thinking they can change their biological sex.
@@ROBERT-fd4kl why don't we all just share everything, that's how it was with our ancestors, why not us too? Is it because of the cheeks? It's the cheeks isn't it?
Thank you Riley for been the voice of our future generations and our most vulnerable children , we biological female woman support you and are grateful , love from Canada ❤️🇨🇦
Also, so proud of Riley. She is putting herself at risk for just standing up for what is right. Sad. I am a woman, Mother, and studied human physiology for years. Worked in the medical profession for 15 years. Biological differences b/w sexes that cannot be denied by any means. It is lunacy to think otherwise. Thank you to this brave young woman. I am so sorry you were assaulted and nothing was really done about it. And thank you Piers also for sticking up for women's rights.
@@amsterdamcowboy9738 Yes, at risk. She got hit by a transwoman, it is on video... they surrounded her. Oh, and I think the transman who won is not short of money either. It may not matter to you. I don't know if you are male/female it would not matter either way. It matters to the women who have worked so hard at a sport, including women, their whole lives. I have never watched a swimming competition before as I am personally not interested. However, it has become political and issues have arose in recent years. You sound like a lovely human being. It is ok to agree to disagree. Have a great day.
This is a WOMAN that young girls can actually look up to and aspire to be like !!! So proud she is standing her ground and not allowing ANYONE to BULLY her !!!!
Pure madness.. I'd never imagined for a second to live such crazy times.. go Riley!!! You're a badass woman and we're standing with you and for what's right 💪🏻🙏🏻💖
He is, because he is willing to defend a woman who was ridiculed, physically assaulted, held hostage, and humiliated because the NCAA allowed a man to compete against her, they drew and the organisers gave Riley 2nd place, these idiots should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. This is being progressive, this is fascism
She speaks for me as a son, brother, father and previously "on the fence" male who supports all the woman who have given so much. The RADICALS have underestimated that this is a hill we (supportive men) will die on. Next time there is a Posi or a Riley I will be there to have her back.
Good on you, Riley! Cheers from New Zealand! I was *incensed* when our weightlifting and Olympic people selected the trans person Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics. On the other hand, I was ecstatic when Hubbard failed dismally and didn't get a medal. Poetic justice! If trans-people want to play sport they can set up *their own* "Trans Games" .
Riley will never back down to a bunch of screaming banshees. 👍 Anyway, the athlete Caster Semenya filed an appeal against World Athletics' ruling that athletes with testosterone levels above 5 nmol/L had to take medication to lower their levels, this proves that *testosterone does matter* for performance. If it didn't matter Caster would not have protested the rules.
That is what happens! the congress woman said let sporting bodies deal with this and when sporting bodies pass a judgement, an appeal is filed. Its such a ludacris situation.
Riley Gaines is so brave and intelligent. She should easily win the Woman of the Year Award 2023 for her courage and her wisdom. Alas due to her lack of male sex organs she cannot even be nominated for such an award. Women need to burn their jockstraps over this!
@@PamelaFord-jg8ms natural born women are the only Real women? Cutting off your penis doesn’t make you a woman and cutting off your boobs doesn’t make you a man
It is a biological issue. Such a tragedy for women’s sports. Even Caitlyn Jenner has come out publicly that years and years after hormone therapy, she can still beat a girl anytime. This is from an olympic gold medalist who understands the sacrifices made to train your best. I understand that trans men are displaced in the sports scene. That is unfortunate for the decision they have decided to make for themselves. Maybe in the future they can find a way around it fairly. There would have been no need for segregating mens and womens sports if it did not matter biologically.
I did some research. Let us just work on statistics: Usain bolt is 9.58 seconds sa 100 meter. Fastest woman Elaine Thompson Herah is 10.54 seconds Mens world rank 2,618 is still at 10.33 mark So the lower ranking mens is still faster than the fastest woman alive.
@@melodygocheco, absolutely, and, regardless, every cell in a woman's body is genetically female, and every cell in a man's body is genetically male. We are very different and no amount of mutilation, drugs/hormones and feelings can change sex/gender. Gender ideology is fundamentally flawed and reality-defying.
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Thank you Riley you are honest, factual and calm with your delivery of the truth. Thank you for standing up for womens rights and thank you Piers too for all you are doing to give women a safe space to voice a woman's opinion.
I didn’t realize that Riley is the daughter of Brad Gaines. Brad is the wonderful man who was unfortunately on the other side of the Chucky Mullins “hit” in a 1980’s Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt game that left Chucky paralyzed. This is all covered in the ESPN 30 for 30 “It’s Time”, the Chucky Mullins story … She comes from an amazing family with a great dad. Brad is a gem of a human being and I support Riley 110%.
Huge props to Riley Gaines!!! Gain with Gaines!! Gain Sanity!! Gain consideration!! Gain equal consideration!! Gain awareness that HE made them XY and XX.
Thank you, Piers for standing up for women. How disgusting has the world become when it's women arguing against women's rights? And thank you to Riley Gaines to standing up for women in sport, and really, for women in general!
She is speaking for EVERY WOMAN who has dealt with men who cant handle coming in second! Learning how to walk like a duck does not make him a duck! Real men are far more secure!
He couldn’t cut it as a man so he decided to ruin these woman’s opportunities they could have had and it’s a shame and it shouldn’t have happened to begin with
I really hate this generation!!!!😤 (Women were encouraged to play more lady like sports such as golf, tennis, swimming, and field hockey. Women's looks were more important to people than their accomplishments in the sport. Women began to get more freedom in sports in the 1920's.)
I’m 31, and cannot believe this is actually happening. Men are no match for us, their hormones make them bigger and stronger than us. I’m 5’4, my spouse is 5’11. I’ve never dated a man shorter or who’s weighed less than me. There are differences! I seen a video of Lia, and his shoulders are MASSIVE. It’s NOT discrimination if you’re not a biological woman. It’s so angering because people don’t believe there is an issue, when I’ve been with men my whole life and every single one is stronger, taller, and heavier than I am. 😡 Lia is NOT A WOMAN.
What a wonderful, solid, brilliant, courageous woman Riley is. Everything Piers said at the end I totally agree with. If I had to share a change/locker room with a man and be exposed to his genitals because in his warped mind he thinks he is a woman, I would scream my head off. This whole woke garbage is nothing but bullying and utter immoral. Those students who terrorized Riley should be expelled.
Here's an idea: If you've ever competed in a male division, you can't switch to the female division, regardless of what you identify as after losing in the male competition. Will that solve everything? No, probably not. But at least we avoid this recent trend of failed male athletes claiming to be a woman so they can win something, and hopefully protect women in women's sports. Also worth noting you don't see women who identify as men wanting to join the male divisions, it's only men who aren't good enough for the male leagues trying to take over female sports where they might have a chance at winning.
As someone who is personally trying to give both sides of this argument a chance, I gotta say you are actually making pretty good points. Especially that last part you mention about how you rarely hear an issue of trying to take advantage of sports when it comes to females assigned at birth who transitioned into male, just mainly from the ones assigned-male-at-birth who are now women. It’s a sad situation how this turned out overall because yes trans folks deserve rights of course, but maybe there’s more to think about when it comes to fairness of sports like you were saying. I used to be super quick to get defensive for friends of mine, but I’m starting to get on board with the idea of perhaps suggesting a separate league for trans people so that they can still be athletes, but competing in similar other biological frames. Just before anyone calls me anything I’m actually LGBTQ so there’s no bigotry coming from me at all, but I just see your point and think there’s some issues that really need deeper consideration before letting run rampant. Esp what Lia did, it’s not right to get away with literally attacking someone the way Riley was held against her will in that room. People should be civil no matter what and Lia was flat out of hand. Thanks for sharing your perspective, I try to keep an open mind on both sides and its refreshing to read a comment with logic like yours!
That proposal should definitely be adopted. As you say, it won't solve everything, since there will be brand new transgender entrants who did not previously compete in men's sports. They can also ban participants with testosterone above a certain level from women's sports. Just as steroid users are disqualified from certain men's sports. And as to your last paragraph, this means that girls/women who transition to boys/men will never be able to participate in competitive sports, even if they formerly competed in the girls/women category.
Good on you Riley. You have more guts than that gutless man who couldn't make it in the men's division n decided to transfer over to female division to make a name for himself. And go to the Olympics. Riley is truly courageous n absolutely fearless. I hope she will forever be remembered in History.
As a swimmer I applaud Riley Gaines for everything she’s doing!! She is truly looking out for all bio woman b/c it’s our right to our feelings and the right to privacy!! THANK YOU RILEY!!! You are truly my hero not just as a swimmer BUT as a woman!!!! YOU ARE TRULY TRULY AMAZING!!!
I'm with this all the way. While I served with the Navy, we trained from day one to change our physical prowess. Once you've pushed to achieve a 6 minute running mile, you'd hate to find out DC'S Barry Allen (The Flash) was actually real and competing against you while he was never enlisted. You'd say, "WTF is HE doing here?! Oh, hell no!" Godspeed Riley.
@@goodvibes6715 Ah yes. So “brave” for going from being 400+ in the Men’s category to in the Women’s Top 10. How lucky that Lia waited until post puberty to start transitions so “she” could still take advantage of having gone through male puberty. So “brave” for coming out in a society that treats any hint of pushback against trans people (even from other trans people), as tantamount to heresy. Riley is _actually_ brave because she speaks out, despite the rabid leftists itching to take their pound of flesh.
Riley is a great spokeswoman for this cause and I certainly do applaud her! There are many many women who have been hesitant to speak up on the incursion of men into women's spaces, sports, even prisons, but hearing from women like Riley will encourage more women to speak.
Riley Gaines--I hope you do have a daughter! What a wonderful example of a great woman she will have! You are applauded by real women around the world--those with values, and guts, who are fighting against this in every way that we know how. Thank you for fighting for my daughters in a space I am unequipped to fight in.
I agree that equal rights should exist. Both have a role in a stable society, you can not have one without the other. Growing up it was men played some sport and women played other sport, the slowly mixed sport came together. Some worked better than others, but I had a huge amount of fun teaching and being proud of female teammates playing in basketball and volleyball. A long time female friend spent hours coaching me in Netball(so opposite in some ways to basketball), and my an ex partner who got me playing Hockey with her(it made her happy, but I was far happier sitting on the side lines yelling encouragement to them and feeling proud of them all). My opinion it should be men vs men. Women vs women. A fun sub category of evenly matched sex comparable teams. And trans can compete in their own category. But psychotic lefts will not let that fly, because they have to destroy both sexes.
Let's not worry about the psychotic lefts but instead focus on advocating for trans to be included in their own Trans category. They've been denied inclusivity long enough, and we should be demanding that they get fair representation in all sports competitions
Young Riley!! Your husband and your family are so very blessed to have such a wonderful young lady who is looking forward to being a wife and mother but also has the heart of a Lion but the respect of the world no matter what you Chose to do young Riley you will no doubt excell in whatever way you do go and to be fair and honest you won that trophy fair and square and you won it without size 14 feet small petite hands and you really are admired especially here in Australia we are trying to get a picture of you in our Olympic pool.
What Riley Gaines is doing is in fact entirely selfless and courageous. She is speaking up for truth … at the expense of becoming a target of vicious, woke leftists. The woke spout acceptance and compassion whilst snarling and attacking all who disagree with them. God bless Riley abundantly for taking this stand against such outright insanity!