Swimming Champ Riley Gaines Threatens To Sue San Francisco State University After She Was ‘Attacked by a Mob’ for Speaking Out Against Trans Swimmer

Gaines’s advocacy for keeping women’s sports solely for biological women was born of her competition against a transgender swimmer from the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas.

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Lia Thomas on March 17, 2022. AP/John Bazemore

Riley Gaines, the 12-time All-American swimmer who has become a vocal opponent of transgender women competing in women’s sports, is now threatening to sue the university where she was attacked by a mob of protesters. 

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