EXCLUSIVE — Young female athletes, led by former NCAA champion swimmer Riley Gaines, descended on Capitol Hill this week to oppose federal efforts to include transgender athletes in women’s sports.
The visit came the same week as the anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the landmark law that ensures equal athletic opportunities for women, and Gaines’s testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on LGBT civil rights.It also comes after a year of vitriolic sparring from both sides of the aisle on an issue Gaines says should not be partisan.
“Unfortunately, I think it's going to take more girls getting injured like Payton McNabb for them to stand up, and they know it's wrong,” Gaines said of Democrats. "Transgender youth are among the most at risk of homelessness, depression, and death by suicide," Durbin said."So, when these young people who are already struggling hear politicians amplify hateful rhetoric that denies their very existence, what message does it send?"
It’s not far-fetched to expect fireworks from members of Congress, especially on such a charged matter. Most of the coverage Gaines and her fellow athletes have received has been from conservative media. The minimal legacy press attention the girls have received, meanwhile, has been framed around protecting LGBT rights.
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