I’m Not a Biologist — CPAC TX
Caroline Wren moderates a panel with University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines and professional skateboarder Taylor Silverman. The panel addresses the infiltration of women’s sports by biological males. Gaines and Silverman explain the numerous detrimental effects of biological males competing against females. As both Gaines and Silverman experienced in their respective sports, these males posing as transgender females are stripping women of wins and accomplishments. They are ruining the purpose of female-dedicated sports, which is to give women a safe space where they can find success. Instead, the entrance of biological males into women’s locker rooms is threatening the very success and even safety of women. Gaines shares the story of a swimmer and survivor of sexual trauma who finds sharing locker rooms with men triggering and traumatic. Silverman and Gaines are still speaking out despite the harsh backlash they have received. They hope that by doing so, they will protect other women and young girls from the dangers of transgender athletes in female sports and preserve the integrity of women’s sports.