College swimmer Riley Gaines, a vocal national voice for protecting women's sports and spaces from male athletes who live as women, was "ambushed and physically hit" by a crowd of trans activists who attacked and screamed at her, forcing police to barricade her in a room for three hours for her own safety.
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Louis Barker, Riley's husband, said he had brief conversations with her while she was barricaded in the room for nearly three hours.
"She told me she was hit multiple times by a guy in a dress. I was shaking. It made me that mad. It makes me sick to feel so helpless about it," Barker said. "She was under police protection and was still hit by a man wearing a dress."
Gaines was giving a scheduled speech to students about men competing in women's sports when the loud mob outside broke in and confronted her.
The mob refused to leave for hours while additional security was called in to protect her.
Here is the full statement from Gaines' agent regarding the incident:
Tonight, Riley Gaines spoke at San Francisco State University to share her personal story of competing against a biological male athlete, Lia Thomas, at the Women's NCAA Swimming Championships last year.
In the past year, her goal in speaking at universities has been to educate her peers about her experience and what the impact of the growing number of biological males in women's sports will do to the integrity of Title IX. She has been questioned in civil and somewhat uncivil manners about her views many times, and she thoroughly encourages diverse viewpoints and debate on this issue.
"Instead of a thoughtful discussion tonight at SFSU, Riley was violently accosted, shouted at, physically assaulted, and barricaded in a room by protestors. It is stunning that in America in 2023, it is acceptable for biological male students to violently assault a woman for standing up for women's rights.
This will not stop Riley from boldly educating people of the dangers of biological males in women's sports. She will continue to speak the truth against the radical left that no longer understands the difference between men and women.
