One particular key issue that is particularly irksome to Republican members of Congress is the focus in recent years on “transgender rights,” which includes the inclusion of transgender “women” in women’s sports, bathrooms, dressing rooms, and more.
It’s an issue that has seen prominent female athletes strongly take public stands in favor of leaving women’s sports as they were originally intended. One of those athletes, LGBTQ icon Martina Navratilova, has loudly spoken out on the matter only to see the same far-left groups who had previously praised her for being a groundbreaker in sports turn around and try to cancel her for the crime of WrongSpeak.
Riley Gaines, a champion former University of Kentucky swimmer, has also emerged as a leading voice on this topic after having to share the trophies podium (and locker room) with former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who identifies as a woman but who was born a man. Gaines has testified countless times before members of Congress on Capitol Hill and also before various state legislatures on the issue, and is currently part of a lawsuit against the NCAA.
