Female swimming star Riley Gaines was allegedly violently assaulted by a “transgender male” while delivering a speech at San Francisco State University on the importance of keeping female sports exclusive to biological women.
Reports and video from the speech purport that a “Transgender Male, wearing a dress, punched Riley repeatedly while the Trans Mob chased and harassed her” until Gaines eventually made her way off the campus.
A pro-transgenderism mob of students can be heard using misogynist epithets against Gaines as she attempted to flee the violence with a police escort.
Women’s Swimming Star @Riley_Gaines_ has been violently assaulted by TRANS Activists while giving a speech on women’s sports at San Francisco State University.
A Transgender Male, wearing a dress, punched Riley repeatedly while the Trans Mob chased and harassed her until she… pic.twitter.com/3nkOOqDu3h
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 7, 2023
Another Twitter user describes the violent incident as a hostage situation, and posted video that appears to show the mob of students extort Gaines for money in exchange for safe passage off campus.
Transgender activists holding @Riley_Gaines_ hostage demanded money in exchange for her safe passage off of the San Francisco State University.
pic.twitter.com/4APxWLdVvO— @amuse (@amuse) April 7, 2023
Gaines addressed the incident on Twitter, writing that the “prisoners are running the asylum at SFSU.”
“I was ambushed and physically hit twice by a man,” wrote Gaines, who added that her assailant provided “proof that women need sex-protected spaces.”
The athlete-turned-activist added that the violence “only further assures me I’m doing something right.”
The prisoners are running the asylum at SFSU…I was ambushed and physically hit twice by a man. This is proof that women need sex-protected spaces.
Still only further assures me I'm doing something right. When they want you silent, speak louder. 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/uJW3x9RERf
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 7, 2023
The Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative non-profit focused on women’s issues which Gaines represents as a spokesperson, decried the incident in a statement.
“We strongly condemn the violence perpetuated against [IWF] spokeswoman Riley Gaines on [the] SFSU campus,” the organization declared.”Riley was violently accosted, ambushed, and physically assaulted during a speech on sex discrimination women face in their own single-sex sports category.”
We strongly condemn the violence perpetrated against @iwf spokeswoman @Riley_Gaines_ on @SFSU campus. Riley was violently accosted, ambushed, and physically assaulted during a speech on sex discrimination women face in their own single-sex sports category. pic.twitter.com/uhND8UY2jX
— Independent Women's Forum (@IWF) April 7, 2023
Gaines became a lightning rod within the movement to preserve female sports for biological women as a student athlete for the University of Kentucky, when she was forced to compete with male-to-female transgender athlete Lia Thomas.
Thomas and Gaines tied in a 2022 women’s freestyle event at the NCAA championships in Atlanta, Georgia, sparking outrage that a biological male was outshining biological females in a division created for the sex’s benefit.
