Left Now Insists: ‘Transwomen Are Women’

Pro-gender rights activist (L) face off against protesters rallying against Christynne Wood, a transgender woman who was criticized for using the female locker room at the YMCA, in Santee, a suburban city in San Diego County, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2023. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

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Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was accosted last week after her speech about transgender athletes at San Francisco State University. Gaines became an outspoken critic of transgender athletes competing in female sports after being forced to compete against and share a locker room with Lia Thomas, who was born male and identifies as female. After her speech, protestors repeatedly chanted, “transwomen are women.”