Riley Gaines pushes back on Lia Thomas' remarks about feminism: 'It just blows my mind'

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Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines on Monday responded to the remarks Lia Thomas made in an interview last week about the alleged "half support" she received from women who argue only athletes born girls should be competing against fellow females in sports.

The former University of Pennsylvania swimmer told Schuyler Bailar's podcast "Dear Schuyler" that some women use the "guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs." She expressed dismay over the support she got from coming out as transgender in contrast to the furor there was when she competed against biological females in women’s sports at the NCAA level during th...

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