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The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Biological Men in Women's Athletics

The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary, Society & Culture

2.4590 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Former collegiate swimmer, Riley Gaines, throws the dictionary at the NCAA.

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0:00.0

Welcome to another edition of Sidelined Sanity with me, Michelle Tofoya, sponsored by Legacy

0:05.1

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0:10.8

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0:15.8

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0:24.5

This story in the swimming pool sent shockwaves around the nation. As a reporter who covered

0:30.9

Olympic swimming in both Rio de Janeiro and then again in Tokyo last year in those pandemic, the COVID Olympics.

0:39.8

I'm very sensitive to the sport of swimming.

0:43.4

All sports, really.

0:44.5

That's what I grew up doing.

0:45.7

That's what I spent the bulk of my life covering.

0:49.4

When Leah Thomas became a biological, no, was a biological man who identified as a woman

0:56.8

and was allowed to compete at the NCAAs against other women, I was shocked because it wasn't

1:07.7

fair. It was blatantly unfair. But at that time, and even still now in some quarters, if you questioned it, you were called lots of names, homophobe, bigot, anti-LGBQ, etc. When in fact, it had nothing to do with Leah Thomas and the life that she had chosen for herself.

1:30.0

It had to do with fairness.

1:32.5

We have Title IX for a reason.

1:35.3

One of the most outspoken people on this topic has become Riley Gaines.

1:40.9

She was a swimmer at Kentucky.

1:42.3

She was nominated for NCAA female athlete of the year. She was

1:46.6

swimming at NCAA as a specialist in the 200 meter and a remarkable young woman. And she has been

1:54.4

very public about her feelings on this topic. And I'm thrilled to tell you that when she joins us

2:00.4

next, she'll tell you about her new job,

2:03.0

what she's doing, and how she's continuing this fight and what she sees ahead. That's coming up next.

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