"Athletes are rising up" - Riley Gaines lauds Nebraska athletes and Senator Kathleen Kauth for backing the Stand with Women Act

Riley Gaines recently commended Senator Kathleen Kauth for introducing the Stand with Women Act. The act, also known as LB89, was introduced during the legislative session.

The Stand with Women Act, built on the executive order given by Gov. Jim Pillen last year, created a women's bill of rights. The act restrains the participation of transgender athletes in women's sports. The law also confines the use of bathrooms on the basis of biological sex and not gender expression.

Gov. Pillen and Sen. Kauth spoke about the significance of the bill at a press conference on Friday morning (January 10). The act states to maintain biological differences between men and women by all state agencies. On Friday, Pillen and Kauth were accompanied by Nebraska athletes Jordy Bahl, Rebecca Allick, and student Hannah Holtmeier.

Gaines, who has been an ardent supporter of women's safety in sports and has consistently protested against the participation of transgender athletes in women's sports commended the senator and the athletes.

"Sen Kauth of NE just introduced the Stand with Women Act," Gaines wrote on X. "We have to be able to say a woman is a woman and a man is a man. With her is 2x World Series Champ & U of Nebraska softball star, Jordy Bahl, AND U of Nebraska volleyball star, Rebekah Allick.

"Athletes are rising up," Gaines added.

"Common sense is slowly returning" - Riley Gaines expresses her content on overturning of Joe Biden's Title IX rewrite

Riley Gaines during a campaign rally for Republican presidential in Glendale, Arizona. (Source: Getty)

Riley Gaines recently expressed her content after the rewrites of Title IX by Joe Biden were scrapped by a federal judge on Thursday, January 9.

A long effort to change how colleges handle sexual harassment and discrimination reports and protect transgender students ended after a federal judge ruled that Biden's administration's changes to Title IX were illegal.

Biden's rewrites permitted the use of bathrooms and locker rooms that align with the gender identity of the students. Gaines, who started her journey as an advocate for women's safety after the 2022 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, where she tied for fifth place with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, referred to the decision as a "huge win for girls."

"Huge win for girls and women everywhere!!!" she tweeted.

"This morning, a federal court ruled in favor of reality. Biden's Title IX rewrite has been vacated nationwide. Common sense is slowly returning," Gaines added.

The ruling was issued on January 9, 2025, by Judge Danny C. Reeves