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2024-10-13
Four collegiate women's volleyball teams have chosen to forfeit their matches, rather than play a team with a man who claims he is a woman.
Utah State, Southern Utah, Boise State and the University of Wyoming have chosen to protect their players and take a stand for fairness rather than play San Jose State, which has a transgender-identified "woman" on its roster.
All the schools are in the NCAA Division I Mountain West Conference, except for Southern Utah, which is part of the Big Sky Conference.
Their courageous stand is part of a growing backlash against boys and men competing in girls and women's sports.
Riley Gaines directs The Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute and is an Ambassador for Independent Women's Forum. A collegiate All-American swimmer, she's an outspoken advocate for women's-only sports teams. She's part of a lawsuit, organized by the Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS), against the NCAA for allowing men in women's sports.
Gaines applauded the unified stance of the four women's teams: