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🚨 BREAKING: Female athletes, college students, parents, & state Attorneys General join
@IWF
,
@DefendingEd
, &
@Speech_First
in landmark lawsuit against Biden’s illegal
#TitleIX
rewrite! Learn more & read the lawsuit:
We strongly condemn the violence perpetrated against
@iwf
spokeswoman
@Riley_Gaines_
on
@SFSU
campus. Riley was violently accosted, ambushed, and physically assaulted during a speech on sex discrimination women face in their own single-sex sports category.
🚨MUST WATCH: Speaking about her experience for the first time, Payton McNabb, a North Carolina high school athlete at Hiwassee Dam High School, shared her experience competing against a biological male in volleyball on the opposing team & the injuries she suffered as a result.
Powerful & emotional. This is a testament to the devastating impact that a biological male competing in women's sports has on female athletes.
@Riley_Gaines_
shares her story in Virginia in support of the "Fairness in Women's Sports" bill. This is why we must
#SaveWomensSports
.
🆕BREAKING: Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach at Oberlin College is breaking her silence in an
@IWF
documentary after being “burned at the stake” for her support of single-sex sports & speaking out against allowing men in women’s sports.
When
@Riley_Gaines_
asked University of Pittsburgh professor Gabby Yearwood if an archeologist could differentiate between two sets of bones as male and female, Professor Yearwood. who calls himself the “expert in the room,” answers “no” to which the entire audience laughed.
This video speaks for itself.‼️When female athletes questioned having to share a locker room with a biological male, they were gaslit into thinking they should seek counseling.
@Riley_Gaines_
shares an emotional testimony on Capitol Hill on National Girls & Women in Sports Day.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE FROM RILEY GAINES: "I was hit in the face by a man dressed as a woman and threatened by a racist mob for daring to speak out against an extreme trans movement erasing female athletes like me... But I refuse to be silenced!"
@Riley_Gaines_
𝐗𝐗 ≠ 𝐗𝐘
@Riley_Gaines_
is the fearless Team Captain of the movement to stand for fairness &
#SaveWomensSports
!
Join Riley in spreading the message that women will not be erased & replaced!📢
Riley is courageous in speaking up for truth, science and common sense. She has experienced firsthand the injustice female athletes face across America in their own sport. “Inclusion cannot come at the expense of women,” said Riley in a statement to media before the campus event.
“Bodies play sports, not identities.” ‼️
Professional powerlifter April Hutchinson weighs in on biological male who broke women’s powerlifting record in Canada…
WATCH:
#SaveWomensSports
🚨
@Riley_Gaines_
is calling out so-called "feminists" who are fighting for the inclusion of biological men in women's spaces!
Take action in the name of true feminism to stop the NCAA from discriminating against
#FemaleAthletes
👇
Prisha Mosley testified before the South Carolina Senate about her devastating experience with 'gender affirming care' and the pain she suffers with because of her medicalized transition, which began as a minor.
If you watch one thing today, it should be this.
@detransaqua
🆕
@Riley_Gaines_
just handed
@NCAA
representatives a binder full of petition signatures & our demand letter. 👏
Thank you to everyone who took the time to make their voices heard. We look forward to hearing from the NCAA & continuing to garner signatures from the public. Add…
🚨WATCH: Independent Women's Forum Spokeswoman
@Riley_Gaines_
joins
@TuckerCarlson
to share her experience being targeted & ambushed by a woke mob at a San Francisco State University
@TPUSA
speaking event.
"This does not deter me, this assures me that I'm doing the right thing."
“There are other ways to accommodate trans-athletes without discriminating against female athletes,” Gaines continued in
@IWF
’s statement. Competitive sport is a zero-sum game, inclusion of male-bodied athletes in women’s sport inevitably denies opportunities to female athletes.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS:
@NAIA
, small colleges association, bans male athletes from women's sports competitions! Thank you, NAIA, for standing with female athletes & prioritizing their safety & equal opportunity. Women's sports are for WOMEN.
The effort to silence, threaten & harm women for standing up for
#WomensRights
is absolutely ludicrous. The Biden administration
@POTUS
& governing bodies of sport
@ncaa
@iocmedia
pushing for biological males in women’s sport for the sake of inclusion are responsible for this.
Evie Edwards was reported for sexual harassment by 2 biological male cyclists in Knoxville for wearing a shirt that says “Save Women’s Sports.” INSANITY.
@DexterSaxapahaw
is fiercely standing up for women’s sports & demanding that we keep female cycling female.…
This is how far removed the Left is from reality that they must deny basic scientific facts.🤯
@Riley_Gaines_
might not have a PhD in anthropology like Professor Yearwood, but she and her teammates know the physical advantages of biological males over females in sport firsthand.
Riley’s unwavering commitment to
#SaveWomensSports
is honorable. She first spoke out when authorities in sports were telling her to stay silent. She faced a social media mob to speak the truth. She risks public safety on the front line to defend America’s women and girls.
@espn
‼️THIS is what bravery looks like. In the face of adversity & unfairness in the sport that these athletes love, they’re standing up for what is RIGHT for ALL women.
Swimmers on Roanoke College Women’s team call on the NCAA to protect women.🚨As they break their silence today…
‼️𝗫𝗫 = 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡‼️
On
#RealWomensDay
, Penn State University tried to cancel
@Riley_Gaines_
’ speech on campus… but we will NOT be silenced & the fight for women will go on, despite the anti-free speech agenda at universities like Penn State.🚨Women won’t be canceled today or…
When the self-proclaimed “expert in the room” is offended that his assertion that males & females don’t have distinct skeletal differences is laughable, one might wonder what students studying anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh are being taught by their professors?
🚨NEW:
@Riley_Gaines_
calls out Rep. Katie Porter outside the Capitol.
Rep. Porter quickly fled when Riley began to question her about comments she made about Riley's fight for women's sports being for 'clicks and likes.'
"These Democrats can't even look me in the eyes..."
🚨 REMINDER: Male athletes have stolen over 924 trophies, medals, & titles from women and girls across 448 different competitions & over 30 different sports.
By allowing men on women’s teams the NCAA is denying women roster spots, playing time, & opportunities to compete. This is sex discrimination!
📢 Join
@Riley_Gaines_
in telling the
@NCAA
Board of Governors to protect female athletes!
"What I saw over and over again were [
@CBP
] agents that put everything on the line to save people who were crossing..."
@SaraCarterDC
@IWF
joined
@dbongino
and
@RepAndyBiggsAZ
to discuss AOC, CBP and the handing of migrants crossing the border & at border facilities
#BorderCrisis
“In that moment, I felt like we as women were being mocked.” ‼️
@Riley_Gaines_
shares her experience competing against a biological male and why it’s crucial we stand up for women’s sports and female athletes:
#SaveWomensSports
📢 WATCH:
@Riley_Gaines_
breaks down the huge win for
#WomensSports
!
The Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit challenging the Connecticut high school sports association’s policy of allowing biological men to compete in girls’ sports. This lawsuit is paramount in protecting…
🆕 A male dancer placed first in the women's category at an Irish dance competition. Now, he will advance to the World Championships, displacing a female dancer.
Read the story of 3 Irish dance moms who are fighting back to save women's sports ⤵️
🚨Join NCAA athletes in the fight to
#SAVEWOMENSSPORTS
!
@Riley_Gaines_
& other brave female athletes are leading the charge to protect women's sports!
Join them in taking action & tell the NCAA: Stop discriminating against female athletes!👇
Similar to the way the media tried to erase
@RichardGrenell
’s role in the administration as the first openly gay Cabinet-level member in the White House, the media will never celebrate or even credit Trump for empowering women.
@kelseybolar
#IWpol
Featuring Hollywood's brave, new conservative actress.
@KristySwansonXO
seems to find an element of catharsis in finally speaking her mind... Silent no more, the 49-year-old actress has mastered the art of the platitude-puncturing tweet. 🎬🎉
#ChampionWomen
Women's sports are for women... It's common sense‼️
We are so proud to have IWF Ambassador
@PaulaYScanlan
&
@icons_women
's
@SmithMarshi
on the ground in Phoenix, AZ to tell the NCAA to stop discriminating against women.
We are thrilled to be honoring
@TulsiGabbard
at our Annual Awards Gala tomorrow with our Resilience Award.💎
Tulsi is a voice for female athletes & has stood up for women & pushed back against those who seek to erase women as a distinct legal category.
Independent Women’s Forum Spokeswoman Riley Gaines is joined by Congresswoman Claudia Tenney before a
@TPUSA
event at the University at Buffalo.
@RepTenney
&
@Riley_Gaines_
are two champion voices for women in the fight to
#SaveWomensSports
! 📣
Jimmy Lai's
@WSJ
op-ed spelled out that "the spread of the
#coronavirus
has revealed a truth that poses a much greater risk to Mr. Xi: There is no cure for Chinese communism except the collapse of the party."
As if on cue, Lai has been arrested.
#IWfp
#COVID19
#FreeHongKong
When women are told enough times that they’re oppressed victims who need expansive government programs to address structural inequalities, they’re likely to start believing it—and sadly they are. A new poll finds 55% of women apparently believe it.
#IWregs
"Welcome to Joe Biden's America."
@PatricePinkFile
director of the Center for Economic Opportunity at IWF, wrote a Washington Post piece on inflation, which was highlighted by
@kayleighmcenany
on
@FoxNews
Channel’s “Outnumbered” show.
"The costs of the transgender movement are borne almost exclusively by women. Male athletes and prisoners have little to fear from “trans men.” It’s women’s safety, opportunities, and dignity that are being discarded."
Important piece from
@carrielukas
⤵️
THIS SAYS IT ALL |
@IvyLeague
female swimmers from across teams walk out holding hands in solidarity ahead of the mile — the one distance event Lia Thomas didn't swim — this speaks VOLUMES.
👏🏽🏊🏽♀️👏🏽 Keep women's sports FEMALE! 👏🏽🏊🏽♀️👏🏽
XX ≠ XY
#SaveWomensSports
The faces of two incredible women fighting for FAIRNESS & SAFETY for ALL women. 👏
IWF Ambassadors
@Riley_Gaines_
& Coach Kim Russell
@bfheartwarrior
are champions for female athletes at every level of competition around the country.
🔥
@megynkelly
brings the heat in response to Jonathan Van Ness falsely claiming there’s no science that tell us that males have an advantage over females in athletics…
She is spot on. Women are tired of having to fight for their safety, for FAIRNESS, and for opportunity. And…
Welcome to the Supreme Court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Justice prevailed. Fairness was preserved. Due process was protected. Today is a good day for America. 🇺🇸
#KavanaughConfirmed
#ConfirmKavanaugh
BREAKING 🚨 A male raced to the finish beating some of the fastest female athletes in the 200m & finishing 1st in the women’s heat. Allowing even a single male to compete is discriminatory & unfair.
#SaveWomensSports
Another
#WednesdayWisdom
gem...
“You know, someone very profoundly once said many years ago that if fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.” Ronald Reagan
‼️"While many groups have remained silent, the Independent Women’s Forum has been at the forefront of the fight to protect women’s sports."
We're proud to help lead in the fight to
#SaveWomensSports
, our Spokeswomen
@Riley_Gaines_
, Payton McNabb &
@adrianamclamb
won't back down!
⚠️BURNED AT THE STAKE: In 2022, Coach Kim Russell shared a post on her Instagram opposing Lia Thomas competing in women's swimming, leading to a series of disciplinary meetings ripe with ridicule and reprimand organized by Oberlin College administrators.
🚨MUST WATCH: IWF Spokeswoman
@PaulaYScanlan
testifies before
@JudiciaryGOP
about being forced to share a locker room with a male & more.
Paula bravely shares that as a sexual assault survivor, policies that enable males to share private spaces with females harm women like her.
🚨TAKING A STAND AGAINST UNFAIRNESS: Inga Thompson, 3-time Olympian, calls for cyclists to protest against Union Cycliste Internationale's transgender athlete policy.
@ithompsonfdn
is a strong voice in the fight to
#SaveWomensSports
. 👏
The Electoral College is an essential piece of our federalist system that provides a much needed check on the power of the majority (or even the plurality) over the rest of the nation.
#IWpol
#Election2020
China’s mishandling of the coronavirus is now provoking questions abroad about the competence of its rulers and the reliability of whatever information they release.
#FreeHongKong
"What am I supposed to do? Go ahead and ruin this guy’s life based on an accusation?... I will listen [to Ford] but I’m not going to play a game here and tell you this will wipe out his entire life cause if nothing changes it won’t with me."
@LindseyGrahamSC
#ConfirmKavanaugh
‼️CHAMPIONING FREE SPEECH:
@PaulaYScanlan
shares her shocking story with
@MattWalshBlog
about being forced to stay silent & ignore the unfairness happening on her very own team.
Paula bravely speaks out about how free speech is at risk if we continue down this path. LISTEN:
🚨 NEW: Allowing even one male-bodied athlete to participate inevitably takes an opportunity away from a
#FemaleAthlete
.
We’ve broken down the full scope of unfairness in our newly released
#CompetitionReport
. Check it out:
#WomensSportsWeek
It’s shocking to hear the president of a major public university use language like “bound to the First Amendment…” as if it’s a BAD thing to have free speech on campus.⚠️
Shouldn’t universities like Penn State welcome a wide array of viewpoints and perspectives as an expression…
No way President of Penn State makes a whole video explaining why public institutions are legally obligated to let "bigots" apparently like me on campus to speak then proceeds to CANCEL my speech tomorrow for real women's day (X/X)😭😂
Have it your way. See ya tomorrow with a…
.
@RubinReport
: You were a Marxist at one time in your life... What was your wake up to what was wrong with that line of thinking?
Thomas Sowell: Facts.
🔥🔥🔥
Meet Winsome Sears, the first black woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. 🏆
@WinsomeSears
is our latest
#ChampionWoman
. Read more about her story below 👇
🚨 "There is absolutely never any circumstance under which a biological male should be able to play, compete, or take the spot of a woman in sports. Never, ever. Period."
@barbara_ehardt
@bfheartwarrior
In protesting China’s encroaching rule,
#HongKongProtesters
are defying the most powerful tyranny on the planet — a techno-totalitarian system that aims to grind them into submission.
#IWfp
#HongKong
"Unafraid of backlash, retaliation, or cancellation, three accomplished male athletes are denouncing the discriminatory policies that allow males who identify as 'transgender women' to compete in
#WomensSports
."
Read more from
@andreajmew
👇
@DailySignal
Standing up for women & girls has never been more vital.
@IWF
is so proud to welcome a brave young woman who is using her voice & courageously telling her tragic sports story. High school female athlete Payton McNabb joins us as the newest Independent Women’s Forum spokeswoman!🌟
A colossal tragedy of our time is the rise of China as a huge, repressive and predatory player. There is still a window to head off China’s ambitions of global dominance. But that window is closing fast.
#IWfp
#StandwithHK
#CCP
#StandWithHongKong
China’s mishandling of the
#coronavirus
is now provoking questions abroad about the competence of its rulers and the reliability of whatever information they release.
#FreeHongKong
#Wuhan
#IWfp
‼️ IWF Ambassador
@Riley_Gaines_
is calling out the Biden administration for stripping away women's protections under
#TitleIX
. Women & girls deserve equal opportunity, privacy, & safety! Read more about it ⤵️
‼️
@Riley_Gaines_
is spot on: denying women opportunities in favor of male athletes is sex-based discrimination.
Riley testified on
#CapitolHill
last week about how the Biden admin's
#TitleIX
rewrite will erase women's sports and eliminate opportunities for female athletes.
Last Thursday,
@IWF
co-hosted a discussion exploring the question “Hong Kong: What Next?”
"..what did become clear...is the tremendous value that the people of both Hong Kong and Taiwan place on freedom and rule of law backed by genuine democracy..."
#IWfp
#HongKongProtests
.
@IWF
takes seriously any and all allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse. But as an org. committed to fairness and due process, IWF also understands that allegations cannot be accepted as true simply because they are made by a woman.
#ConfirmKavanaugh
Over the past year, IWF has led the charge to save women's sports!
The fight is FAR from over & we must continue to shout:
#OURBODIESOURSPORTS
to those who believe that women's sports can be erased by biological males!
Tell the NCAA to
#SAVEWOMENSSPORTS
:
🔥IWF Ambassador
@Riley_Gaines_
calls out Rep. Summer Lee for her hypocrisy & falsely equating standing for women transphobic.
“If my testimony makes me transphobic then I believe your opening monologue makes you a misogynist.”
Kim’s story is a devastating reminder of the chokehold gender ideology has on society. Kim risked her entire life’s work to share her story, and her bravery to stand up to Oberlin’s group think and speak out for women is bold and inspiring .
She shares: “Do I believe I'm at risk…
📽️NEW:
@seanhannity
asks if Riley's side will win this debate for the sake of women's sports?
@IWF
Spokeswoman
@Riley_Gaines_
says: "💯percent."
"We're backed by science, logic, reason, and common sense. The other side doesn't have that."
WATCH⤵️