The event, which took place at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been a subject of controversy and discussion.
According to Fox News Digital, Gaines will direct her remarks to Georgia Tech President Angel Cabrera, questioning his lack of intervention in the championships. "Dr. Cabrera, you knew that a 6’4" fully intact man was coming to compete against me, my teammates, and my competitors in the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving National Championships," Gaines stated in her prepared remarks. She further questioned Cabrera's inaction, asking, "Do you have a daughter? You could have stopped it, you could have at least said, ‘not here, not on the campus of Georgia Tech University,’ but you did not. You had the chance at the outset to bring a sane, rational, science-based, perspective to the protection of women’s sport, but you looked the other way, and you did nothing. Why didn’t you intervene?"
Gaines' remarks underscore the ongoing debate over the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports. She emphasized the overwhelming scientific evidence of male performance advantages in sports, accusing Cabrera of ignoring this to the detriment of female athletes. Gaines also highlighted the issue of privacy, stating, "Your Georgia Tech University officials knew a naked adult man with full male genitalia was being authorized by Georgia Tech University to share a locker room with hundreds of college coeds who would themselves be naked, unable to hide, unable to protect our privacy."
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The swimmer's remarks also touched on the traumatic experience she and her fellow athletes endured. "Because you did nothing, that man walked into the women’s locker room at your university and saw me undressed down to nothing. I did not even know he had access to the women’s locker room until I heard a man’s voice and turned around and saw him a few feet in front of me, and I was unclothed. You allowed college women to be traumatized on your campus in this way. Why didn’t you protect me? Why didn’t you protect us?"
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Cabrera, who reportedly declined to testify before the committee, was urged by Gaines to take steps towards redemption. "Dr. Cabrera, if you want to redeem the past and protect women in college sports today, you can take a momentous step towards a more just future for women and for humanity," she said. Gaines' remarks reflect the hopes and concerns of thousands of women across the country and hundreds of girls who aspire to compete in sports, particularly those dreaming of swimming for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
