3 key moments from Riley Gaines' testimony at Senate hearing on trans rights
![Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines countered the president of the Human Rights Campaign for denying the biological advantages of male athletes in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2023.](https://cdn.christianpost.com/images/cache/image/14/94/149479_w_700_367.png)
Former NCAA swimmer and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines delivered an emotional testimony Wednesday about her experience competing against a trans-identified man and the dangers of allowing men to encroach on women’s private spaces.
Gaines testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.” Matt Sharp, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom and director of the Center for Legislative Advocacy, also spoke during the hearing.
Others who testified include Dr. Ximena Lopez, a pediatric endocrinologist based in Dallas, Texas; Harleigh Walker, a trans-identified teen from Alabama; and Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign. The hearing comes amid multiple states enacting or considering laws banning body-mutilating and irreversible procedures following the use of puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones, and elective sex-change surgeries such as double mastectomies and castration performed on gender dysphoric youth.
Listed on the following pages are three takeaways from Gaines’ testimony:
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman