Riley Gaines is an American former competitive swimmer from Gallatin, Tennessee, who competed for the University of Kentucky NCAA swim team and was the 2022 Southeastern Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She is also an activist calling for female-only spaces after being forced to change with—and compete against—a biological male named Lia Thomas. This has turned her into the primary target of LGBT activists who have deluged her with mockery, contempt, and vile smears.
