Conservative figure and former swimmer Riley Gaines reacted to the new Riley Gaines Act signed into law, saying it was such a tremendous honor for the next generation in women’s sports.
Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) stood firmly for women’s rights by signing the Riley Gaines Act, blocking biological males from invading women’s sports.
The new law requires student athletes to compete based on their birth sex, ensuring fair competition for female athletes and preserving their hard-earned opportunities.
Liberal outcry was immediate, but Georgia joins over 25 states putting biological reality above radical gender ideology.
Senate Bill 1, known as the Riley Gaines Act of 2025, makes it illegal for transgender student-athletes to play on school sports teams that do not match their biological sex.
The legislation applies to all public K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and private teams competing against public teams, and it will take effect on July 1.
“Such a tremendous honor. There are few causes more worthy than protecting opportunities for the next generation,” Gaines stated.
Georgia lawmakers took decisive action to stop the ongoing erasure of women’s athletics, which has gained momentum under the past radical transgender policies.
The new law is named after Riley Gaines, the former collegiate swimmer who was forced to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the 2022 NCAA Championships.
Despite tying with Thomas, Gaines was denied the trophy, which was instead handed to Thomas, a biological male.
This injustice helped spark a nationwide movement to protect women’s sports from the transgender agenda that threatens to eliminate fair competition for female athletes.
Moreover, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns did not mince words about the law’s purpose, emphasizing that protecting women and girls remains the priority despite outcry from leftist groups.
The legislation goes beyond just sports participation to address growing concerns about privacy and safety.
Schools must enforce policies requiring transgender athletes to use restrooms, locker rooms, and sleeping quarters according to their birth certificate sex.
This commonsense measure ensures that girls and women are not forced to share intimate spaces with biological males.
This issue has led to troubling incidents in schools nationwide where gender ideology has trumped safety concerns.
Governor Kemp defended the law as a necessary protection for Georgia’s female athletes, underscoring the science and fairness that the left continues to ignore in pursuit of their radical agenda.
The bill’s sponsor, Republican State Senator Greg Dolezal, highlighted the existential threat posed by allowing biological males to compete against females.
He made it clear that the very concept of women’s sports is at stake when biological advantages are ignored in the name of gender ideology.
Meanwhile, research consistently shows that males maintain significant physical advantages over females regardless of hormone treatments, including greater strength, speed, bone density, and lung capacity.
Georgia’s law aligns with President Trump’s executive order signed in February that investigates schools allowing men in women’s sports for potential Title IX violations.
The President’s action threatens to withhold federal funding from institutions that undermine women’s rights.
This proves the growing consensus among conservatives that Title IX protections for women are being weaponized against the very people they were designed to help.
The law’s overwhelming support reflects public opinion, with over 70% of Georgia voters backing the requirement that athletes play according to their birth certificate sex.
This strong mandate shows that, despite the media’s portrayal, most Americans reject the radical gender ideology being pushed by leftist activists.
They also recognize the importance of protecting women’s hard-earned rights and opportunities.
