Women’s rights activist Riley Gaines recently criticized a swimming championship that allowed a 50-year-old biological male to compete against teenage girls in Toronto.
Former NCAA swimmer Gaines has been actively working towards protecting the rights and security of women in sports. She believes she herself suffered unfair gender practices in swimming when she competed against Lia Thomas, a biologically male swimmer, in the 2022 NCAA finals.
Recently, Gaines came across another such incident at the Richmond Hill Aquatic Centre’s Fall Classic swimming competition. The organization held the event on October 20, in which 10 female swimmers took part.
While nine of the swimmers were between 13 to 14 years of age, the 10th swimmer turned out to be a 50-year-old biological man named Nicholas J. Cepeda, a.k.a Melody Wiseheart.
Disappointed by the rules of the competition, the parents of the teenage swimmers tipped Rebel News, who reported about the incident. The publication revealed that the organizers initially denied the 50-year-old Orangeville Otters Swim Club member’s participation in the championship, but later admitted them.
Move over transgender…trans age is the next new thing https://t.co/PQUIQwrgqc
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) October 25, 2023
Gaines then shared the Rebel News report on her X (formerly known as Twitter) page and wrote:
“Move over transgender…trans age is the next new thing.”
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