Riley Gaines criticized Pride Night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) as “brainwashing” and compared it to “Nazi propaganda in Germany.”
The furious former NCAA swimmer shared a post from an audience member who attended a PWHL game between Ottawa and Boston on Wednesday night at TD Place in Canada.
In the post, Michelle Alleva recounted her experience, stating, “Before the game, the audience was asked to read the following pledge aloud together.”
“Part of the intention is to train the audience (which was full of young girls) to accept boys in their sports and vilify people who don’t,” he continued.
Gaines called the game “crazy” and wrote, “Literal brainwashing.” This is equivalent to the propaganda spread in Nazi Germany.’
Riley Gaines criticized Pride Night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) as “brainwashing” and compared it to “Nazi propaganda in Germany.”
The furious former NCAA swimmer shared a post from an audience member who attended a PWHL game between Ottawa and Boston on Wednesday night at TD Place in Canada.
The Pride Night game in Ottawa follows a similarly themed game in Boston last week (pictured), where fans waved flags and held signs to celebrate the game between Boston and Toronto.
In a photo shared by Alleva, what was dubbed ‘Sport A Rainbow Pledge’ was shown on the big screen before the match.
It says: ‘At Sporting A Rainbow, I understand that all athletes, coaches and competitors deserve to participate in sport without being judged.
‘I will help by denouncing hate speech and actions in my sport. Because it’s about more than just the game.
He was part of the first Pride Night game hosted by PWHL Ottawa on Wednesday, advocating for inclusion and diversity in sports.
According to Alleva, almost everyone present participated in the oath and no one protested.
Images shared by PWHL Ottawa on X capture athletes and coaches wearing t-shirts, scarves, sneakers and socks, all in rainbow colors, as they enter the arena.
Even the ice hockey sticks were glued with LGBTQ rainbow fabric.
He was part of the first Pride Night game hosted by PWHL Ottawa on Wednesday, advocating for inclusion and diversity in sports.
Fans waved flags and held signs to celebrate ‘Pride Night’ at the game between Boston and Toronto last week.
The Pride Night game in Ottawa follows a similarly themed game in Boston last week, where fans waved flags and held signs to celebrate the game between Boston and Toronto.
Jamie Lee Rattray, Sport A Rainbow Foundation ambassador and Boston player, said after the game: “It was really cool to see all the rainbow signs and all the representation here tonight.”
Gaines has been an outspoken critic of allowing biological men to compete against women.
She famously competed against Lia Thomas, a biological male who identifies as female, who swept the 2022 NCAA swimming championships.
DailyMail.com previously reported that Gaines is among 16 female athletes who have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA for violating the federal Title IX civil rights law.
The lawsuit focuses on Thomas, who competed as a man in 2019 and his ranking improved greatly after his gender transition.
DailyMail.com previously reported that Gaines is among 16 female athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA for violating the federal Title IX civil rights law.
The federal lawsuit, the first of its kind, focuses on Lia Thomas, seen with Gaines, who won the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships while a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiffs are seen from top, left to right: Kylee Alons, Katie Blankenship, Réka György and Julianna Morrow; and (bottom, left to right): Lily Mullens, Kate Pearson, Carter Satterfield and Kaitlynn Wheeler
Three months after Thomas’ victory, World Aquatics implemented a ban on transgender women. At the time, US Swimming had already introduced strict regulations for transgender people in March 2022, which critics say fell short of a ban.
However, the NCAA continues to allow transgender athletes in women’s sports, sparking outrage from activists and swimmers.
The lawsuit claims that Thomas’ victory and her participation in the event represented a violation of Title IX, which gives women the right to equal opportunity in sports.
Call on the NCAA to change its rules so that biological males are ineligible to compete against female athletes and to revoke all awards given to trans athletes in women’s competitions and give them to their female contenders.
Additionally, the lawsuit seeks “damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional anguish, suffering and anxiety, expenses and other damages due to the defendants’ unlawful conduct.”
Other plaintiffs include former North Carolina State swimmer Kylee Alons, current Virginia Tech swimmer Réka György, and Kaitlynn Wheeler, who swam for the University of Kentucky, like Gaines.
