San Francisco State athletic director claims 'gender bias' is at root of protest against trans-identified males in women's sports

Following former University of Kentucky swimmer and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines being assaulted at San Francisco State University, the school’s athletic director has blamed "gender bias" for those upset with biological males competing in women’s sports.

"You’ll notice that especially transgender male to female is the one that people are focusing most on because it’s a gender bias in a way as well," Athletics Director Stephanie Shrieve-Hawkins told the Golden Gate Express.

"So what does that say about women, that women aren’t strong?" she added.

The Golden Gate Express noted a comment made by Shrieve-Hawkins in a previous meeting, where she said, "You wouldn’t see this with dancers or any other thing that’s physical. It’s just with this athletics [perspective], we live in this society that’s so competitive."

I'm sorry did this just say PEACEFUL.... I was assaulted. I was extorted and held for random. The protestors demanded I pay them if I wanted to make it home safely. I missed my flight home because I was barricaded in a classroom...

We must have different definitions of peaceful. https://t.co/izxoCF1IFs

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 9, 2023