in World News Simone Biles vs. Riley Gaines: X Explodes Over Trans Athlete Debate
“This is actually so disappointing. It’s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces.”
Sports Twitter was on fire last night after Olympic legend Simone Biles went after women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines in a heated exchange over the inclusion of trans athletes in girls’ sports. Gaines and her supporters didn’t hold back.
According to the New York Post, the spat kicked off after Gaines responded to a Minnesota high school softball team’s state championship win. The team included a transgender player, pitcher Marissa Rothenberger, who helped deliver a shutout in the title game.
Biles blasted Gaines on X for criticizing a Minnesota softball team that included transgender player Marissa Rothenberger.
The pitcher threw a shutout and helped bring a state championship home to Champlin Park High School.
“To be expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines wrote in response to a photo of the team celebrating the winning season.
Simone Biles quickly jumped in with this post:
@Riley_Gaines_ You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender… https://t.co/pjpzuZ0AlO
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) June 6, 2025
Gaines fired back immediately:
This is actually so disappointing. It’s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces.