{"id":626844,"date":"2023-04-07T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/anti-lia-thomas-activist-whisked-away-by-police-amid-protest-at-san-francisco-state\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T20:45:00","slug":"anti-lia-thomas-activist-whisked-away-by-police-amid-protest-at-san-francisco-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/anti-lia-thomas-activist-whisked-away-by-police-amid-protest-at-san-francisco-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Lia Thomas activist whisked away by police amid protest at San Francisco State"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines speaks March 13 at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas.\u00a0Gaines, an activist against trans women in women\u2019s sports, was escorted to safety by police after protesters showed up to her speech at San Francisco State University on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Videos on social media show San Francisco State University<\/a> police officers shielding Riley Gaines, an activist against trans women in women\u2019s sports, and escorting her away from a swarm of protesters who showed up to a speech she gave on campus Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer, rose to prominence<\/a> as an\u00a0activist last year after tying for fifth place<\/a> with trans swimmer Lia Thomas in a race at the\u00a0NCAA women\u2019s championship. Gaines, who has since gone on a public crusade against Thomas, was invited to speak<\/a> by the university\u2019s chapter of Turning Point USA, a conservative organization founded by far-right media pundit Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n

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In a statement to\u00a0SFGATE, the university said Gaines needed to be escorted to safety by campus police after a \u201cdisruption\u201d\u00a0occurred following her speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are conducting an ongoing investigation into the situation,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThere were no arrests related to the event. The disruption occurred after the conclusion of the event which made it necessary for\u00a0UPD officers to move the event speaker from the room to a different, safe location.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We strongly condemn the violence perpetrated against @iwf<\/a> spokeswoman @Riley_Gaines_<\/a> on @SFSU<\/a> campus. Riley was violently accosted, ambushed, and physically assaulted during a speech on sex discrimination women face in their own single-sex sports category. pic.twitter.com\/uhND8UY2jX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Independent Women’s Forum (@IWF) April 7, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Videos on Twitter, including one posted on Gaines’ personal account<\/a>, show her being hustled out of a classroom and down a hallway by police as protesters follow and begin to yell at her. In the videos, protesters can be heard shouting obscenities at Gaines and taunting her for \u201crunning away\u201d and \u201ccrying.\u201d Many can be seen holding signs, and chants of \u201ctrans rights are human rights\u201d are heard throughout the video.<\/p>\n

The saga appears to end shortly after with\u00a0Gaines being put in a classroom, the door of which can be seen being guarded by campus police as protesters stand outside. In one video<\/a>, protesters can be seen discussing conditions under which they\u2019d let Gaines leave. It\u2019s unclear how long Gaines was kept in the room or when she eventually left campus.<\/p>\n

Several conservative figures\u00a0\u2014 including Kirk, Matt Walsh and Caitlyn Jenner\u00a0\u2014\u00a0issued online statements supporting Gaines and condemning the protesters. Gaines herself issued a statement<\/a> on Twitter on Thursday, saying she was hit twice and arguing that what happened to her serves as proof that \u201cwomen need sex-protected spaces.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines speaks March 13 at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas.\u00a0Gaines, an activist against trans women in women\u2019s sports, was escorted to safety by police after protesters showed up to her speech at San Francisco State University on Thursday.\u00a0 William Luther\/San Antiono Express News Videos on social media show San Francisco […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121280,534,843],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-626844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anti-lia","8":"category-financial","9":"category-thomas"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}