Riley Gaines floated the possibility of legal action after an outlet suggested she was the cause of a bomb threat directed at a California library earlier this week.
said she was asked to leave because she was misgendering people during her time to speak.
Media Matters titled their Wednesday story,"Bomb threat and hate speech against library follow targeted harassment from Riley Gaines and other right-wing media figures." PinkNews followed up Friday with,"Riley Gaines anti-trans harassment on social media linked to bomb threat on California library."Gaines suggested she would take legal action in a post on X.
Riley Gaines attends a discussion on transgender athletes In women's sports during a National Girls and Women in Sports day event on Capitol Hill on Feb. 1, 2023., Gaines said:"I’m definitely exploring options for legal action to be taken against PinkNews. They have resorted to defamation and lying, which has in turn caused an infiltration of personal threats to my safety. News outlets continue to lie and need to be held accountable.
"This is not anti-anything. It's not anti-trans; no one is being banned from playing sports. That's a false narrative being pushed," she said. Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines speaks during a rally on Jan. 12, 2023, outside of the NCAA Convention in San Antonio."This is pro-woman, it's pro-fairness, it's pro-truth, but it's not anti-anything. I'll be the first one to say I think everyone should play sports regardless of who you are, your sexual orientation, your gender identity, your race, whatever sport you play, everyone should play sports. I actually encourage people to play sports.
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