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Riley Gaines Finished 5th. Now She Believes Victory Is in Her Grasp.
Critics argue that conservatives are not always advocates of Title IX’s ethos in the broader sense by lobbying for, say, better facilities for women’s teams. The Trump administration moved in June to quietly roll back some Title IX protections for student athletes overseen by the Department of Energy, to little opposition from conservatives.
“It’s not about protecting women and girls, it’s about dehumanizing trans people,” said Shiwali Patel, a senior education director at the National Women’s Law Center, an advocacy organization. The group filed a brief supporting the rights of transgender women in a lawsuit Ms. Gaines and others brought against the N.C.A.A. last year.