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So there's no men's restroom.
It's just, this is the women's restroom.
She says that in the locker room, Leah was just changing in a corner, wrapped in a towel, keeping to herself.
We're all very comfortable being naked.
People don't usually cover themselves with towels to change or go in bathroom stalls or anything like that.
But any of the times I would see her in there, she's wrapped in her towel.
She's turned around, not facing anyone.
I felt bad for her.
I was like, she didn't ask to be put in this environment with these people and treated this way.
She just wanted to come and swim.
That story is not the one that we hear on Fox News.
And then Riley Gaines is on with none other than Tucker Carlson.
I have such an amazing support system at the University of Kentucky, whether that be from the athletic director all the way down to my head coach, Lars Jorgensen.
But just speaking for them, it's just totally wrong.
And I know I can't speak for everyone, but I am almost certain I'm speaking for a large majority of female athletes that this is just not okay and it's not fair.
And
There's the name check of Coach Lars as part of this amazing support system that she is describing.
And really, really quickly, she starts getting involved in politics.
She actually goes to the Kentucky State Legislature trying to get lawmakers to override the governor's veto of a trans sports ban.
And they do within a month, within a month of swimming against Leah Thomas.