July 7, 2025 • 14 mins
Several laws just went into effect in Georgia, including the anti-trans Riley Gaines Act. We go over what it entails, and the future implications.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Okay, this is Annie and Samantha.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Welcome to Stuff I Never Told You. Production by Hurt Radio.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
And today's Monday Mini is sponsored by my current rage
and frustration. So trigger warning. We are talking about anti
trans rhetoric and hatred as well as so many other
things that this current administration is viewing US conservatism and
Republican but is a thinly veiled attempt to pushing their
hate and white patriarchal supremacy. So there you go. I
(00:40):
will tell you if you are not from the trans community,
I think you need to listen, and I think we
have to keep paying attention. We are tired, we are exhausted,
we are over the top. I get it, but we
need to be reminded of what we're trying to fight against,
and just to remember there are organizations out there that
are fighting this. So with that, this is very much
much a current affairs conversation. So we're gonna timestamp it.
(01:04):
We are recording this on July first, twenty twenty five,
so some things may change between us publishing it, which
would be on July seventh, Monday, and hopefully I'm gonna
put this out there in hopes that we will change
some good changes may be occurring as you listen to
(01:24):
this in the future. I wrote that in the script. Anyway,
it's small joyce, but I'm very hopeful that this will
be studied as to oh my god, can you believe
that happened? And look at how far we've come. This
is what I'm hoping for in the future. So we're
just gonna put this as a preservation of we see
(01:45):
what you've done, and we're gonna name the bad people.
All right. So today marks the beginning of several changes
in the Georgia state law, including the implementation of the
Raleigh Gains Act or Senate Bill one or House Bill
two sixty seven. So apparently they're both under that and
what is this law exactly? Yes, I took a day
(02:07):
breath because I'm very frustrated and angry. There may be
cursing Christina's I might I might give you some like
real real editing wars here, because I might go off,
but I'm trying not to. So here's how the Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia their site describes it. Quote Senate Bill one,
the Riley Gains Act of twenty twenty five is based
(02:30):
on legislative findings relating to the need to protect girls
and women's athletics and the work of the Senate Special
Committee on the Protection of Women's Sports, which Lieutenant Governor
Jones created and appointed. By enacting Senate Bill one, Georgia
would join the twenty six other states that protect women's sports.
(02:51):
And we want to pin that last bit that currently
twenty six other states have enacted similar bills under the
guise of quote protecting women's sports. I take a pause
because I'm gonna start cursing. In a second, check in
with you, Annie. Are you about to curse? Are you
just glad that I'm not not going off and throwing things?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Generally growth anyway. But to put it in more detail,
within the twenty four page legislation, they require the usage
of the term sex instead of gender and to keep
the binary male and female as assigned by birth. And
we all know about this rhetoric. We know this, We
know this usage of keeping everything same sex as they
(03:33):
write it as in like only males in male sports only,
women in women's sports only, males only, females not women.
I apologize females because you know, and it allows for
families and individuals to sue organizations they feel are infringing
on these said rights and protections. Also, I would like
(03:56):
to know I did not talk about the many incidents
of them accusing what they would call a signed at
birth women male females of beemles and going after them,
harassing them, beating them, killing them, murdering them, and also
using this to murder trans women. Okay, moving off. So
the peach Pundit dot com, I'm not really sure about
(04:17):
the site, but they were pretty straightforward. So I liked
what they had because that was able to be succinct
because there was a lot of information in that legislation.
But the peach pundit dot com highlights different sections within
the Act and some things to note. Again, the whole
thing is infuriating and I wanted to throw my computer anyway,
So the Professional Status Commission is authorized to investigate complaints
(04:37):
of non compliance, meaning sanctions may be imposed for violations.
Parents or legal guardians may file a legal claim against
a school or school system if a A student encounters
a member of the opposite sex in a dressroom or
changing area. Due to a school's permission, b a student
is required to share sleeping quarters with a member of
(04:58):
the opposite sex who is not a family member. Another
part is another Any student, parent, school, or athletic association
may file a private cause of action if they suffer
direct or indirect harm due to one a violation of
the restrictions or athletic participation to retaliation for reporting a violation,
(05:21):
which is ironic by the way. Yeah, yeah, okay. And
then there's another part which the bill defines sex as
either a male or female based on biological characteristics observed
at or before birth, meaning it replaces gender with sex
and all applicable Georgia laws and with that any laws
that conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed.
(05:44):
That's something we need to remember, yep, because that's just blanket,
very easy to use. Okay. So those are some of
the things that I'm like, yeah, this is there's so
many other things in this it's really really harmful that
I was just like, but let's look at this right now.
But there's just a small bit of what we're talking about,
and so on that note, who the hell is this
(06:04):
Grimlin Riley Gaines. You may have seen some of the
back and forth that she had with Simona Biles, an
Olympic champion with literal moves and routines and named after
her like multi champion link goat literal. But in short,
it is pretty much she's pretty much a sore loser
who tied for fifth place with a trans athlete in
(06:27):
a collegiate swim competition. Fifth place these specificis didn't win.
She wasn't winning. She didn't win. She's never won FYI ever, ever, ever,
And she had one trans woman who tied with her.
And by the way, her initial reaction was not bad.
She was like, you know, she works really hard, she's
(06:49):
done what she's done, like talking about the trans athlete, congratulations.
And then as the year went by, she was like, wait,
I should be angry. Wait, I can make money, eight,
I can be famous. There are articles with older teammates
who were like, no, we're distancing ourselves because this is weird.
We definitely this is such a transformation for what we
(07:11):
knew of her. Then, yeah, so this is that woman,
And honestly, I think she should be remembered as a
person who cried about tying for a fifth in the
one competition she actually meddled. That's how we should remember her.
But she was like, I'm so great, I can critique
Simone Biles, everything is rage in me but anyway, But
(07:45):
as some details from glad dot org, who has titled
her as an anti transgender activist, they write quote Riley
Gaines is an American former collegiate swimmer from Gallatin, Tennessee.
In twenty twenty two, while swinging for the University of
Kentucky in the two hundred yard NCAA Freestyle Championship, Gaines
finished behind three cisgender competitors and tied for fifth place
(08:08):
with the University of Pennsylvania swimmer Leah Thomas, a transgender
woman who followed all rules to participate. Gaines has since
lobbied against the inclusion of trans women in the women's
division of sports, been a frequent guest on right wing media,
travels nationwide for panels advocating against transgender people, and campaigned
(08:28):
for anti trans candidates for public office, including rand Paul
Ron Desantez, Kim Reynolds, Daniel Cameron, and others. By the way,
she's been noted to make unfounded claims such as this again,
according to glad dot org. At a speech at University
of Wyoming, she opened with allegations of an assault at
(08:49):
San Francisco State University made specific note that she was
attacked by men in dresses with beards, and that she
was apparently held ransom along with police officers until she
gave the protesters ten dollars each.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Big score, real big score.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
And police say her claims are unfounded. Yeah, how is
this not an Onion article? It's the world with beards
made me give them ten dollars along.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
With the police. Like that, being held hostage alongside the police.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
The dudes with guns who loved to just shoot. Yeah. Oh,
and yes, she did sue NCC to quote challenge the
organization's transgender eligibility policies, meaning she wanted to get rid
of all trans women and women's sports. And because we
know this is only the groundwork of a bigger anti
(09:52):
queer agenda. Here's some more information from Glad about her
specific organization quote. Riley Gaines is the director of the RILEYG.
Ganes Center at the Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute receives
funding from several Coke family foundations, the Lynn and Harry
Bradley Foundation, which promotes anti LGBTQ initiatives, including support for
(10:12):
studies and campaigns that oppose LGBTQ rights, particularly in the
context of education and public policies. Donors Trust and Donors
Capital Fund, which opposes LGBTQ rights and funds various organizations
that push anti LGBTQ agendas, the National Christian Charitable Foundation,
which opposes LGBTQ rights, particularly marriage equality and transgender rights,
(10:34):
among others. So yes, she is a part of this
larger organization, a part of the Heritage Foundation, a part
of the whole project twenty twenty five. We hated here,
But back to this insidious policy. Yes, as we mentioned,
at least twenty six other states are either trying to
(10:55):
or have passed similar bills. I believe West Virginia is
one of those, and they have passed it as well. Right,
they are smiling so big. I can't condone violence, but
violent actions do go through my head anyway. Moving on,
and just as a reminder, the amount of openly trans
athletes that are competing in the NCAA is less than ten.
(11:17):
Less than ten. Yeah, it is a single digit number
as a twenty twenty five as of this year.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
The way my fista clenched and I'm so angry, I'm
gonna have a stroke. Moving on, and the numbers keep
getting worse. From trans Legislation dot Com. In twenty twenty one,
there were one hundred and forty three and I trans bills,
with eighteen of them passing, and in twenty twenty five,
four years later, there have been nine hundred and forty
two bills. As of I believe today their website is
(11:52):
pretty on top of things, with one hundred and sixteen
of them passing, and last year fifty one of them
passed with a seven hundred and one introduced, so it
has more than doubled within this year, which is not over,
which is almost like literally a little bit halfway over.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
And if you're curious, Texas wins with the most one
hundred and thirty bills considered, which is even more than
the national count the federal level account which is at
sixty seven, who is tied for number two with Missouri. Delaware,
by the way, seemingly is the safest state for our
trans friends, with only one anti trans bill in consideration,
(12:33):
which is still too many. It's one too many in
our opinions, m H, like, why can't there be one
state with zero? We failed, We failed, But remember take
a deep breath, then everybody me specifically, I know, I
know I'm about to talk about gardening, so yes, I'm
(12:55):
gonna calm down. We do have many organizations like that
Human Rights Campaign, Advocates for Trans Equality, trans Law Center,
and many more working to fight against these really hateful policies.
There are some small wins happening around the world, around
the country, even though today I wish I could go
(13:18):
and be volatile against our own administration in the state
of Georgia. For our trans friends, if you've stuck around
to hear what's going on and are so down, we
love you, We see you, We see you your humanity
and your struggles, and we know this is a scary,
(13:38):
scary time. I'm with you, and if you need anything,
know that we are here and we will keep speaking
up for you.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yes, yes we will, we will, And please let us
know if there's something that you think we should be
talking about. Our resources are people you think we should
talk to. It also sounds like we might need to
bring back one of our meditation episodes.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
What you're talking about, I think it'd be.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Good for all of us.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
But in the meantime, listeners, if you would like to
email us you can. You can email us at Hello
at stuffhaneverdold you dot com. You can also find us
on Blue Sky at mom Stuff Podcasts, or on Instagram
and TikTok at stuff I've Never Told You for us
on YouTube, and we have a book you can get
where we get your books. Thanks, it's always too our
super duce Christina, except for Prisia and contributor Joey.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Thank you and thanks to you for listening Stuff Never Told.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
You This pecture of my heart Radio.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, you can check
out the heart Radio app Apple Podcasts, or if you
listen to your favorite shows
Okay, this is Annie and Samantha.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Welcome to Stuff I Never Told You. Production by Hurt Radio.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
And today's Monday Mini is sponsored by my current rage
and frustration. So trigger warning. We are talking about anti
trans rhetoric and hatred as well as so many other
things that this current administration is viewing US conservatism and
Republican but is a thinly veiled attempt to pushing their
hate and white patriarchal supremacy. So there you go. I
(00:40):
will tell you if you are not from the trans community,
I think you need to listen, and I think we
have to keep paying attention. We are tired, we are exhausted,
we are over the top. I get it, but we
need to be reminded of what we're trying to fight against,
and just to remember there are organizations out there that
are fighting this. So with that, this is very much
much a current affairs conversation. So we're gonna timestamp it.
(01:04):
We are recording this on July first, twenty twenty five,
so some things may change between us publishing it, which
would be on July seventh, Monday, and hopefully I'm gonna
put this out there in hopes that we will change
some good changes may be occurring as you listen to
(01:24):
this in the future. I wrote that in the script. Anyway,
it's small joyce, but I'm very hopeful that this will
be studied as to oh my god, can you believe
that happened? And look at how far we've come. This
is what I'm hoping for in the future. So we're
just gonna put this as a preservation of we see
(01:45):
what you've done, and we're gonna name the bad people.
All right. So today marks the beginning of several changes
in the Georgia state law, including the implementation of the
Raleigh Gains Act or Senate Bill one or House Bill
two sixty seven. So apparently they're both under that and
what is this law exactly? Yes, I took a day
(02:07):
breath because I'm very frustrated and angry. There may be
cursing Christina's I might I might give you some like
real real editing wars here, because I might go off,
but I'm trying not to. So here's how the Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia their site describes it. Quote Senate Bill one,
the Riley Gains Act of twenty twenty five is based
(02:30):
on legislative findings relating to the need to protect girls
and women's athletics and the work of the Senate Special
Committee on the Protection of Women's Sports, which Lieutenant Governor
Jones created and appointed. By enacting Senate Bill one, Georgia
would join the twenty six other states that protect women's sports.
(02:51):
And we want to pin that last bit that currently
twenty six other states have enacted similar bills under the
guise of quote protecting women's sports. I take a pause
because I'm gonna start cursing. In a second, check in
with you, Annie. Are you about to curse? Are you
just glad that I'm not not going off and throwing things?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Generally growth anyway. But to put it in more detail,
within the twenty four page legislation, they require the usage
of the term sex instead of gender and to keep
the binary male and female as assigned by birth. And
we all know about this rhetoric. We know this, We
know this usage of keeping everything same sex as they
(03:33):
write it as in like only males in male sports only,
women in women's sports only, males only, females not women.
I apologize females because you know, and it allows for
families and individuals to sue organizations they feel are infringing
on these said rights and protections. Also, I would like
(03:56):
to know I did not talk about the many incidents
of them accusing what they would call a signed at
birth women male females of beemles and going after them,
harassing them, beating them, killing them, murdering them, and also
using this to murder trans women. Okay, moving off. So
the peach Pundit dot com, I'm not really sure about
(04:17):
the site, but they were pretty straightforward. So I liked
what they had because that was able to be succinct
because there was a lot of information in that legislation.
But the peach pundit dot com highlights different sections within
the Act and some things to note. Again, the whole
thing is infuriating and I wanted to throw my computer anyway,
So the Professional Status Commission is authorized to investigate complaints
(04:37):
of non compliance, meaning sanctions may be imposed for violations.
Parents or legal guardians may file a legal claim against
a school or school system if a A student encounters
a member of the opposite sex in a dressroom or
changing area. Due to a school's permission, b a student
is required to share sleeping quarters with a member of
(04:58):
the opposite sex who is not a family member. Another
part is another Any student, parent, school, or athletic association
may file a private cause of action if they suffer
direct or indirect harm due to one a violation of
the restrictions or athletic participation to retaliation for reporting a violation,
(05:21):
which is ironic by the way. Yeah, yeah, okay. And
then there's another part which the bill defines sex as
either a male or female based on biological characteristics observed
at or before birth, meaning it replaces gender with sex
and all applicable Georgia laws and with that any laws
that conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed.
(05:44):
That's something we need to remember, yep, because that's just blanket,
very easy to use. Okay. So those are some of
the things that I'm like, yeah, this is there's so
many other things in this it's really really harmful that
I was just like, but let's look at this right now.
But there's just a small bit of what we're talking about,
and so on that note, who the hell is this
(06:04):
Grimlin Riley Gaines. You may have seen some of the
back and forth that she had with Simona Biles, an
Olympic champion with literal moves and routines and named after
her like multi champion link goat literal. But in short,
it is pretty much she's pretty much a sore loser
who tied for fifth place with a trans athlete in
(06:27):
a collegiate swim competition. Fifth place these specificis didn't win.
She wasn't winning. She didn't win. She's never won FYI ever, ever, ever,
And she had one trans woman who tied with her.
And by the way, her initial reaction was not bad.
She was like, you know, she works really hard, she's
(06:49):
done what she's done, like talking about the trans athlete, congratulations.
And then as the year went by, she was like, wait,
I should be angry. Wait, I can make money, eight,
I can be famous. There are articles with older teammates
who were like, no, we're distancing ourselves because this is weird.
We definitely this is such a transformation for what we
(07:11):
knew of her. Then, yeah, so this is that woman,
And honestly, I think she should be remembered as a
person who cried about tying for a fifth in the
one competition she actually meddled. That's how we should remember her.
But she was like, I'm so great, I can critique
Simone Biles, everything is rage in me but anyway, But
(07:45):
as some details from glad dot org, who has titled
her as an anti transgender activist, they write quote Riley
Gaines is an American former collegiate swimmer from Gallatin, Tennessee.
In twenty twenty two, while swinging for the University of
Kentucky in the two hundred yard NCAA Freestyle Championship, Gaines
finished behind three cisgender competitors and tied for fifth place
(08:08):
with the University of Pennsylvania swimmer Leah Thomas, a transgender
woman who followed all rules to participate. Gaines has since
lobbied against the inclusion of trans women in the women's
division of sports, been a frequent guest on right wing media,
travels nationwide for panels advocating against transgender people, and campaigned
(08:28):
for anti trans candidates for public office, including rand Paul
Ron Desantez, Kim Reynolds, Daniel Cameron, and others. By the way,
she's been noted to make unfounded claims such as this again,
according to glad dot org. At a speech at University
of Wyoming, she opened with allegations of an assault at
(08:49):
San Francisco State University made specific note that she was
attacked by men in dresses with beards, and that she
was apparently held ransom along with police officers until she
gave the protesters ten dollars each.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Big score, real big score.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
And police say her claims are unfounded. Yeah, how is
this not an Onion article? It's the world with beards
made me give them ten dollars along.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
With the police. Like that, being held hostage alongside the police.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
The dudes with guns who loved to just shoot. Yeah. Oh,
and yes, she did sue NCC to quote challenge the
organization's transgender eligibility policies, meaning she wanted to get rid
of all trans women and women's sports. And because we
know this is only the groundwork of a bigger anti
(09:52):
queer agenda. Here's some more information from Glad about her
specific organization quote. Riley Gaines is the director of the RILEYG.
Ganes Center at the Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute receives
funding from several Coke family foundations, the Lynn and Harry
Bradley Foundation, which promotes anti LGBTQ initiatives, including support for
(10:12):
studies and campaigns that oppose LGBTQ rights, particularly in the
context of education and public policies. Donors Trust and Donors
Capital Fund, which opposes LGBTQ rights and funds various organizations
that push anti LGBTQ agendas, the National Christian Charitable Foundation,
which opposes LGBTQ rights, particularly marriage equality and transgender rights,
(10:34):
among others. So yes, she is a part of this
larger organization, a part of the Heritage Foundation, a part
of the whole project twenty twenty five. We hated here,
But back to this insidious policy. Yes, as we mentioned,
at least twenty six other states are either trying to
(10:55):
or have passed similar bills. I believe West Virginia is
one of those, and they have passed it as well. Right,
they are smiling so big. I can't condone violence, but
violent actions do go through my head anyway. Moving on,
and just as a reminder, the amount of openly trans
athletes that are competing in the NCAA is less than ten.
(11:17):
Less than ten. Yeah, it is a single digit number
as a twenty twenty five as of this year.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
The way my fista clenched and I'm so angry, I'm
gonna have a stroke. Moving on, and the numbers keep
getting worse. From trans Legislation dot Com. In twenty twenty one,
there were one hundred and forty three and I trans bills,
with eighteen of them passing, and in twenty twenty five,
four years later, there have been nine hundred and forty
two bills. As of I believe today their website is
(11:52):
pretty on top of things, with one hundred and sixteen
of them passing, and last year fifty one of them
passed with a seven hundred and one introduced, so it
has more than doubled within this year, which is not over,
which is almost like literally a little bit halfway over.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
And if you're curious, Texas wins with the most one
hundred and thirty bills considered, which is even more than
the national count the federal level account which is at
sixty seven, who is tied for number two with Missouri. Delaware,
by the way, seemingly is the safest state for our
trans friends, with only one anti trans bill in consideration,
(12:33):
which is still too many. It's one too many in
our opinions, m H, like, why can't there be one
state with zero? We failed, We failed, But remember take
a deep breath, then everybody me specifically, I know, I
know I'm about to talk about gardening, so yes, I'm
(12:55):
gonna calm down. We do have many organizations like that
Human Rights Campaign, Advocates for Trans Equality, trans Law Center,
and many more working to fight against these really hateful policies.
There are some small wins happening around the world, around
the country, even though today I wish I could go
(13:18):
and be volatile against our own administration in the state
of Georgia. For our trans friends, if you've stuck around
to hear what's going on and are so down, we
love you, We see you, We see you your humanity
and your struggles, and we know this is a scary,
(13:38):
scary time. I'm with you, and if you need anything,
know that we are here and we will keep speaking
up for you.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yes, yes we will, we will, And please let us
know if there's something that you think we should be
talking about. Our resources are people you think we should
talk to. It also sounds like we might need to
bring back one of our meditation episodes.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
What you're talking about, I think it'd be.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Good for all of us.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
But in the meantime, listeners, if you would like to
email us you can. You can email us at Hello
at stuffhaneverdold you dot com. You can also find us
on Blue Sky at mom Stuff Podcasts, or on Instagram
and TikTok at stuff I've Never Told You for us
on YouTube, and we have a book you can get
where we get your books. Thanks, it's always too our
super duce Christina, except for Prisia and contributor Joey.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Thank you and thanks to you for listening Stuff Never Told.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
You This pecture of my heart Radio.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, you can check
out the heart Radio app Apple Podcasts, or if you
listen to your favorite shows
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