NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Conservative activist and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines has been appointed to the Sumner County Library Board, according to Sumner County Commissioner, Jeremy Mansfield.
Gaines was added to the board on Monday evening as one of the two vacancies.
Gaines is a former collegiate swimmer for the University of Kentucky and is known for campaigning against the participation of trans women in women's sports.
She also lobbied her state representatives in April 2022 to pass a law that would prohibit transgender women from participating in women's sports.
She expressed her comments on social media on Monday as well about gender identity-related books.
Tennessee banned tax dollars from funding woke gender ideology, but my own county’s library board is ignoring it.
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) October 20, 2025
These books (and others) were challenged by concerned parents in February, but to no prevail.
Remove this filth from our libraries! pic.twitter.com/AeQT5uM0o5
Earlier this year, her father, Brad Gaines, a former Vanderbilt football player, filed to run for Congress.
RELATED: Brad Gaines, dad of GOP political activist Riley Gaines, is running for Congress in Tennessee
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