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

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