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Riley Gaines stole her hate campaign from horror movies

Standing Room Only

Release Date: 10/31/2025

Swimmer Riley Gaines has become MAGA’s latest hand-picked “victim” of trans athletes, despite her entire media career being built on a single moment: tying for fifth place against trans swimmer Lia Thomas in 2022. In this episode, Amanda breaks down why her tactics and unoriginal talking points resonate so deeply with the Christian right, and how her brand of trans panic looks less like scripture and more like a horror movie script. The guest this episode is Stacy Lentz, LGBTQ rights activist, co-owner of the Stonewall Inn in New York and the CEO of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative.