Anti-trans activist Riley Gaines is bragging about how Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles apologized to her in their days-long social media disagreement over trans rights.Earlier this week, Biles apologized to Gaines for getting personal in her comments to Gaines where Biles defended trans peoples participation in sports. Some of those comments included telling Gaines that shes truly sick and that shes as big as a man. Related An anti-trans MAGA influencer tried to insult Simone Biles. It didnt go well for him. Charlie Kirk decided to insert himself into someone elses feud, but he didnt quite have the zinger he thought. That is, Biles did not change her opinion on the issue and just apologized for her personal insults. But Gaines ran to Fox News to claim it as a win on the merits. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today I accept her apology. I see this truthfully as a really big win, Gaines said on Fox News. You have this really famous public figure who is now issuing a groveling and backtracks after, again, tweeting pro-trans propaganda, if you will, this scenario would have been unthinkable a year, certainly two years ago.Whether its sincere or not, I think thats a different question, but nonetheless, she learned we are not living in 2020 anymore, Gaines concluded. The mention of 2020 is likely a reference to the protests that occurred after George Floyd died that year, which many conservatives see as the high point of progressivism. Gaines: I accept her apology and see this as a really big win. You have this famous public figure now issuing a groveling public apology and backtracks after tweeting pro-trans propaganda, if you will. pic.twitter.com/RVE34hiYEK Acyn (@Acyn) June 11, 2025Over the weekend, the iconic gymnast called Gaines out after Gaines bullied a high school girls softball team for allowing a trans girl to play with them. Biles replied with disdain, telling Gaines, Youre truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!! But instead You bully them One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!Gaines expressed hurt, saying that it was so disappointing that Biles wouldnt take her side in mocking the high school students. Its not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces, she said. You can uplift men stealing championships in womens sports with YOUR platform. Men dont belong in womens sports and I say that with my full chest.Simone then responded, bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male. This week, Biles apologized. Ive always believed competitive equity & inclusivity arebothessential in sport.The current systemdoesnt adequately balance these importantprinciples, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didnthelp for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for.These are sensitive, complicated issues that I truly dont have the answers or solutions to,but I believe it starts with empathy and respect, Biles continued.I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in womens sports.My objectionistobe singlingout childrenfor public scrutinyinways thatfeelpersonal and harmful.Individual athletesespecially kidsshould never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over.Biles has won 11 Olympic medals over the course of her career. Gaines tied for fifth place with a trans woman at a college swim meet and built a career on her resentment for having to share the spot with her.On X, people noted that Biles apology was not groveling and was only about Biles personal attacks, not an admission that Gaines was right on the larger issue. Some people argued that this is why there is no sense in apologizing to people like Gaines, who earn a living demonizing historically oppressed minorities. She gets in a Twitter spat w the greatest female athlete of all time who apologized for getting too personal and the next day shes being showcased on Fox News as a heroThis is what were up against. The money and power behind the anti trans movement is massive. What can we do? https://t.co/ohriSCw9PP stacy (@stacycay) June 11, 2025 Because there is no media outlet that cares about trans people as much as the right wing outlets do. Even the most left fringe shows dont care about us enough to actually platform us and let us speak freely. stacy (@stacycay) June 11, 2025This is why you dont apologize to these demons Ivan (@ivaniscool24) June 11, 2025 @Simone_Biles was the bigger person here. Riley is milking this whole thing for clicks and clout.Riley is an attention whore. Nobody would even know who she is if it wasn't for Lia Thomas. JustTheFacts! (@JustTheFacts_68) June 11, 2025You finished tied for 5th, and got rich and famous off of hating trans people. Fuck you. Machine Pun Kelly (@KellyScaletta) June 11, 2025 @Riley_Gaines_ you still came in 5th and she's an olympic hero drew logan (@DrewFromNJ) June 11, 2025Riley Gaines and these MAGA never truly accept any apology and always twist it for their agenda. Vince Wilson (@VinceWilsonShow) June 11, 2025Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.