Riley Gaines appointment to local Tennessee library board gets mixed reactions

Published October 22, 2025 2:17pm ET



Women’s sports activist Riley Gaines announced she became the newest member of Tennessee’s Sumner County Library Board Tuesday, to the dismay and delight of some.

“I’m honored to serve the community I grew up in and the one where we’ll raise our daughter. If you want to see change, don’t wait for someone else to make it happen. Step up and be that change yourself,” Gaines wrote on X Tuesday.

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