The online ticketing and event management company Eventbrite notified prominent women’s sports personality Riley Gaines that her event advocating against allowing transgender individuals in women’s sports would not be permitted on their website for violating its community guidelines while at the same time maintaining other event pages that may violate the rules.
The incident has put the company in hot water with conservatives, including the Republican Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin, who directed his office and political committee to cease using Eventbrite to advertise events.
Last week, Gaines posted a communication to X that she received from Eventbrite notifying her that her event, “Protecting Women’s Sports with Riley Gaines,” would be removed from its website for "violating community guidelines and terms of service."
“Specifically, we do not allow content or events that—through on- or off-platform activity—discriminate against, harass, disparage, threaten, incite violence against, or otherwise target individuals or groups based on their actual or perceived race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, immigration status, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, or disability,” the notification read. “As a result, your event has been unpublished,” Eventbrite declared.
