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Related: About this forumTrans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas will be stripped of her titles after university bends the knee to Trump admin
Trans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas will be stripped of her titles after university bends the knee to Trump adminhttps://nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-news/trans-upenn-swimmer-lia-thomas-to-have-titles-stripped-as-university-bends-the-knee-to-trump-admin/
Transgender swimming champion Lia Thomas will be stripped of University of Pennsylvania swimming titles after the Ivy League school bowed to pressure from the Trump administration.
The university will also issue formal apologies to every biological female competitor who lost out to a transgender competitor following an investigation by the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
The probe found UPenn violated Title IX by allowing a male to compete in female athletic programs and occupy female-only intimate facilities.
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The university will also issue formal apologies to every biological female competitor who lost out to a transgender competitor following an investigation by the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
The probe found UPenn violated Title IX by allowing a male to compete in female athletic programs and occupy female-only intimate facilities.
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GiqueCee
(2,573 posts)1. The filthy bigots...
... disregard the fact that trans athletes are tested for testosterone levels. Their meds suppress testosterone levels to "level" the playing field, so to speak. Republicans, and those who choose to kowtow to them, are mutants who have forfeited their humanity to please a malignant gargoyle with the moral compass of a rabid hyena, whose demise will be celebrated around the world. And it can't come soon enough.
Wiz Imp
(6,096 posts)2. I smell a lawsuit coming which Lia Thomas will undoubtedly win.
ShazzieB
(21,179 posts)3. Oh, I hope so!
Wiz Imp
(6,096 posts)4. Unfortunately, It will likely take a long time to work its way through the courts.
but I think she has a legitimate civil case (However, I am not a lawyer). She has not commented yet.