All news on the topic: Lia Thomas

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Female UPenn teammates of Lia Thomas hail school’s reversal on trans athletes: ‘Deep sense of peace and validation’
Female University of Pennsylvania teammates of trans swimmer Lia Thomas are hailing the school’s move to ban biological men from competing on women’s teams.
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Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant center: Letters to the Editor — July 7, 2025
NY Post readers discuss President Trump’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention center in the Everglades.
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Winning the sports culture war is fantastic, but it's regrettably driven by the ridiculous
This is why we can't have nice things... It took years to reverse—and I'm not certain it's completely reversed yet—but the most absurd legal interference in sports—the legalization of unfair play, the opposite of sportsmanship—has finally reached a judicial conclusion
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UPenn is finally doing the right thing — and we should thank young women like Paula Scanlan and Riley Gaines who never gave up the fight
This week, the University of Pennsylvania apologized to female swimmers on their 2021-2022 roster who had to endure a season of changing next to a biological male in the locker room and competing with the strapping 6 foot 1 athlete Lia, formerly Will, Thomas. They also restored any school records broken by Thomas, who became the first transgender athlete to win a division 1 NCAA title.
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Trans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas will be stripped of titles after university bends the knee to Trump admin
Transgender swimming champion Lia Thomas will be stripped of past University of Pennsylvania Division I swimming titles after the Trump administration put pressure on the school to award the titles to competitors who were born female.
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Former UPenn athletes sue school, Ivy League to vacate transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ collegiate records
UPenn alum Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski and Ellen Holmquist filed the suit on Tuesday, a day before President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning biological men from competing in women's sports.
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The heartbreaking consequence of allowing biological men to participate in women's sports is seen in the ruthless and unjust Olympic defeat
Do you like watching men hitting women? I don't. Any exceptions? None come to mind
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Tish James' campaign against trans participation in sports will have negative effects on women and girls
New York Attorney General Tish James is leading a progressive campaign to allow transgender women to compete in sports with women and girls
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Trans teenagers shouldn't count on their peers to support them; rather, they should hold accountable the adult activists who have misled them
A 16-year-old transgender female athlete was taken aback when the other female athletes didn't cheer for her at a recent track event. However, showing sportsmanship is a mutual responsibility
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Riley Gaines: The inclusion of transgender athletes turns women's sports into a civil rights concern
It's the leading civil rights issue of our time: safeguarding girls in women's sports
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College athletics body NAIA bans trans athletes from women’s sports
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday that it has barred transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.
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Exclusive | Behind Jennifer Sey’s battle for women’s sports after being ousted from Levi’s for criticizing COVID lockdowns
Jennifer Sey, a former executive at Levi's, has launched XX-XY Athletics, a clothing line described as "the sole athletic brand advocating for female athletes and safeguarding women's sports."
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The trans volleyball situation is a blow to women's sports
In a college volleyball match, five transgender players overshadowed their opponents, resulting in biological women remaining on the sidelines. Martina Navratilova remarked, "This needs to come to an end!"
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Don’t allow Lia Thomas's self-centered actions to spoil the Olympics for female athletes
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is hiring legal representation, aiming to pressure the Olympic authority for swimming to allow biological males to compete against females
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas mounted secret legal fight to overturn ban, with sights on the Olympics: report
Controversial transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has taken secret legal action in a bid to overturn a ban on biological males competing alongside women – and hopes to take part in the Paris Olympic trials, according to a report.
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Sage Steele stated that ESPN instructed her to cease tweeting about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas
Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele claims the network instructed her to keep quiet about her remarks on Lia Thomas
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Transgender swimmer Meghan Cortez-Fields ignites debate after setting a new record in women’s swimming at a New Jersey college
Meghan Cortez-Fields, a senior at Ramapo College of New Jersey, established a new record and secured first place in the 100-yard butterfly during a competition in Pennsylvania last Saturday
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Missouri high school encounters criticism over transgender student winning homecoming queen
Oak Park High School in Missouri is facing criticism for selecting a transgender student as its homecoming queen for the second time since 2015
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Former University of Pennsylvania teammate 'experienced nightmares for weeks' after being in the locker room with Lia Thomas
Paula Scanlan expressed that sharing the locker room with transgender athlete and fellow University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas brought back nightmares of her previous sexual assault
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Trans activists refuse to acknowledge reality: males have more strength than females
Swimmer Riley Gaines referenced the tennis legend during Senate testimony on the madness surrounding gender in sports
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Boxing champ Ebanie Bridges would ‘never’ fight trans woman: ‘It’s wrong’
Ebanie Bridges has vowed that she would never fight a trans boxer. The 36-year-old is 9-1 as a professional boxer and is the current IBF bantamweight champion.
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A rising number of Americans oppose trans athletes competing in categories other than their birth gender, according to a Gallup poll
Gallup's Values and Beliefs survey indicates that a significant 69% of people now think that transgender athletes should compete only in events matching their gender at birth, up from 61% in 2021
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Lia Thomas’ ex-teammate accuses UPenn of silencing swimmers
An ex-teammate of controversial transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has attacked UPenn for “shutting down” any criticism about the athlete joining the women's team in 2020 – and alleged that the school “effectively silenced” them.
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Transgender athletes’ bogus wins in women’s sports show lack of common sense
If one disagreed on the matter of fundamental unfairness — especially to biological women — one was out of modern step, self-relegated to antiquity.
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Lia Thomas says her ‘feminist’ critics are misogynistic transphobes
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas told Schuyler Bailar that feminists who don't support trans athletes work against women's rights.