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The University of Pennsylvania has changed three school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. The school says it also will apologize to female athletes it says were “disadvantaged” by ...
Kim Jones and Marshi Smith founded the Independent Council on Women's Sports after witnessing transgender athlete Lia Thomas ...
The NCAA allowed transgender athletes in women's sports when Lia Thomas was at Penn, but that's changed under the Trump Administration.
The female Ivy League swimmers were forced to share their locker room with Thomas — who is biologically male but identifies ...
The university’s website already shows other athletes holding school records that Thomas set in freestyle swimming.
Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer, sparked controversy after winning an NCAA title in 2022. In July 2025, the University of Pennsylvania agreed to ban transgender women from women's sports teams ...
The University of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Education announced a deal on Tuesday that will strip Lia Thomas of the swimmer's records and titles. Thomas, who is the first openly ...
UPenn updates swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case The University of Pennsylvania has changed three school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas ...
Lia Thomas, Title IX and $175M: Why Penn struck a deal with Trump Because of the agreement, the Trump administration will lift a freeze on millions in federal funding for the school, Education ...