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NCAA champion Lia Thomas hits back at critics: “Trans women are not a threat to women’s sports”

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas opened up about the harsh critics regarding trans women competing in sports. Over the last year, the former University of Pennsylvania athlete has earned monumental achievements within the collegiate sports world and the LGBTQ+ community. Back in March, Thomas became the first out transgender athlete to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming championship. A few months before the groundbreaking win, the young athlete earned the fastest times in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle during the Zippy Invitational. Unfortunately, alongside her massive wins, Thomas has…

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Donald Trump promises to “ban” trans athletes from sport if re-elected

Donald Trump promised to implement a nationwide ban on trans athletes should he ever be re-elected as president. Trump, who in 2020 became the first incumbent president to lose re-election since George H.W. Bush in 1992, gave a speech in Conroe, Texas on 29 January. “We will ban men from participating in women’s sports,” he said during the rally. “So ridiculous.” He went on to comment on Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer on the women’s team at the University of Pennsylvania who previously spent three years competing on the men’s…

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Policy protecting transgender participation in sport dropped by NCAA

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced changes to its transgender participation policy on 19 January. The latest guidelines mean that trans women wishing to compete on a women’s team have to follow rules set by both national and international governing bodies, meaning a certain testosterone level will have to be met in order to participate. Despite this, there was no medical or legal guidance provided in the announcement and “a sport-by-sport approach” will now be adopted to bring the NCAA in line with both domestic and foreign Olympic Committees.…

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Michael Phelps weighs in on trans athletes in sport: “It has to be a level playing field”

Michael Phelps said sport “has to be a level playing field” when asked about the controversy surrounding Lia Thomas. Thomas, a transgender swimmer on the women’s team at the University of Pennsylvania, previously spent three years competing on the men’s team. She has become the topic of debate among those questioning trans participation in sport, with Phelps now weighing in on the topic. The 36-year-old, who is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, compared the discussion surrounding Thomas to that of doping in sport and stated…

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