UPenn Changes Course, Pulls Title from Lia Thomas

The University of Pennsylvania finally bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and reversed course on their stance on men in women’s sports. They also went one step further:

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 Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Source: Althouse: “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.”

This is the instance that propelled Riley Gaines, pictured above, into the spotlight, for she lost her place in the event to Lia Thomas.