Trump admin: UPenn violated Title IX, must restore women's awards stolen by transvestite swimmer



The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it has found the University of Pennsylvania in violation of Title IX for allowing men to compete on its women's sports teams.

In order to resolve its violations of federal anti-discrimination law and to avoid a referral to the Justice Department for enforcement proceedings — which could lead to a loss of federal funding — the university has 10 days to take action.

The ED's proposed resolution agreement requires the institution to: notify the university community that it will now comply with Title IX in all of its athletic programs; "restore to all female athletes all individual athletic records, titles, honors, awards or similar recognition for Division I swimming competitions misappropriated by male athletes competing in female categories"; and send a letter to each female athlete whose recognition is restored apologizing "for allowing her educational experience in athletics to be marred by sex discrimination."

While the announcement did not explicitly reference any particular transvestite athlete, by the mention of swimming competitions, it is clear that the invasion of William "Lia" Thomas into women's sports and spaces was at issue.

Blaze News previously reported that Thomas was a middling performer on the University of Pennsylvania men's swimming team until he starting taking hormones in 2019 and competing against women.

Thomas, ranked 554th in the 200-yard freestyle for men, went on to crush records set by females in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Division I championships and tie with All-American swim star Riley Gaines for fifth that April in the women's 200-meter.

According to Gaines, to whom the university must now apologize, it was around that time Thomas exposed his male genitalia in a women's locker room.

Paula Scanlan, a former University of Pennsylvania student athlete who was listed as a senior on Penn Athletics' Women's Swimming and Diving Roster and swam with Thomas, initially objected to his participation anonymously but put her name on record in 2023 to fight against male infiltration of female sports.

'I honestly don't think that they are sorry for what they did to us female athletes.'

"Little girls who look up to Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan can find hope in today's action — the Trump Administration will not allow male athletes to invade female private spaces or compete in female categories," acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a statement.

Trainor added, "UPenn has a choice to make: do the right thing for its female students and come into full compliance with Title IX immediately or continue to advance an extremist political project that violates federal antidiscrimination law and puts UPenn's federal funding at risk."

Scanlan said in a video statement Monday, "I don't think the University of Pennsylvania is going to apologize to anyone."

"I honestly don't think that they are sorry for what they did to us female athletes," continued Scanlan, adding that that by all indications, the university appears to believe men belong in women' sports.

Scanlan noted, for instance, that "the University of Pennsylvania nominated Lia Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year. Each school gets only a few nominees and they chose Lia Thomas."

"They also told all of us female athletes that we needed to seek psychological services if we objected to him undressing in our locker room 18 times per week," continued the female athlete. "They continue to highlight Thomas' achievements all over social media and they would also sell out the stands of our swim meets to media so that they could take pictures of us in our swimsuits."

The Trump administration suspended approximately $175 million in grants and contracts to the University of Pennsylvania last month over its policies enabling men to compete in women's sports.

In response to the funding freeze, J. Larry Jameson, the university's president, effectively blamed the NCAA for Thomas' invasion of women's sports.

"For NCAA Division I sports, eligibility is governed by NCAA rules," wrote Jameson. "Beginning in 2010, the NCAA required that transgender student-athletes be permitted to participate on college teams. Penn has never had a transgender student-athlete policy of its own. During the 2021-22 season, a student-athlete who had transitioned while on leave from Penn the previous year competed in women's swimming, in full compliance with NCAA rules and Title IX policies in place at the time."

Jameson noted that when the NCAA revised its policy in compliance with President Donald Trump's Feb. 5 executive order, "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," the university followed suit.

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NCAA swimmers say they were told they may have 'psychological' problems if they had issues with Lia Thomas



Three former NCAA swimmers from the University of Pennsylvania are suing the governing body over what they said was a violation of Title IX and repeated emotional trauma.

The swimmers, Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski, and Ellen Holmquist filed a lawsuit against UPenn, Harvard, the NCAA, and the Ivy League Council of Presidents over having to share a team locker room with Lia Thomas, an allegedly transgender swimmer.

Thomas was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, Fox News reported, but the women still claimed that UPenn violated their Title IX rights and was engaged in discrimination by allowing Thomas to compete with and against women.

The lawsuit also showed the women claimed the institutions "injured them and violated federal law," while their experiences sharing changing rooms with Thomas left them "repeatedly emotionally traumatized."

Furthermore, the former swimmers said that when they brought up their issues with their administrators, they were led to believe their concerns were rooted in a "psychological problem."

Moreover, the women said pro-trans ideology was pushed on them throughout the duration of Thomas being in their locker room.

The lawsuit claimed, "UPenn administrators told the women that if anyone was struggling with accepting Thomas’ participation on the UPenn Women’s team, they should seek counseling and support from CAPS and the LBGTQ center."

None of the governing bodies responded to inquiries from Fox News.

The news came as President Trump signed an executive order to prevent men from competing in women's sports. The order called for "enforcement actions against educational institutions" if they force women to participate in sports or athletic events with men, or if they are forced to "appear unclothed before males."

Violators would be investigated and possibly have their federal funding stripped.

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The same day, NCAA President Charlie Baker announced the sporting body would align itself with the new policy.

"We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard," a press release stated.

The statement continued, "The NCAA Board of Governors is reviewing the executive order and will take necessary steps to align NCAA policy in the coming days, subject to further guidance from the administration. The Association will continue to help foster welcoming environments on campuses for all student-athletes. We stand ready to assist schools as they look for ways to support any student-athletes affected by changes in the policy."

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Baker was grilled by Republican senators two months prior, with the NCAA boss responding that his policies "give people optionality with how they choose to use their facilities."

Baker referred to a "federal standard" as the reason why no NCAA policy had been made in regards to transgender athletes but said he was willing to "work with" the government to develop one.

At the time, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said the NCAA should focus on bigger issues:

"510,000 NCAA athletes. 10 or fewer transgender NCAA athletes nationwide. Let's focus on ways to actually improve women's sports," the senator wrote.

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