Ex-UPenn Swimmer Lia Thomas to Receive 'Voice of Inspiration' Award at Dodgers-Sponsored Event

Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas to Receive Dodger-Sponsored Award

The 2022 NCAA women's swimming champion, transgender-identifying male Lia Thomas, is set to receive a Dodgers-sponsored award.

Ex-UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas to receive 'Voice of Inspiration' Award at Dodgers-sponsored event

2022 NCAA women’s swimming champion Lia Thomas, who is transgender, will be the recipient of the Voice of Inspiration Award at Rainbow Labs’ Violet Visionary Awards on Thursday.Thomas’ national title sparked nationwide backlash and is considered one of the catalysts in the battle over transgender athlete participation in girls’ and women’s sports.The award"honors an individual whose story and actions ignite hope and courage within the LGBTQ+ com…

Lia Thomas Set To Be Honored As 'Voice of Inspiration' At Event Sponsored By Dodgers, LAFC

It's bad enough that male transgender athletes take opportunities away from female athletes. It's worse that in some sports, they endanger the safety of female athletes by participating. But what makes it especially infuriating is that many of these transgender athletes are honored for it. The latest example being Lia Thomas. Thomas, a male trans-identifying swimmer, competed in women's swimming categories while at the University of Pennsylvania…