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UPenn to ban transgender athletes, feds say, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 3 – The University of Pennsylvania will restore women’s swimming records and send formal apologies after a Title IX investigation found violations involving transgender athlete Lia Thomas.

  • Pennsylvania’s Ivy League school and the U.S. Education Department have reached a voluntary agreement to prohibit transgender women from participating in women’s sports and to revise records associated with swimmer Lia Thomas.
  • This agreement came after a federal Title IX civil rights investigation initiated in February determined that Penn had discriminated against female athletes by permitting Thomas to compete.
  • As part of the agreement, Penn will reinstate all Division I swimming records and championships to the female competitors who were outperformed by Thomas and will provide each of those swimmers with a personal letter of apology.
  • Education Secretary Linda McMahon called the resolution "a victory for women and girls" and praised Penn for rectifying past harms while pledging to enforce Title IX fully.
  • The agreement signals continued federal efforts to enforce biology-based sex definitions in athletics and has reignited debate over fairness and inclusion in women’s sports.
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The University of Pennsylvania goes back on the case Lia Thomas and apologizes to the athletes biologically women who have been "disadvantaged" in the competition. From now on those born male will not participate in the women's races.Medal withdrawn and many excuses to the other athletes. It closes...

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