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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