US EditionUPenn to ban transgender athletes, feds say, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas
- On July 1, 2025, the University of Pennsylvania reached an agreement to prohibit transgender athletes from participating on its women’s sports teams and to remove all collegiate titles and records held by Lia Thomas as part of settling a federal civil rights lawsuit.
- The case resulted from a U.S. Education Department investigation that found Penn violated Title IX by allowing biological males to compete in female sports, as part of broader Trump administration efforts.
- Penn has agreed to reinstate all Division I swimming achievements and honors to the women who were affected by Thomas’s participation, and to send each swimmer a personalized apology acknowledging the competitive challenges they faced.
- Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised Penn for correcting past harms, calling it a "victory for women and girls" and pledging to enforce Title IX to the fullest extent of the law.
- The agreement implies stricter enforcement of sex-based participation rules for collegiate sports, signaling ongoing federal efforts to apply biology-based definitions in athletics under Title IX guidance.
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The University of Pennsylvania is now apologizing to a number of female swimmers who were forced to change clothes in front of a man they were supposed to compete against.
UPenn To Apologize to Female Athletes for Title IX Violations, Strip Swimmer ‘Lia’ Thomas of Medals › American Greatness
The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has agreed to resolve Title IX violations that arose when biological male swimmer Lia (Will) Thomas was allowed to compete […] Source
Former Swimmer to Newsmax: Never Expected Penn’s Apology on Trans Athletes
Paula Scanlan, a former University of Pennsylvania athlete who was on a team with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, told Newsmax on Thursday that she never thought the day would come "where there would be any type of apology, any type of recognition, that they were wrong" with allowing Thomas to compete on the women's team. "The University of Pennsylvania is admitting that they were wrong based on how they treated me and how they treated my teamma…
UPenn Reaches Agreement With Trump Administration On Transgender Athletes And Erases Lia Thomas’ Records
CNN reports that the University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer Lia Thomas as part of an agreement with the federal government, the Department of Education said. Read more at CNN
Paula Scanlan Talks To OutKick About UPenn, Lia Thomas: 'They Knew They Were Wrong'
Paula Scanlan, a former teammate of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the University of Pennsylvania, is glad that her alma mater has finally agreed to apologize for allowing a biological male to compete on the women's team and change in the women's locker room.OutKick was the first media outlet to report that the university agreed to resolve a Title IX violation with the Department of Education on Tuesday, stemming from Thomas' participation on…
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