This is huge! U Penn will ban trans athletes from women’s sports, ending the Lia Thomas civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes. Lia is a big, muscular man, and Riley Gaines managed to tie with him in the NCAA championships. They gave the fifth place award to him.
The U.S. Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday.
Thomas became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title. He would walk around the locker room naked and flirted with the women.
Under the agreement, Penn agreed to restore all individual Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost out to Thomas, the Education Department said. Penn also agreed to send a personalized apology letter to each of those swimmers.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Thomas would be stripped of his/her awards and honors at Penn.
They should have done this without anyone have to sue them.
BREAKING:
UPenn will formally apologize for allowing Lia Thomas to compete as a woman.
The tide is turning! pic.twitter.com/Dn9M2WkhKQ
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) July 1, 2025
Thank you Linda McMahon.
The U.S. Dept. of Education has found California in violation of Title IX for letting males compete in girls’ sports.
CDE & CIF must restore records, titles & awards to female athletes AND send apology letters to every girl robbed by this discrimination.
This is fantastic. pic.twitter.com/lrYiSF0f4q
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) June 25, 2025
In other good news, this monster finally came to a reckoning:
Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape. pic.twitter.com/0HHctRocB4
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 30, 2025
Are common sense and critical thinking actually making a come back?