UPenn, Trump Admin Reach Deal to Strip Transgender Swimmer of Past Titles and Awards

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The university faces losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for noncompliance with Title IX.

The transgender swimmer who won an NCAA Division I crown in the womenโ€™s category in 2022 was stripped of that championship medal and all records as a female competitor at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) under the schoolโ€™s recent agreement with the Department of Education, officials announced.

The resolution agreement signed by UPenn administrators requires the school to prohibit males from competing in female athletic programs or occupying womenโ€™s bathrooms or locker rooms.

It must also make a personal, written apology to every female swimmer who competed against the transgender athlete, Lia Thomas.

โ€œToday is a great victory for women and girls not only at the University of Pennsylvania, but all across our nation,โ€ Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a July 1 news release.

โ€œThe department commends UPenn for rectifying its past harms against women and girls, and we will continue to fight relentlessly to restore Title IXโ€™s proper application and enforce it to the fullest extent of the law.โ€

President Donald Trump issued an executive order earlier this year prohibiting males from competing in womenโ€™s sports.

He cited the Title IX laws of 1972 that protected womenโ€™s sports.

In April, the Trump administration suspended $175 million in federal aid to UPenn and said the school would lose additional federal funding unless Thomasโ€™s titles were relinquished.

The NCAA previously complied with Trumpโ€™s executive order and prohibited males from womenโ€™s sports.

Thomas won a Division I NCAA womenโ€™s swimming championship in the 500-yard freestyle event in 2022 after competing on the menโ€™s team from 2017โ€“2020.

Riley Gaines, a former Kentucky womenโ€™s swimmer who competed against Thomas, and Paula Scanlan, a former teammate of Thomas who had to share a locker room with the transgender athlete, have lobbied against male participation in womenโ€™s sports.

โ€œFrom Day 1, President Trump and Secretary McMahon vowed to protect women and girls, and todayโ€™s agreement with UPenn is a historic display of that promise being fulfilled,โ€ Gaines said in a press release.

โ€œThis administration does not just pay lip service to womenโ€™s equality: it vigorously insists on that equality being upheld.โ€

UPenn released a statement acknowledging the agreement and Title IX obligations.

โ€œPenn remains committed to fostering a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and open to all students, faculty, and staff,โ€ UPenn President J. Larry Jameson said in a July 1 news release.

โ€œI share this commitment, just as I remain dedicated to preserving and advancing the universityโ€™s vital and enduring mission.

โ€œWe have now brought to a close an investigation that, if unresolved, could have had significant and lasting implications for the University of Pennsylvania.โ€

By Aaron Gifford

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