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UPenn Signs Title IX Deal to Bar Trans Women From Women’s Sports

The deal follows an Education Department finding that Penn violated Title IX when it allowed Lia Thomas to compete on the women’s swim team.

Who is Lia Thomas and where is she now? UPenn to erase swimmer's records, ban trans athletes (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas stands between Stanford Cardinal swimmer Lillie Nordmann Kentucky Wildcats swimmer Riley Gaines after finishing fifth in the 200 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech on March 18, 2022 in Atlanta.
FILE - Swimmers including Penn's Lia Thomas, lane 4, dive into the water at the start of a qualifying heat of the 200 yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Feb. 18, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas finishes eighth in the 100 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech.

Overview

  • Penn will prohibit transgender women from competing on its women’s sports teams and adopt biology-based definitions of male and female.
  • The university will restore all Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost to Lia Thomas in the 2021–22 season.
  • Apology letters will be sent to each swimmer impacted by Thomas’s participation in women’s competitions.
  • The resolution stems from an April Office for Civil Rights ruling that Penn violated Title IX by permitting a transgender athlete to compete on its women’s swim roster.
  • Education Secretary Linda McMahon hailed the agreement as a victory for women’s sports and said the department will enforce compliance through potential funding cuts.