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UPenn to Exclude Transgender Women From Women’s Sports in Title IX Settlement

The agreement brings Penn into compliance with Title IX through biology-based sex definitions to lift a DOE funding freeze.

Who is Lia Thomas and where is she now? UPenn to erase swimmer's records, ban trans athletes (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
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)
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Overview

  • The University of Pennsylvania agreed to prohibit transgender women from competing on its women’s sports teams to settle a DOE civil rights case.
  • The resolution mandates retroactive restoration of Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost to Lia Thomas.
  • Each affected swimmer will receive a personalized apology letter from the university under DOE oversight.
  • Penn must adopt biology-based definitions of male and female and issue a public declaration excluding males from women’s athletic programs.
  • The agreement follows an April DOE finding of Title IX violations and lifts a freeze on $175 million in federal funding.