The University of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Education announced a deal on Tuesday that will strip Lia Thomas of the swimmer's records and titles.
Thomas, who is the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division 1 title, last competed for Penn in 2021-22, setting program records in the 100, 200, and 500 freestyle races and winning a national title in the 500 freestyle. However, moving forward, those accomplishments will be updated and marked with an asterisk in the official record books.
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Lia Thomas, claiming the swimmer competed at a heightened advantage over other swimmers. The situation, which is part of the Trump administration's investigation into transgender athletes in women's sports, came to a close on Tuesday when the Department of Education and Penn came to an agreement.
As part of the deal, Penn will restore records that Thomas broke to their original holders and send personal apologies to those swimmers and any swimmers who lost to Thomas. Additionally, the Department of Education said Penn now must "not allow males to compete in female athletic programs" while using "biology-based" definitions of male and female athletes moving forward.
"While Penn's policies during the 2021-2022 swim season were in accordance with NCAA eligibility rules at the time, we acknowledge that some student-athletes were disadvantaged by these rules," J. Larry Jameson, Penn president, said in a statement, via ESPN. "We recognize this and will apologize to those who experienced a competitive disadvantage or experienced anxiety because of the policies in effect at the time."
The trans extremists could have gone the path of just seeking and accepting a compromise accommodation. Instead, they insisted on complete and utter humiliation of their opponents, going scorched earth on anyone who dared question whether it's fair or even safe to allow men to dominate girls in their own sports divisions.
Having rejected compromise and accommodation in favor of humiliation of their opponents and unconditional surrender, the trans movement will now suffer the same terms in their defeat.
And now on to the true enemies, the insane woke falsely-"educated" class of jihadi wine-moms and fake intellectuals fomenting social revolution and civil war just because they can't get over having lost a couple of elections. (Well, they lost three, but were credited as "winning" the presidency in one loss.)
The Trump administration may cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to children and teens.
Nine major children's hospitals recently received letters from federal officials seeking information about procedures such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and sex-reassignment surgeries, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who now leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the goal is to protect children from "life-altering and experimental procedures."
"CMS has warned hospitals and state Medicaid programs about these dangers - and is taking regulatory enforcement actions," Oz said.