07/02/2025

UPenn Reaches Agreement with Trump Administration on Transgender Athletes

The university will be erasing Lia Thomas’ records

The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer Lia Thomas as part of an agreement with the federal government, the Department of Education said.

The agreement comes as part of the Trump administration’s broader restrictions on transgender people, as it steps up its efforts to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports nationwide and serving in the military.

Thomas, a UPenn graduate, won the 2022 NCAA championship in the women's 500-yard freestyle. Thomas is a transgender woman.

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