A female college athlete is accusing the National Collegiate Athletics Association of showing favoritism to trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas after she tied with Thomas for fifth place at the recent NCAA Women's Swimming Championship in Atlanta, Georgia.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation Tuesday naming Virginia swimmer and Florida native Emma Weyant the "rightful winner" of the NCAA Championship's 500-yard freestyle, one week after she finished second to Penn's Lia Thomas, a transgender woman who is biologically male.
An All-American swimmer who competed against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas last week is slamming the NCAA for its policy, saying the allowance of transgender athletes in the sport is unfair and "disrespectful" to biological females.
University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas on Thursday became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA championship with an overpowering performance in the final heat of the women’s 500-yard freestyle, sparking controversy across the ideological spectrum by those who say Thomas has an unfair advantage.
