women's sports

An All-American female swimmer is criticizing the University of Pennsylvania for nominating transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year, calling it a "worthless" award due to the organization's stance on the issue.

Americans oppose allowing male to female transgender athletes to compete on girls' and women's sports teams by a margin of more than two-to-one, according to a new National Public Radio/Ipsos survey.

Three months after a transgender athlete won an NCAA title, the international organization that oversees swimming competitions on Sunday approved new rules prohibiting biological males from competing in women’s competitions if they have gone through male puberty.

According to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, most Americans oppose transgender athletes competing in female sports at the high school, college and professional levels.

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.