The law specifically aims to prevent biological males from competing as transgender athletes in female sports at schools across the country. Last week, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act was passed by the House in a 219-203 vote. wants to see that number rise further still. 'They're using the guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs,' she said.Ĭurrently, twenty-one states have banned transgender females from participating in girls and women's sports, and Kennedy Jr. Thomas then went on to say that critics of transgender athletes in sports are 'policing women's bodies,' comparing the push to exclude transgender female athletes from sports to historic efforts to exclude black women from competing in women's sports. The former collegiate swimmer, who swam on Penn's men's team, but joined the women's team after her transition, said she believed that rather than be excluded from sports, trans women should be 'celebrated' for their accomplishments. She made the accusation on the 'Dear Schuyler' podcast hosted by Schuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender NCAA swimmer. Thomas, who became the first transgender athlete to win a division one NCAA national championship last year, called out her fellow University of Pennsylvania swimmers for 'half support' that was hidden behind the idea of feminism to 'push transphobic beliefs.'
Lia Thomas is pictured with her former competitor, Riley Gaines, at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships last year
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