Tag: Lia Thomas
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Protest Against Transgender Swimmer’s Participation in Championship at Georgia Tech | FOX 5 Atlanta
Columnist Matt Walsh hosted a speech on Monday at Georgia Tech denouncing Georgia Tech’s hosting the upcoming NCAA Women Swim meet that will have a transgender athlete competing for an out-of-state school.
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Trans Athlete Weighs in on Lia Thomas Media Storm and Trans Visibility in Sports | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Schuyler Bailar, the first openly trans Division I swimmer — a friend and supporter of University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas — weighs in on the debate around “fairness” and trans inclusion in sports.
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‘Save Women’s Sport’ Bill Seeks to Ensure Women ‘Have the Right to Single-Sex Sport’ | Sky News Australia
Liberal Senator Claire Chandler says she does not understand why her bill, which would allow for transgender women to be banned from competing in women’s sports, should be “controversial”.
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‘Legacy traits’ give trans female athletes unfair advantage: Swimmer Diana Nyad | ABC News
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad about the debate over whether trans female athletes who transitioned after puberty should compete with cisgender female athletes.
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Trans College Swimmer’s Dominant Performance Sparks Debate | ABC News
ABC News’ JuJu Chang reports on the performance of University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and the debate over trans women competing in sports.
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Lia Thomas Swimming Performance Labelled ‘Absurd and Unfair’ | GBNews
‘It is an obvious injustice… what we’re seeing is bringing to fruition, a process that’s been going on over a number of years’
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Lia Thomas in Ivy League Championships | Good Morning America
Swim records were set at the Ivy League Championships by the University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete, who’s seen split support even among her own teammates.
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Female Swimmers Could Send a ‘Powerful Message’ After Trans Swimmer ‘Smashes’ Records | Sky News Australia
Sky News host Rita Panahi says female competitors and swim teams would send a “powerful message” by refusing to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
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Hartzler Launches ‘Transphobic’ Ad Targeting Transgender College Swimmer | The Kansas City Star
Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s U.S. Senate campaign has launched an anti-transgender television ad targeting a swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania swim team. In a 30-second ad, Hartzler implies that the swimmer, Lia Thomas, who is transgender, changed her gender in order to get an competitive edge. “Some people are afraid to talk about it…