The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports and erase records set by trans swimmer Lia Thomas, following a civil rights investigation by the US Department of Education. This resolution comes amid growing public opposition to trans participation in sports, which has intensified since Donald Trump’s administration reinstated restrictions on transgender athletes.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: The University of Pennsylvania decided to change its rules so that transgender athletes, like swimmer Lia Thomas, can’t compete in women’s sports anymore and removed her records because some people thought it wasn’t fair.
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