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Subject: Re: UPenn, uh, sincerely apologizes to women swimmers
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 21:57:44 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jul 3, 2025 at 11:27:45 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Trump went after UPenn for putting a white dude, not competitive in
> men's swimming, on the women's swim team for the 2021-2022 college
> season after she transitioned to a woman. She took a year off from
> competition while taking hormone therapy. This complied with NCAA rules
> in effect at the time.
> 
> Extorted with the loss of $75 million in federal funding, UPenn is
> really and truly sorry and has given its heartfelt apology to the women
> who were student athletes at UPenn who competed against him, er, her.
> 
> Riley Gaines, who had been a nationally-ranked swimmer (born female,
> competing as female, what a novelty) since high school and swam for
> University of Kentucky, began to speak out against the NCAA using her
> fame within the swimming community, and because the women student
> athletes at UPenn were routinely threated by the school administration
> to be kicked out of athletics if they complained.
> 
> Lia Catherine Thomas, born William, would change in the women's locker
> room and would harass the actual women athletes while naked. Nothing was
> said about whether UPenn apologized for failing to take steps to protect
> women athletes from sexual harassment.
> 
> UPenn altered the record book so that Thomas's award-winning times are
> no longer listed as award winning, although the times and ranking are
> still there with an asterisk referring to the period in which she was
> allowed to compete as a woman.
> 
> I think that's wrong. The records should have stood as that would have
> further highlighted the scandal and the harm that was done to the other
> athletes who were actual women and not just pretending.
> 
> Don't rewrite history. This period of time needs to be faced head on.
> 
>
> https://apnews.com/article/penn-transgender-swimmer-trump-federal-funding-decee6d555d61ac1a5462cf4d495db1c
> 
>
> https://apnews.com/article/upenn-lia-thomas-swimmer-transgender-athletes-trump-71720ecbeb8493ddbed539dd61995076

"Sincerely"--- hahahahahahahahaha