Lia Thomas: National Champion

He’s more than welcome to compete against men. Oh wait, he won’t because he’ll lose by a full pool length.

who lotta triggered conservatives!

I don't think she's competing on a level playing field, but after see how upset it makes all the Repubs, I think I'll support her cause.

This is great, liberal boomerang! Ladies Enjoy!

This is devastating and sad.

I hope the NCAA changes the rules.

Outrage about cheating and bullying should be universal.

Congratulations to Emma Weyant of Virginia, only a freshman, for winning the women's NCAA title in the 500 Free.

To quote Austin Powers, That's a man, man.

What cheating? It's within the rules. Blame the rules.

Bullying?!? You must be referring to all the anti-trans hate being posted on this forum.

But Thomas told Sports Illustrated recently that Thomas is hoping to continue swimming competitively after college and hopes to make it to the Olympics. This was well after USA Swimming announced its new policy.

I wouldn't be surprised if the ACLU and other groups like the misnomered Human Rights Campaign already are preparing a lawsuit against USA Swimming alleging that its new "trans inclusion" policy is unfairly discriminatory. A major aim of the ACLU, HRC and many other supposedly "progressive" organizations today is to put an end to all sex segregation and safeguards meant to protect and provide fairness for those of the female sex, making all facilities and services either mixed sex or - if segregation continues to exist as it does now sports - to base the segregation on claimed gender identity, not on sex.

Also, given the various ways Thomas has been catered to by all the grownups in charge in the Penn administration and athletics department, the Ivy League and the NCAA; the way Thomas has been fawned over and lionized by the mainstream media; and the fact that the NCAA decided to bend the rules just for Thomas after USA Swimming announced its new relatively strict policy, I suspect Thomas believes and completely expects that sports governing bodies will continue to make exceptions for Thomas. After all, it's been reported in some press outlets that Thomas boasts of being "the trans Jackie Robinson."

Plus, there's nothing that makes some people with certain kinds of personalities feel more invincible, self-assured and convinced that they'll always get their way as much as the super high of narcissistic supply.

Thomas had an unfair biological advantage over the women he was competing against. It pure cheating. And none of the female athletes were free to openly object for fear of retaliation. Nor did their universities or the ncaa stand up for them.

This was an injustice and a farce. Does not matter if it gives a semblance of meaning to your empty life.

It hardly seems comparable. Jackie Robinson moved up to compete against better quality athletes. Lia Thomas moved down to compete against lesser quality athletes.

WiLIAm won but he didn't get any applause....the 1st placing woman did.

It's a disease that won't stop until it turns to communism, which has worked out really well in the world.

I don't know about that. Russia and China aren't exactly pro-trans athletes.

What was her best result when competing in the mens division? Presumably she wasn’t winning championships before.

Not very good at all. Thomas was pretty mediocre.

He definitely is one of the front runners for the gold in 2024.

Hopefully it will not be allowed. What is even the point of having women's sports if a biological male who "identifies" as female gets to take an NCAA or an Olympic spot from a female athlete? And it is all coercive. There was no attempt at compromise or fair play here, no attempt at balancing or justice or equality, just crude identity power politics. The female athletes Thomas cheated were told to just shut up and accept being treated as second class citizens.

*She

Lia is a she. She shouldn’t be allowed to compete, however. Pretty much everyone agrees. The hateful rhetoric used when discussing the subject is sad but expected.