How Women's Swimming Got So Transphobic
Almost no other sport is as hostile to trans athletes—and that's because its culture created the perfect conditions for transphobia to take root.
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Almost no other sport is as hostile to trans athletes—and that's because its culture created the perfect conditions for transphobia to take root.
Thomas, a trans woman, discusses her experience transitioning into becoming a woman and competing for the Penn University swim team.
A female UPenn swimmer has revealed her frustrations and fury as her transgender teammate Lia Thomas continues to smash records saying 'everyone just knows it's the wrong thing.'
Video posted online shows the moment Lia Thomas, 22, a transgender swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, smashed two records during a meet over the weekend.
Lia Thomas, 22, smashed two U.S. swimming records at an Akron, Ohio contest. Thomas won the 1,650 freestyle in a record time of 15:59.71 beating her closest rival Anna Sofia Kalandaze by 38 seconds.