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 The U Penn women’s swim team has sent a letter to U Penn and the Ivy League asking that they not take legal action over the revised criteria for a man wanting to swim as a woman (the last part is my take, not theirs).

It is a terrible injustice that they have been bullied and threatened regarding speaking their minds about the unfairness of a post-puberty biological man swimming in women’s sports.  

They put it much better:

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We fully support Lia Thomas in her decision to affirm her gender identity and to transition from a man to a woman. Lia has every right to live her life authentically.

However, we also recognize that when it comes to sports competition, that the biology of sex is a separate issue from someone’s gender identity. Biologically, Lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women’s category, as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from #462 as a male to #1 as a female. If she were to be eligible to compete against us, she could now break Penn, Ivy, and NCAA Women’s Swimming records; feats she could never have done as a male athlete.

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We have been told that if we spoke out against her inclusion into women’s competitions, that we would be removed from the team or that we would never get a job offer. When media have tried to reach out to us, these journalists have been told that the coaches and athletes were prohibited from talking to them. We support Lia’s mental health, and we ask Penn and the Ivy League to support ours as well.

We hope that sport will adapt; that swimming will find a place for Lia to compete. Lia is always welcome to train with us; the men’s and women’s swimming teams have always trained together with the same head coach.

However, sport is competitive by definition, and Lia’s wins, records, and honors should not come at our expense, the women who have worked their entire lives to earn a spot on the Penn Women’s Swimming Team.

Other’s of the team have come out ostensibly in favor of Thomas being able to break all records and cost their teammates and others their future jobs, scholarships, and awards but I imagine that the pressure is just too much for them.

If U Penn et al go forward with a lawsuit, they might as well repeal Title IX at the same time