Tag: Swim

Swimming’s Governing Body to Restrict Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports

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Swimming’s Governing Body to Restrict Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports
By Jack Phillips | June 19, 2022 The governing body for international swimming approved new policies for transgender swimmers that will go into effect starting on June 20. In a notice on June 19, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) said it will only allow biological male swimmers to compete in women’s events if they have not experienced male puberty and have had puberty suppressed before age 12.… Read the rest

Lia Thomas’ Teammate Says School Pressured Athletes Into Silence: If ‘You Say Anything Negative…Your Life Will Be Over’

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Lia Thomas’ Teammate Says School Pressured Athletes Into Silence: If ‘You Say Anything Negative…Your Life Will Be Over’
A former teammate of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas said the University of Pennsylvania relied on threats and bullying to keep the women’s team in line. The female swimmer appeared in The Daily Wire’s “What is a Woman?” documentary, in which commentator Matt Walsh goes on an “often comical, yet deeply disturbing journey, as he fearlessly questions the logic behind a gender ideology movement that has taken aim at women and children,” according to the film’s web page.… Read the rest