Lia Thomas (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Three former members of the University of Pennsylvania swimming team have taken legal action against the school as a direct result of having to compete alongside transgender former collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas.
Grace Estabrook, Ellen Holmquist, and Margot Kaczorowski filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, the NCAA, and the Ivy League Council of Presidents over their ‘traumatizing’ experience sharing a team with Thomas.
The three former University of Pennsylvania women’s swimmers are calling for the Ivy League to expunge Thomas’ records, according to a lawsuit.
The three women filed this suit just one day before President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning biological men from competing in women’s sports.
According to a Fox News report, the three graduates allege the NCAA and the Ivy League Council of Presidents harassed, abused, and violated federal laws when they allowed Lia Thomas to compete on their team.
78-year-old Donald Trump also declared that the US government would recognize ‘only two genders.’
The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News, alleges: “The UPenn administrators told the women that if anyone was struggling with accepting Thomas’ participation on the UPenn Women’s team, they should seek counseling and support from CAPS and the LBGTQ center.”
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Kaczorowski, Holmquist, and Estabrook claimed they were ‘repeatedly emotionally traumatized’ as Lia Thomas was continuously allowed to compete alongside them.
They went on to share that their school officials invited the swimmers to a talk titled ‘Trans 101.’
Before transitioning, Thomas competed in the UPenn Men’s Swimming and Diving team between 2017 and 2020. He would then move to the women’s team in 2019.
That changed everything for Lia Thomas as he would break several women’s records at the Ivy League Championship in 2022, which sparked a major backlash.
Lia Thomas Lost Legal Battle To Compete At The Olympics
US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in 2022, lost a major legal case against World Aquatics in an attempt to make the Paris Olympics.
Thomas was barred from swimming in the female category after failing to overturn rules.
World Aquatics introduced new rules after Thomas beat Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant to win NCAA gold in the women’s 500-yard freestyle in 2022.
