The NCAA inserted a biological male into the women's locker room during last year's collegiate swimming championships without the consent of female athletes -- and Sen. Josh Hawley would like to know if that's still the standard.
Protesters hold signs as University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas competes in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas finished tied for fifth place. (AP …The NCAA inserted a biological male into the women’s locker room during last year’s collegiate swimming championships without the consent of female athletes — and Sen. Josh Hawley would like to know if that’s still the standard.
By “this person,” Mr. Hawley referred to former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, the male-to-female transgender athlete who won the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Division I women’s swimming and diving championships. Pressed on the transgender locker room situation, Mr. Baker appeared to walk it back, saying “I don’t believe that policy would be the policy we would use today.”
“Let me be clear: We were not forewarned, we were not asked for our consent, and we did not give our consent,” Ms. Gaines said in her testimony. “In swimming locker rooms you’re undressing quickly in front of one another, fully naked. I was forced to take off my swimsuit in front of a man.”she and other UPenn female swimmers were “forced to undress in the presence of Lia, a 6-4 biological male fully intact, with male genitalia, 18 times per week.
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