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A Smithsonian exhibit featuring Lia Thomas sparked debate over fairness in sports, questioning her participation on the women ...
After failed attempts in the legislature by lawmakers, the Virginia Board of Health held a special meeting this week and ...
Swarthmore College responded to a lawsuit that alleges it removed a trans athlete from a women's team to comply with NCAA ...
Trans swimmer Lia Thomas, 24, has mounted a secret legal action in a bidt to overturn a ban on biological males competing alongside women – and hopes to take part in the Paris Olympic trials.
By New Year's Day 2020, Thomas was going by the name "Lia." As COVID-19 shut down the season for Ivy League teams in 2020, she started to race in the women’s field by the 2021-22 season.
Read more: Lia Thomas records erasure illustrates NCAA transgender policy change In 2022, trans rights advocates celebrated the moment as historic. Many conservatives have since criticized Thomas ...
Lia Thomas is a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer who drew harsh criticism for her success as the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I championship in 2022, the year she ...
Lia Thomas won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in Mar. 2022 and has been a part of the controversy surrounding transgender women in sports. Find out five things about her here.
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas insisted in an interview Tuesday that athletes like her “are not a threat to women’s sports” — while revealing that she now has her eye on the Olympics.
Lia Thomas took control in the final 100 yards of the 500-yard freestyle to make history Thursday as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. Thomas, the University of ...