Trans Swimmer Sparks Outrage By Shattering Women’s Records
Seems like there are more important things for people to be freaking out about, but here we are:
A trans swimmer and senior at the University of Pennsylvania, who previously spent three years competing as a man, is now crushing records in women’s events, sparking outrage amid controversy surrounding transgender athletes.
Lia Thomas, 22, formerly named Will, has competed in a number of events recently, including a tri-meet with Cornell and Princeton universities on November 20 where the senior ‘blasted’ UPenn records in the 200m and 500m freestyle – posting times that beat almost every other female swimmer across America.
With a time of 1:43:47 in the 200m freestyle, Thomas would have been in line to secure a silver medal at the NCAA Women’s Championships, while her 4:35:06 in the 500m freestyle would have been good enough to win bronze.
The DailyMail compiled a bunch of transphobic tweets from snowflakes crying about Thomas’s success. How much you want to bet that none of these people ever cared about a college swim team until today?
