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Lia Thomas' former teammates sue UPenn, Harvard and NCAA in lawsuit to scrub her records
Daily Mail UK ^ | February 5, 2025 | ISABEL BALDWIN

Posted on 02/05/2025 10:26:22 PM PST by Morgana

Three former members of the University of Pennsylvania swimming team have taken action to expunge the women's swimming records set by transgender former collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas.

Grace Estabrook, Ellen Holmquist and Margot Kaczorowski, sued the university, Harvard University, the NCAA and the Ivy League Council of Presidents over their 'traumatizing' experience sharing a team with Thomas.

They accuse the institutions of violating federal law by allowing Thomas to swim against women and share their locker room facilities during the 2021-22 season.

Thomas is not listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday - one day before President Donald Trump officially signed an executive order seeking to keep biological males out of women's sports.

The complaint is also seeking to create a class-action claim on behalf of 206 female athletes who competed in the 2022 Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships, which was hosted by Harvard.

The lawsuit seeks to scrub Thomas's records from the Ivy League, NCAA and Ivy institutions, including Harvard and UPenn, and receive a declaration that the transgender athlete was ineligible to compete.

DailyMail.com has contacted UPenn, Harvard, the NCAA and the Ivy League Council of Presidents for comment.

The plaintiffs argue that allowing the biologically male athlete to compete against women and share a locker room was in violation of Title IX. They claim the experience of competing alongside Thomas left them 'repeatedly emotionally traumatized' by the violation of their privacy.

The lawsuit alleges that female swimmers 'became captive and collateral damage to the Ivy League’s illegal social science experiment.'

It further accuses university administrators pushing pro-trans ideology onto the plaintiffs throughout the process of accepting Thomas onto the team and into the locker room.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: cheater; failedmaleathlete; fraud; homosexualagenda; ivyleague; lawsuit; liathomas; ncaa; pennsylvania; poisonivyleague; sports; swimming; willthomas
AS THEY SHOULD
1 posted on 02/05/2025 10:26:22 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

You go girls! Real girls created by God!


2 posted on 02/05/2025 10:33:30 PM PST by antceecee ( )
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To: Morgana

HER????? LOLOLOL


3 posted on 02/05/2025 10:35:45 PM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Morgana

Future historians should have fun with the “Biden” Administration.


4 posted on 02/05/2025 10:38:49 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Morgana

Imagine having a daughter who worked hard as a child to develop the skills to play in college then having that ripped away … they don’t get a do over


5 posted on 02/05/2025 10:46:46 PM PST by jcon40 (Leftists are usually obnoxious Bullies)
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To: Morgana

Having those records stand is just so unfair :-/


6 posted on 02/05/2025 11:16:52 PM PST by Bobalu (I can’t even feign surprise anymore...)
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To: Morgana

Excellent!


7 posted on 02/05/2025 11:21:55 PM PST by Bob434 (TTERIES IN THE FIRST ROOM)
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To: Morgana

I hope ALL girls sue to,have records set by MEN posing as women expunged from the records! In ALL sports! And may they sue for the emotional damage that was done! Make it so high that future schools that try that crap will think twice before doing so! May the backlash put a damper on such asin8ne attempts in the future


8 posted on 02/05/2025 11:25:15 PM PST by Bob434 (TTERIES IN THE FIRST ROOM)
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To: Morgana

Excellent....and as it should be!!


9 posted on 02/06/2025 2:09:40 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: jcon40

What I don’t understand is that it fulfills the concept of inclusion. It’s just the opposite.


10 posted on 02/06/2025 2:14:04 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: antceecee

They need to profusely thank Ms. Riley Gaines who battled against the NCAA pretty much by herself to make this jerk and the whole transgender thing go away.


11 posted on 02/06/2025 2:22:41 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Morgana

STOP CALLING HIM A HER!! He’s a HE....not a SHE!


12 posted on 02/06/2025 3:47:56 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

We also need to thank President Trump and everyone who voted for him. None of this would be happening if he had lost.


13 posted on 02/06/2025 4:05:18 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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To: Morgana

...His...

(fixed it)


14 posted on 02/06/2025 4:34:14 AM PST by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good. )
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To: Morgana

People are increasingly finding the courage to stand up to the trans lunacy. I think we are going to win this cultural battle.


15 posted on 02/06/2025 5:52:10 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: Sacajaweau

Nice the majority has stood up to this insanity. Now there pendulum swings against this nonsense.


16 posted on 02/06/2025 8:09:03 AM PST by jcon40 (Leftists are usually obnoxious Bullies)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

True word!


17 posted on 02/07/2025 2:37:21 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Yes they do! She is an amazing young woman.


18 posted on 02/07/2025 6:56:29 PM PST by antceecee ( )
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