Posted on 07/19/2022 8:12:06 AM PDT by montag813
by Joshua Ford | 24News
Lia Thomas has been nominated for the NCAA “Woman of the Year,” which is causing significant controversy.
Lia, formerly William, is a biological male who switched from the men’s swimming team at the University of Pennsylvania after three years to compete in the women’s division.
Thomas went on to win a national championship by defeating every female in NCAA 500-yard freestyle swimming event.
Riley Gaines, a former star for the University of Kentucky, tied with Lia Thomas for fifth place at the NCAA championships.
Gaines says a majority of females disagree with Thomas’ participation in female sports. “The majority of us female athletes, or females in general, really, are not okay with this, and they’re not okay with the trajectory of this and how this is going and how it could end up in a few years,” Gaines said.
Gaines says this nomination makes the NCAA’s highest award in collegiate athletics “worthless.”
“Being the real girl in that photo and also University of Kentucky’s nominee for NCAA WOTY, this is yet another slap in the face to women. First a female national title and now nominated for the pinnacle award in collegiate athletics,” Gaines said. “The @NCAA has made this award worthless.”
“This award combines athletic performance with academics, service, and character. What character has Thomas shown other than sheer selfishness and entitlement? The disrespect and disregard for the other female athletes in Thomas’ interviews is eye opening.”
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Our universities are worthless pond scum.
Sad when the world needs to rely on a College kid in Gaines to speak the truth and stand up for the women of the world.
The majority of the majority of females she says are not for this probably voted for Biden. Maybe those females should reconsider their place on the plantation.
What’s sad is this worthless Basturd being rewarded for being an idiot!!!
I’m glad that Riley Gaines is speaking up on this. It’s a wonder that she hasn’t been cancelled over it.
Kissing queer/dyke ass is politically necessary.
Gaines is just collateral damage.
U Penn just said a big FU to the country. They did this on purpose Spitting in our faces.
A “trans woman” is a man who deludes himself into believing he is a woman and who has power over all around himself to force them to enter into to his private delusion.
I’m still expecting one day Lia to announce he’s been trolling all along.
This nonsense started on college campuses.
Somehow, students agreed with it instead of laughing it down.
I really don’t understand how this went so far.
Actually, I do. All in the name of “tolerance”.
At some point it goes beyond tolerance, to normalcy, to compulsory,
and there you are.
Why do ANY women attend U Penn??
College age kids are always looking for the next big ‘social justice’ bandwagon to latch on to. They think it’ll make them important and ‘historic’.
The big losers on this, much like the blacks that vote for democrats that allowed in illegals, are the real females that have approved of this the most.
In a way I have no sympathy for the 75%+ that support it in the teens-30s.
"They freed him, already!"
Disgusting.
I think they believe this gives them "purpose" or a life of "significance" when they have none due to their lack of accomplishments, like say, raising a family.
This is between the women and the woke activists. No need for the men to get involved.
Wait now...NCAA championships, he tied for fifth? He’s not even that good a girl swimmer!
Disband or replace the entire NCAA with an American Committee..
no kidding. this is terribly wrong. However I’d love to know how the young lady “thought” prior to her title being taken away.
Was she calling out others for being transphobes? Hmmm....
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