Lia Thomas Teammate Speaks Out

"Women are now third-class citizens": UPenn teammate to trans athlete speaks outhttps://t.co/a24p78TFi2

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From The Post Millennial:

"Women are now third-class citizens," she said. Male athletics come first, then trans athletes, and women come in third, overshadowed by men, then by trans-identified biological males.

"Lia was not even close to being competitive as a man in the 50 and the 100 (freestyle events)," the teammate said, "But just because Lia is biologically a man, [Lia] is just naturally better than many females in the 50 and 100 or anything that [Lia] wasn't good at as a man."

Thomas won two more races on Saturday in a meet against Harvard in the the women's 100 and 200 meter freestyle races, easily beating the female competition in both cases.

The swimmer went on to tell the Washington Examiner that administrators who condone these activities, of having a biological male compete on the women's team, don't care about women athletes.

"The top people at the NCAA, who are on the board of directors... they are not protecting women's rights. Imagine if there was this kind of inequality in men's sports. Or someone found out about doping in a men's sport. It would be fixed in a blink of an eye. Everyone would be all over it. But because it's women, they don't care," the teammate said.

This is a brave, young woman.