The University of Pennsylvania has agreed not to allow transgender women to take part in their women’s sports teams and shared the records of Lia Thomas, a former student and the first transgender woman who won a NCAA Division I National Championship on Tuesday.
The resolution agreement – which is carried out according to the department Found Penn injured himself against title IXThe federal law against discrimination based on gender, when Thomas made it possible to join the women’s swimming team for the 2021-22 season, demands the next place from the university to give Thomas’ title to the next place and to personally apologize for “every affected swimmer”.
The NCAA, the College sports at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, monitored nationwide, did not immediately answer questions on whether it also intends to lift Thomas’ Sieg 2022. The organization Blocked transgender women From participation in the women -college sports in February, shortly after President Trump was signed An executive order The United States rejects the “male competition participation in women’s sports” and threatened the federal financing of the schools.
NCAA President Charlie Baker, former Republican governor of Massachusetts, Founded a Senate committee in December The less than 10 NCAA athletes are transgender.
The resolution agreement between Penn and the educational department also obliges the school, Trump’s Alma Mater, a public explanation that it will adhere to the interpretation of title IX by the government and accept “biological” definitions of the words male and female.
Thomas had previously had three of the six Penn women -swimming and diver -freestyle recordings in Penn.
A lawyer who represented Thomas in an earlier legal challenge for a world -aquatic policy that banned most transgender women from competitive swimming gave no request for comments.
On his first day in office, Trump signed a decision in which the federal government was specified only recognizes two unchangeable genders.
According to the agreement, the university’s explanation is reported “at a prominent location on its main website and on each of its websites for the athletics of women”.
In a explanation the The university said that compliance would be complied with With the interpretation of title IX through the training by the department by the department of Title IX, however, “it will not – based on the gender – will not take part in the participation in the students of participation, who refuse the advantages of students or undergo the students of discrimination under all athletics programs”.
“In addition, such institutions in the provision of student athletes such as changing rooms and bathing rooms in connection with Penn Athletics must strictly separate from each other based on the gender and made available comparable to every gender,” said the university.
J. Larry Jameson, Penns President, said that the school’s commitment to promote an inviting environment for his students is “unshakable”, but must also meet the federal requirements, including executive orders and NCAA registration rules.
“This is a complex topic, and I am pleased that we were able to achieve a solution through the standard -OCR process for the conclusion of title IX investigations of title IX,” he wrote on Tuesday In a letter to the Penn Community with reference to the office for civil rights of the educational department.
He emphasized that Penn has never had his own transgender athlete sports policy and met the rules of the federal government and NCAA rules when Thomas was a student.
“While Penn’s guidelines met the NCAA registration rules during the 2021-2022 swimming season, we recognize that some student athletes were disadvantaged through these rules. We recognize this and will apologize for those who apologize for a competitive disadvantage or experienced fear of the guideline due to the guidelines that experienced a time of the times,” Jameson wrote.
He added that the examination of the Trump government, if it has remained unsolved, could have “had significant and permanent effects on the university of Pennsylvania”. ”
In March, the administration announced that it would be suspended on Penn, citing Thomas, 175 million US dollars in federal orders.
Jennifer Bing, Vice President of Progress at the National Center for LGBTQ rights, said the organization hopes that Penn will rethink the decision.
“The use of bullying and threats from the administration to force the universities to reject their commitment to basic equality for all students is deeply worrying. We are disappointed that such an important and respected university gives these requirements,” said Bing. “As we have seen at law firms and other companies that are exposed to similar threats, it is extremely harmful for the institution and for our society to surrender these illegal demands. We hope that Penn will rethink this decision.”
Minister of Education Linda McMahon gave the agreement “Another example of the Trump effect in action”.
“Today is a big victory for women and girls not only at the University of Pennsylvania, but in whole our nation,” she said on Tuesday In a statement. “The department recommends Upenn to correct their past against women and girls, and we will continue to fight relentlessly to restore the proper application of titles IX and enforce them in full of the law.”
Updated at 8:39 a.m. Edt.
