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The College of Pennsylvania was discovered to have “violated Title IX by denying ladies equal alternatives by allowing males to compete in ladies’s intercollegiate athletics and to occupy women-only intimate amenities,” the Schooling Division’s Workplace for Civil Rights (OCR) introduced Monday.
The OCR stated it can give the college 10 days to be in compliance with Title IX or danger going through a felony referral to the Justice Division.
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Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas finishes eighth within the 100 free on the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, March 19, 2022. (Brett Davis-USA Right now Sports activities)
“Little ladies who look as much as Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan can discover hope in at the moment’s motion – the Trump Administration is not going to permit male athletes to invade feminine non-public areas or compete in feminine classes,” appearing Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor stated in a information launch.
“UPenn has a option to make: do the proper factor for its feminine college students and are available into full compliance with Title IX instantly or proceed to advance an extremist political challenge that violates federal antidiscrimination legislation and places UPenn’s federal funding in danger.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the College of Pennsylvania for remark.
The OCR demanded that the college concern an announcement on its intention to comply with Title IX together with two different key actions.
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Paula Scanlan, former College of Pennsylvania swimmer, testifies throughout the Home Judiciary Subcommittee on Structure and Restricted Authorities listening to on gender-affirming care for kids. (Jasper Colt-USA Right now)
“Restore to all feminine athletes all particular person athletic data, titles, honors, awards or related recognition for Division I swimming competitions misappropriated by male athletes competing in feminine classes.
“Ship a letter to every feminine athlete whose particular person recognition is restored expressing an apology on behalf of the College for permitting her instructional expertise in athletics to be marred by intercourse discrimination.”
The problem stemmed from Lia Thomas’ participation on the ladies’s swim crew throughout the 2021-22 season, changing into the primary transgender girl to win a nationwide championship. Thomas broke a number of data on the college as effectively.
Paula Scanlan, a former teammate of Thomas’ on the time, detailed to congressional lawmakers what she needed to take care of in emotional testimony in 2023.
Thomas was capable of compete on the NCAA Division I ladies’s stage because of the group’s gender-participation coverage on the time.
President Donald Trump indicators an government order barring transgender feminine athletes from competing in ladies’s or ladies’ sporting occasions, within the East Room of the White Home, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump has since signed an government order to ban organic males from ladies’s and ladies’ sports activities. The NCAA altered its coverage in an try to comply, however ladies’s sports activities advocates have stated the change didn’t go far sufficient.
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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox Information Digital.
