Openly transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks out against rhetoric regarding her NCAA win

Thomas' Division I win sparked debates regarding transgender women playing women's sports. The former UPenn swimmer says her transition has nothing to do with sports

[kanamenoname]

When you compete against those who cannot compete on the same level as you, then sorry its not a huge feat. It's actually sad and that's not anti-trans that's just basic biological differences between female/male bodies.

[saulsmith]

Did he just say that the reason he’s doing better in the women’s league than in the men’s is because he’s happy now? Who knew pure happiness alone could do that?

[Wibtlol]

Give them their own category, Medically it is not fair and it's a joke to even pretend that it is. Anyone even remotely involved in the medical world knows this is utter lunacy.

[edbifulco]

As a former male professional athlete, this is wrong and unfair. A real woman has no chance against a ''man''. 💩😪

[samuelstahl]

Absolutely disgusting for him to be competing against women. For him to say trans men are not a threat to womens sports is as delusional as him thinking he’s a woman. He broke every woman’s swimming record in the events he competed in

[oppressedspeakeroftruth]

You NEED to question the mental health of the people calling him a woman

[kenlangille]

I’m happy and that’s all that matters, who cares about woman…is basically what he said. A sad time for real female athletes.

[AlchemicalForge]

It takes real balls to compete on the women's team like that

[jkbugout]

Cheating. Still a man. Everyone calling him a “her” is delusional

[Bookhermit]

If "transition had nothing to do with sports", why change from the men's to the woman's team? That has EVERYTHING to do with sports....

[shocksemler]

If he wants to compete so badly let him swim with the men….. oh wait he can’t beat them. Have to swim with the ladies if he wants to win. This is sad.

[patriot]

You could not compete because you were a marginal swimmer, so now you can win? That is not a competition, it's unfair to those women who have worked all their lives for their sport. Shame on you. You deserve to be who you are, but NOT at the expense of others.

[gobills]

He just dodged the question. Doesn't matter if you don't do it to win you still have the advantage.

[paulgrimes]

Have respect for the women who are biological women who have trained their whole lives in sport of their choice. It makes you happy, what about these women you roll over? How selfish is that?

[--M--]

Ridiculous. We fought for years before and after the 40's in time to get our rights. Now this dude takes our true potential away.

[strawberrysoup]

This person calling people transphobic for being concerned about transwomen competing in biological women's sport is the dumbest misogynistic thing I've heard in a while.
You can absolutely be a supporter of trans people but not in a cost of putting biological women down.

[derekgordillo]

Lia Thomas is a joke. If she transitioned to be true to herself or to be happy.. Then she should be true to the sport instead of disgracing it

[dustbitten]

I like how he addressed the question of his unfair advantage by saying he was happier

[JJ-vxxi]

This guy's voice is deeper than optimus prime

[truegrit]

This is infuriating. I used to swim competitively and guess what? Men are stronger and faster than women. Lia is a MAN cosplaying as a woman and crushing REAL women at the sport. It doesn't get any more misogynistic than that. Sorry Will (Lia's real name), you will never be a woman - you have gender dysphoria. Get some help, and leave women's spaces and sports to women. This nonsense almost makes me want to vote republican.