Penn swimmer Lia Thomas opens up about being the 1st transgender D-I athlete to win an NCAA title

Penn swimmer Lia Thomas opens up about being the 1st transgender D-I athlete to win an NCAA title
In March 2022, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender Division I athlete to win an NCAA championship. In her first television appearance, Thomas discusses her experience with ESPN's Katie Barnes.
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[patrickgattiker]

I feel bad for the girl that got second. These women worked their whole lives to get to this point

[mitzycasanova]

It’s actually disgusting this is taken seriously by anybody.

[marcuss.]

Nothing brave about this man being in a women’s locker room

[NobodyCares......]

Videos like this are the reason why YouTube hides the dislike count.

[justinslaughter]

Congratulations on being the first man to win the woman’s NCAA championship.

[NOB]

Okay you transitioned to be happy, but you being happy doesn’t mean it’s okay to make the competition unfair to real females who has worked their whole life for this!

[lostaccident]

My friends and I still identify as being 13. We're gonna crush the Little League World Series this year!

[chelseapoet]

People in the future are going to be completely amazed that this was allowed to happen.

[IsmokeHiphopLive]

So Your The 400th Male ranked swimmer, then you become the 1st 🥇 Ranked Female swimmer. Yet Lia says she’s not having an advantage??? Did I miss something?

[EReber]

Not gonna lie regardless of how you feel. We can all agree it was brave of ESPN to leave the comments on lol

[Eldot]

I’m so glad that he has finally been banned from competing in the Olympics.
This is a win for women.
💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[charlesajones]

Lia Thomas should absolutely be allowed to compete... against other men.

The rest of the world is not obligated to play along with your fantasy.

[Oneiric]

Fun fact: if he continued to compete in males category despite the transition, he would be respected by the most of people instead of being hated for cheating

[adriegruis]

Love how this is literally breaking down all the progress women have made throughout the years to compete fairly in sports.

[samippandey]

Correct title: Penn swimmer Lia Thomas opens up about being the 1st MALE D-I athlete to STEAL a WOMEN'S NCAA title

[SCW]

This is like an early-2000’s parody. It’s like some weird fever dream😂😂😂

[alinabfeher]

This man 's "happiness" and "peace of mind" comes with an expensive emotional cost for women.

[Jay-imjn]

SHAME ON YOU, ESPN! REAL WOMEN DESERVE THIS ATTENTION!!

[sharktalk]

He must think of himself as a “hero.” Ridiculous

[Jake-mcte]

If this was 10 years ago, this could be part of an SNL clip