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Lia Catherine Thomas [2] (born May 1999) is an American swimmer. She was the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, having won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in 2022, before being barred from competing in women's events by World Aquatics .
Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer at the center of a heated national debate over whether transgender women should compete against cisgender athletes, has addressed her ...
The White House has reportedly declined to comment on the Lia Thomas situation. Thomas, a transgender athlete on the Penn women’s swimming team, has been dominant inside of the pool this season.
A photographer is speaking out after she believes her photo of Penn swimmer Lia Thomas was intentionally altered on television. Thomas, the transgender swimmer who won a national championship, was ...
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has been quietly mounting a legal battle against World Aquatics to overturn the swimming governing body’s effective ban on most trans women competing in the ...
In March 2022, while swimming for the University of Kentucky in the 200-yard NCAA freestyle championship (her final competitive event race before retiring from the sport), Gaines tied for fifth place with University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who subsequently became the first openly trans woman champion in the NCAA women's division ...
Thomas, who has had a controversial 2021-22 season inside of the pool, finished her career with a championship. She won the 500 meter […] The post Lia Thomas Finishes Her College Career: Sports ...
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who made national headlines in 2022 after winning an NCAA individual title, will not be allowed to compete in elite women’s races, including the 2024 Olympics ...