Linda McMahon talks about resolution on the case of a transgender athlete of Lia Thomas


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The Secretary of Education of the United States, Linda McMahon, possibly announced the greatest step so far in the mission of President Donald Trump to combat trans inclusion in women’s sports on Tuesday.

The announcement that the University of Pennsylvania had reached a resolution with the administration about its management of the situation of Lia Thomas years ago, closed a controversy that lit a cultural debate when Thomas competed in the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championship in 2022.

The swimmer of the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas, on the left, and the swimmer of Kentucky, Riley Gaines, reacts after finishing tied in fifth place in the 200 free style in the NCAA swimming and diving championships on March 18, 2022 at the Mcauley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)

The Thomas saga in the NCAA 2022 championship is largely considered a cultural turning point in the national debate on transgender athletes in women’s sports. At that time, the current conservative activist Riley Gaines was just a dentistry student who had to settle for a draw with Thomas in one of the events of the NCAA championship.

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McMahon followed the situation through the news that year.

“The first thing I looked and I saw the difference in size between Riley Gaines and Lia Thomas, I said: ‘Oh my God, this is totally unfair,” McMahon told Pak Gazette Digital, remembering when Gaines tied Infames to Thomas in the competition of that year. “Thinking, given all that, tied, which is incredible, but it was totally unfair. He should have moved away with that, clearly reaching fifth place, and that simply did not happen.”

McMahon said he hopes that Tuesday’s announcement will send a message to other girls in high school and the university throughout the country.

“I think those girls, I hope to see Riley and Paula [Scanlan] And others as real models and give them strength to stand up, “McMahon said.

The department previously launched an investigation into UPENN on February 6. The Trump administration later froze $ 175 million in funds for school on March 20. Then, on April 28, the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education announced that its investigation concluded that UPENN violated title IX in its management of the situation of Thomas.

Now, UPENN has agreed to implement a strict policy that keeps trans athletes outside women’s sports and apologize to all women who have been affected.

However, McMahon’s work does not end with UPENN. The Department of Education and other branches of the Trump administration are fighting the problem on multiple fronts, with an active lawsuit against Maine’s state for refusing to comply with Trump’s mandate on the subject. The administration is also in a confrontation with California and Minnesota on the subject, as well as those states that have aggressively challenged Trump’s mandate on the subject.

McMahon hopes that the UPENN agreement will send a message to those states.

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The former swimmer of Division 1 of the NCAA, Paula Scanlan, attests to the Judicial Subcommittee of the House of Representatives on the Constitution and the limited government. (C-Span)

“Our sincere hope is to recognize absolutely what they will have to do in relation to title IX. It is the law,” McMahon said. “There are federal funds that have been retained and retired, so there are sanctions involved in this. But it is really right, it is common sense that men should not compete in women’s sports.”

The same day that the McMahon department announced its research against UPENN, also announced an investigation against the State University of San José for its management of the former transgender player Blaire Fleming. The situation that involved Fleming culminated in a publicized scandal nationwide in the autumn season of 2024, which included multiple demands of San José State and other volleyball players from Mountain West.

Recently, Pak Gazette Digital reported that the Mountain West conference hired the same law firm to investigate the accusations of misconduct of the trans athlete that the conference was using to defend the eligibility of the athlete for the conference tournament in the Court.

Pak Gazette Digital reported on June 24 that Mountain West had hired Willkie Far & Gallagher to investigate the accusations against Fleming of conspiracy with an opponent to have teammate to have teammate Brooke Slusser Darmed for a game of October 3.

Mountain West hired the firm to manage the investigation in the same month that the company represented the conference to protect Fleming’s eligibility in a request for a preliminary judicial order so that the transcalified transfers from female competition and the conference tournament.

Blaire Fleming of the Spartans of the State of San José observes during the second set against the Falcons of the Air Force in Falcon Court in East Gym on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

Now, with the Upenn resolved situation, McMahon will continue working to address SJSU’s research.

“Our research will continue,” McMahon said about the development situation with SJSU.

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