CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas is an Ivy League champion. Thomas, who is a transgender woman, won the 500-yard freestyle Thursday night in 4 minutes, 37.32 seconds, a ...

Lia Thomas stood tall and smiled wide atop the championship podium, her nearly 6-foot-4 frame pushing her head past the top of the Ivy League's green photo backdrop. With one hand she held a placard ...

Former collegiate swimmers Riley Gaines and Lia Thomas will be forever linked as the faces of the controversy surrounding transgender athletes in women’s sports. On Tuesday, Gaines, a former ...

(AP) - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas failed in her challenge against rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races because judges ruled she did not have standing to bring the case. The ...

In an Instagram post, US Olympic swimmer Erica Sullivan (second from right, pictured in cowboy hat) said this image - of transgender woman Lia Thomas (L) on the podium, with Sullivan and friends and ...

In May 2024, Facebook account The Patriots Network posted about transgender athlete Lia Thomas leaving competitive swimming permanently and vowing to "swim with men now": Breaking: Lia Thomas Bows Out ...

The University of Pennsylvania agreed to publicly affirm its commitment to barring individuals who identify as transgender women from competing in women's sports, the Education Department announced ...