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The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from participating in its women’s sports programs, resolving a federal civil rights investigation centered on swimmer Lia Thomas. The U.S. Department of Education announced the agreement Tuesday, saying the university violated Title IX by allowing Thomas to compete in women’s events.
The case marks a significant moment in the Trump administration’s broader push to restrict transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. As part of the resolution, Penn will reinstate Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes displaced by Thomas’s victories and issue personalized apology letters to each of them.
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