{"id":1217175,"date":"2022-01-14T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T23:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217175"},"modified":"2022-01-14T18:35:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T23:35:40","slug":"transgender-upenn-swimmer-claims-to-be-the-jackie-robinson-of-trans-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-upenn-swimmer-claims-to-be-the-jackie-robinson-of-trans-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender UPenn Swimmer Claims to be the &#039;Jackie Robinson of Trans Sports&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftransgender-upenn-swimmer-claims-to-be-the-jackie-robinson-of-trans-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217175&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas was heard arrogantly claiming to be the \u201cJackie Robinson of trans sports,\u201d according to a teammate.<\/p>\n<p>A college swimmer who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/transgender-penn-swimmer-breaks-team-rules-compares-self-to-jackie-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoken<\/a> anonymously to the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> claims that Thomas \u201ccompares herself to Jackie Robinson,\u201d the famous black baseball player who destroyed the pro baseball color barrier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI try not to be around her because the whole situation makes me so mad,\u201d the swimmer told the paper. \u201cI don\u2019t think Lia is a bad person. She\u2019s very quiet and kind of introverted \u2026 It\u2019s just really hard for me to respect her at all because of what she\u2019s doing to my team and what she\u2019s doing to women in general and not caring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The swimmer added that Thomas is \u201cnot sympathetic or empathetic at all\u201d and has never taken the time to ask the team if they are OK with Thomas on the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The women are in second place after day one of the Zippy Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Lia Thomas set a pool and meet record in the 500 free!<\/p>\n<p>\u1f4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ECO8Dts6b\">https:\/\/t.co\/8ECO8Dts6b<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightOnPenn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightOnPenn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4V4wjhnkOf\">pic.twitter.com\/4V4wjhnkOf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn Swimming &amp; Diving (@PennSwimDive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennSwimDive\/status\/1466951187127803912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll she does is make comments to people like, \u2018At least I\u2019m still No. 1 in the country,\u2019 and those kinds of cocky things. She doesn\u2019t care how all this is affecting us and how this is affecting our relationship to swimming. She doesn\u2019t care, and it makes it really hard to like her,\u201d the UPenn swimmer said.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous swimmer also said that Thomas has refused to obey team rules banning the wearing of team gear in public, a rule meant to avoid public controversy outside the school \u2014 all due to Thomas\u2019 situation. Thomas, though, has worn the gear anyway, apparently hoping to be noticed for the publicity. Thomas has been the only team member to ignore the rules.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Matt-Cardy_Getty-Images-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Matt Cardy\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she first announced she was transgender and was still on the men\u2019s team, she went to both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming team dinners on our training trip,\u201d the woman added. \u201cIt really rubbed me the wrong way because if you\u2019re saying you\u2019re a woman, then why go to the men\u2019s team? And if you want to go to the men\u2019s team because all your friends are there, OK, understandable. But then why are you going to the women\u2019s team dinner? You shouldn\u2019t get to bend the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student-athlete also noted that everyone on the team is afraid to speak out because they will be called \u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want to have what we were promised by joining the swim team, which is fair competition and equal opportunities. It\u2019s been really frustrating because we all agree, and I have yet to meet anyone or talk to anyone who thinks what is going on is OK. But yet somehow, these are the rules and allowed,\u201d she told the <i>Examiner<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas was heard arrogantly claiming to be the \u201cJackie Robinson of trans sports,\u201d according to a teammate. 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