{"id":1267077,"date":"2022-02-02T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T22:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1267077"},"modified":"2022-02-02T22:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T03:22:51","slug":"aclu-defends-transgender-penn-swimmer-despite-calling-itself-a-champion-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-defends-transgender-penn-swimmer-despite-calling-itself-a-champion-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Defends Transgender Penn Swimmer \u2013 Despite Calling Itself A \u2018Champion\u2019 For Women"},"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\">26<\/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%2Faclu-defends-transgender-penn-swimmer-despite-calling-itself-a-champion-for-women%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=1267077&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1237915243-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) voiced its support for a male dominating the University of Pennsylvania women\u2019s swim team \u2014 despite claiming to be a \u201cchampion\u201d for women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLia\u201d Thomas \u2014 a man who used to go by \u201cWill,\u201d but now claims transgender identity \u2014 has shattered multiple NCAA and University of Pennsylvania female swim records, sometimes winning races by margins as high as 38 seconds. When ESPN <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/several-members-of-upenn-swimming-diving-team-voice-support-for-lia-thomas\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that several team members issued a statement lauding Thomas, the ACLU \u2014 which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/about\/aclu-history\"><span>calls<\/span><\/a><span> itself a \u201cchampion of segments of the population who have traditionally been denied their rights,\u201d including \u201cwomen\u201d \u2014 responded favorably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s not a women\u2019s sport if it doesn\u2019t include ALL women athletes,\u201d proclaimed the organization. \u201cLia Thomas belongs on the Penn swimming and diving team, and all trans athletes belong in their sports.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s not a women\u2019s sport if it doesn\u2019t include ALL women athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Lia Thomas belongs on the Penn swimming and diving team, and all trans athletes belong in their sports.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DtQh6LjNA1\">https:\/\/t.co\/DtQh6LjNA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU (@ACLU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU\/status\/1488962430977904641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The swimmers\u2019 statement published by ESPN expressed \u201cfull support for Lia in her transition,\u201d dismissing anonymous comments made by fellow team members as \u201cnot representative of the feelings, values, and opinions of the entire Penn team, composed of 39 women with diverse backgrounds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beyond a shadow of a doubt, however, the anonymous reports about Thomas are harrowing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most recently, a swimmer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lia-thomas-teammate-locker-room-definitely-awkward-because-thomas-male-genitalia-exposed\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> The Daily Mail that the locker room she shares with Thomas is \u201cdefinitely awkward\u201d since Thomas \u201cstill has male body parts and is still attracted to women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMultiple swimmers have raised it, multiple different times,\u201d she explained to the outlet. \u201cBut we were basically told that we could not ostracize Lia by not having her in the locker room and that there\u2019s nothing we can do about it, that we basically have to roll over and accept it, or we cannot use our own locker room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s really upsetting because Lia doesn\u2019t seem to care how it makes anyone else feel,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe 35 of us are just supposed to accept being uncomfortable in our own space and locker room for, like, the feelings of one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The swimmer\u2019s comments make clear that the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s administration has sided with Thomas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe school was so focused on making sure Lia was okay, and doing everything they possibly could do for her, that they didn\u2019t even think about the rest of us,\u201d she added. \u201cIt just seems like the women who built this program and the people who were here before Lia don\u2019t matter. And it\u2019s frustrating because Lia doesn\u2019t really seem to be bothered by all the attention, not at all. Actually she seems like she enjoys it. It\u2019s affected all of us way more than it\u2019s affected her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s exclusive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-penn-students-disturbed-by-transgender-swimmer-dominating-female-swim-team-fear-retaliation-from-leftist-classmates\"><span>interviews<\/span><\/a><span> with University of Pennsylvania students confirm that there exists tremendous pressure to mask their opinions about Thomas competing against women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThomas is not a woman, he is a male,\u201d one student explained. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple rationale and shouldn\u2019t need to be further explained.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTheir idea of \u2018acceptance\u2019 is to not give you a platform \u2014 by shaming or forcing you out if you have views that are too far from their own,\u201d she said. \u201cFor a university where we are all supposed to bring ideas and differing viewpoints to grow, the pressure to be silent rings loud and has catastrophic implications.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) voiced its support for a male dominating the University of Pennsylvania women\u2019s swim team \u2014 despite claiming to be a \u201cchampion\u201d for women.\u201cLia\u201d Thomas &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}