{"id":1798303,"date":"2023-01-07T10:04:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1798303"},"modified":"2023-01-07T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:04:57","slug":"trans-yale-swimming-star-goes-from-shark-to-scrub-after-joining-mens-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-yale-swimming-star-goes-from-shark-to-scrub-after-joining-mens-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Yale Swimming Star Goes From Shark To Scrub After Joining Men\u2019s Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ftrans-yale-swimming-star-goes-from-shark-to-scrub-after-joining-mens-team%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=1798303&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-->\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An Ivy League All-American Swimmer went from pool sharks to scrub after transitioning to male from female. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lia-thomas-nominated-by-upenn-rejected-by-ivy-league-as-ncaa-woman-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lia Thomas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Iszac Henig, a senior member of the Yale men\u2019s swim team, placed 79th out of 83 at a men\u2019s meet in November After earning All-American plaudits as a junior on the school\u2019s women\u2019s team. But In an op ed column Henig This article was written for New York Times This week, the 22 year-old athlete, whose breasts had been removed, said that living as a man makes it all worth it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Chose to Compete as My True, Trans Self. I Win Less, but I Live More,\u201d Read the headline Henig\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/05\/opinion\/trans-athlete-swimming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In This article Henig Resigns from dominance<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t the slowest guy in any of my events, but I\u2019m not as successful in the sport as I was on the women\u2019s team,\u201d Submitted HenigThe winner was a one-armed swimmer who beat three other swimmers who were skilled in other strokes. November.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#8217;s This is exactly what is happening. Here Trans men Iszac Henig Who competed in women&#8217;s categories. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/22FuvUuSum\">pic.twitter.com\/22FuvUuSum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fernanda (@Fernand18962391) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fernand18962391\/status\/1512435952974807041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">HenigHe hails from Menlo Park, California, was a high school phenom who even tried out for the 2016 Olympics Olympics It was long before I had a double mastectomy and that I identified as a man. As A sophomore at Yale, Henig was the top swimmer on the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">ThomasOn the other side, he was a weak competitor on the University Of Pennsylvania men\u2019s team before identifying as a female and smashing records while representing the school\u2019s women\u2019s team. Several Of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-just-want-change-outspoken-lia-thomas-competitor-slams-leftist-media-for-ignoring-her-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas\u2019s teammates and rivals complained<\/a> That Thomas\u2019s biological advantages made competitions unfair.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas  Henig Actually, they fought each other in the first half of last year. Henig Before identifying as a man, I had never been identified as a man. Henig switched over to the men\u2019s team. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/08\/lia-thomas-defeated-by-fellow-transgender-swimmer-iszac-henig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henig bested Thomas<\/a> In both the 100-yard and 400 yard freestyle events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In The column for The New York Times, Henig acknowledged a longstanding attraction to women, but said being in the women\u2019s locker room was always uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI thought that my unease came from worry that my sexuality made others uncomfortable,\u201d Henig wrote. \u201cI hadn\u2019t yet considered that the real reason I felt so off was my sense of being in the wrong locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Henig To maintain NCAA eligibility and to begin the transition, I took the 2020-2021 year off of school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI dived deeper into queerness, exploring the balance of masculinity and femininity, especially with presentation in clothing,\u201d Henig wrote. \u201cThrough that I discovered binders, base-layer compression garments used to create a more traditionally masculine chest appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Henig\u2019s breasts were removed in early 2021. Upon Return to Yale, HenigThe woman, who was already taking male hormones, was offered the option of competing as a woman, or as a man. Henig initially chose to remain on the women\u2019s team, but then joined the men\u2019s team for the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Going It&#8217;s worth it to go from star to also-ran HenigHe is happy to compete with men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI\u2019m trying to connect with my teammates in new ways, to cheer loudly, to focus more on the excitement of the sport,\u201d Henig wrote. \u201cCompeting and being challenged is the best part. It\u2019s a different kind of fulfillment. And it\u2019s pretty great to feel comfortable in the locker room every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ivy League All-American swimmer went from pool shark to scrub after transitioning from female to male, the opposite of the switch made by Lia Thomas. 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