{"id":1951484,"date":"2023-06-19T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-teammate-of-lia-thomas-breaks-silence-and-calls-out-upenn\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T21:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:41:08","slug":"ex-teammate-of-lia-thomas-breaks-silence-and-calls-out-upenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-teammate-of-lia-thomas-breaks-silence-and-calls-out-upenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Former teammate of Lia Thomas speaks out against UPenn."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fex-teammate-of-lia-thomas-breaks-silence-and-calls-out-upenn%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=1951484&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>An Ex-Teammate Speaks Out Against University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s Handling of Transgender Swimmer<\/h2>\n<p>An ex-teammate of controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-bull-its-a-freaking-dude-biological-man-swimming-for-u-penns-womens-team-utterly-destroys-young-women-in-competition\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is Bull*** \u2026 It\u2019s A Freaking Dude\u2019: Biological Man Swimming For U Penn\u2019s Women\u2019s Team Utterly Destroys Young Women In Competition\">transgender swimmer<\/a> Lia Thomas called out the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, alleging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-teammate-of-lia-thomas-breaks-silence-and-calls-out-upenn\/\" title=\"Former teammate of Lia Thomas speaks out against UPenn.\">school silenced<\/a> her and her teammates regarding concerns over Thomas&#8217;s presence on the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our university, actually, just didn&#8217;t really have any conversations with us, at all, about our concerns with the situation happening,&#8221; former UPenn swimmer Paula Scanlan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">told<\/a> Fox Business on Varney &#038; Co.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then, once it was already a media storm and Thomas was already breaking all these records, that&#8217;s when they came in and told us, &#8216;Please don&#8217;t talk to the media. This is a nonnegotiable,'&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<h3>Counseling and Support<\/h3>\n<p>Counseling was also provided for any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-national-champion-wrestler-joe-biden-is-letting-males-invade-young-girls-spaces\/\" title=\"Female National Champion Wrestler: Joe Biden Is \u2018Letting Males Invade Young Girls\u2019 Spaces\u2019\">biologically female athlete<\/a> who was not comfortable with the situation or objected, according to Scanlan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They brought in a whole panel of individuals,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Someone from the LGBT center, someone from the psychological services, and a bunch of people from the athletic department.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was already halfway through the season,&#8221; she continued, &#8220;was the first time we had a formal meeting about it, and, so, yeah, Lia continued to swim on the team, and there were no changes that were made to the entire season. &#8230; It just continued as if everything was normal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former UPenn swimmer accused the university of silencing her and her teammates over concerns about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. 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