The University of Pennsylvania has voluntarily agreed to ban transgender women from competing on its women's sports teams. This decision follows a federal investigation that concluded the university violated the rights of female athletes, particularly in the case of Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer. The terms of the agreement include restoring individual Division I swimming records to affected female athletes and sending apology letters from the university. Additionally, the university will implement biology-based definitions of gender in its athletic programs, aligning with Title IX regulations.
The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women's sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.
Under the agreement, Penn agreed to restore all individual Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost out to Thomas, the Education Department said.
The Department commends UPenn for rectifying its past harms against women and girls, and we will continue to fight relentlessly to restore Title IX's proper application and enforce it to the fullest extent of the law.
The Education Department opened its investigation in February and concluded in April that Penn had violated Title IX, a 1972 law forbidding sex discrimination in education.
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