Phil Blog Post

In my last blog post, I decided to tell the story of Lia Thomas, a trans swimmer at University of Pennsylvania winning a NCAA title in one of the women's events. Lia had been doing hormone therapy for 2 years before she was able to compete in the women's events. Some people say that this isn't ethical at all and she shouldn't be able to compete with women because she was born a male and still has male hormones even though she has gone through the hormone. Some people say it is ethical and she should be able to compete with women because she has gone through the hormone therapy regulated by NCAA but the way she is scored should be different or increase the number of years you must do hormone therapy. This blog post will be siding with the ethical debate of she should still compete but possibly scored different. Due to that fact that Lia was born a male, she already has lot of advantages over most of the women she competes with. She is already tall and has more lung capac...

On March 17, 2022, Lia Thomas won first place in the women's 500-yard freestyle at NCAA's D1 championship. You may think this is a normal occurrence since someone has to come in first place in any sporting event.  Lia Thomas is a trans women. With Lia being the first trans women to win a NCAA title, this has caused a great debate among swimmers and fans of the sport determining whether it was fair for Lia to even compete as a woman in the first place. Many people, even her own teammates, have come out against her believing she has an unfair advantage and taking away opportunities for other women. While others have no problem or otherwise support her competing in women’s events.  Before we go any further with this story, let’s learn a little more about Lia Thomas. Lia Thomas was born William Thomas. While swimming in high school, Lia was an All American and top swimmer within the state of Texas. When it was time for Lia to make her college decision, she decided to go to Univer...