Trump Admin Rules Upenn Violated Title Ix, Demands School Return Honors To Female Athletes

The University of Pennsylvania was recovered to person "violated Title IX by denying women adjacent opportunities by permitting males to compete successful women’s intercollegiate athletics and to inhabit women-only friendly facilities," nan Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Monday.

The OCR said it will springiness nan assemblage 10 days to beryllium successful compliance pinch Title IX aliases consequence facing a criminal referral to nan Justice Department.

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Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas finishes eighth successful nan 100 free astatine nan NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships astatine Georgia Tech successful Atlanta, March 19, 2022. (Brett Davis-USA Today Sports)

"Little girls who look up to Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan tin find dream successful today’s action – nan Trump Administration will not let antheral athletes to invade female backstage spaces aliases compete successful female categories," acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said successful a news release.

"UPenn has a prime to make: do nan correct point for its female students and travel into afloat compliance pinch Title IX instantly aliases proceed to beforehand an extremist governmental task that violates national antidiscrimination rule and puts UPenn’s national backing astatine risk."

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan University of Pennsylvania for comment.

The OCR demanded that nan schoolhouse rumor a connection connected its volition to travel Title IX on pinch 2 different cardinal actions.

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Paula Scanlan, erstwhile University of Pennsylvania swimmer, testifies during nan House Judiciary Subcommittee connected Constitution and Limited Government proceeding connected gender-affirming attraction for children. (Jasper Colt-USA Today)

"Restore to each female athletes each individual diversion records, titles, honors, awards aliases akin nickname for Division I swimming competitions misappropriated by antheral athletes competing successful female categories.

"Send a missive to each female jock whose individual nickname is restored expressing an apology connected behalf of nan University for allowing her acquisition acquisition successful athletics to beryllium marred by activity discrimination."

The rumor stemmed from Lia Thomas’ information connected nan women’s aquatics squad during nan 2021-22 season, becoming nan first transgender female to triumph a nationalist championship. Thomas collapsed aggregate records astatine nan schoolhouse arsenic well.

Paula Scanlan, a erstwhile teammate of Thomas’ astatine nan time, elaborate to legislature lawmakers what she had to woody pinch successful emotional grounds successful 2023.

Thomas was capable to compete astatine nan NCAA Division I women’s level owed to nan organization's gender-participation argumentation astatine nan time.

President Donald Trump signs an executive bid barring transgender female athletes from competing successful women's aliases girls' sporting events, successful nan East Room of nan White House, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump has since signed an executive bid to prohibition biologic males from women’s and girls’ sports. The NCAA altered its argumentation successful an effort to comply, but women’s sports advocates person said nan alteration didn’t spell acold enough.

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