- The lawsuit centers around Lia Thomas, the trans woman who won the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships
- It is asking the governing body to change its rules to make biological males unable to compete against female athletes
Women’s rights activist and former college swimmer Riley Gaines is among 16 female athletes who have filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association.
‘It’s official!’ Gaines posted the X on Thursday.
“I am suing the NCAA along with 15 other collegiate athletes who have lost titles, records and rosters to men impersonating women. The NCAA continues to violate Title IX of the federal civil rights law.”
‘It was about time someone did something about it.’
The federal lawsuit, the first of its kind, centers on Lia Thomas, the trans athlete who won the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships as a student at the University of Pennsylvania, as reported by The Free Press.
Women’s rights activist and former college swimmer Riley Gaines is among 16 female athletes who have filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association
The federal lawsuit, the first of its kind, centers on Lia Thomas, the trans athlete who won the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships as a student at the University of Pennsylvania
It alleges that Thomas’ winning participation in the event and victory represented a violation of Title IX, which gives women the right to equal opportunity in sports.
The lawsuit asks the NCAA to change its rules to make biological males unable to compete against female athletes, and that it revoke all awards given to trans athletes in women’s competitions and give them to their female candidates.
In addition, the suit seeks ”compensation for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress, suffering and anguish, costs and other damages due to the defendant’s wrongful conduct.”
