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The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Ministry of Education announced on Monday.
OCR said it will provide universities with 10 days of compliance with Title IX or face the risk of criminal referral to the Department of Justice.
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Pennsylvania Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas finished eighth in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on March 19, 2022. (Today's Brett Davis - American Sports)
"Little girls looking up to Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan can find hope in today's action - the Trump administration will not allow male athletes to invade women's private spaces or participate in the women's category," Agent Craig Trainor said in a press release.
“Upenn has the option to do the right thing for his female students and immediately follow Chapter IX fully, or continue to advance an extremist political project that violates federal anti-discrimination laws and puts UPENN’s federal funding at risk.”
Fox News Digital approached the University of Pennsylvania for comment.
The OCR requires schools to issue statements about their intentions and the intentions of two other key actions.
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Former Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan testified in the House of Representatives’ Constitutional Justice Subcommittee and the government’s hearings on gender therapy care for children are limited. (Jasper Colt today - USA)
“Restore all individual sports records, championships, honors, awards or similar recognitions of all female athletes, stolen in Class I swimming competitions, and are included in the Women’s Category by male athletes.
“Give each female athlete a letter whose personal approval was restored and apologizes on behalf of the university for allowing her educational experience with sexual discrimination in track and field.”
The problem stems from Lia Thomas competing with the women’s swimming team in the 2021-22 season, becoming the first trans woman to win a national championship. Thomas also broke multiple records at school.
Paula Scanlan, a former teammate of Thomas at the time, gave details to members of Congress about what she had to deal with in her emotional testimony in 2023.
Thomas was able to compete at the NCAA Level I women’s level due to the organization’s gender engagement policy at the time.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order unless transgender female athletes compete in women's or women's sporting events in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Since then, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prohibit biological men from participating in women's and women's sports. The NCAA has changed its policies to comply with compliance, but women's sports advocates say the change is not far enough.
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