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Former UPenn Swimmer Testifies About Trauma of Sharing Locker Room With Biological Male

The female athlete was a teammate of transgender swimmer William 'Lia' Thomas

Paula Scanlan, a former Division I swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, testified in Congress about the trauma she experienced after being forced to share a locker room with transgender teammate William “Lia” Thomas, a biological male.
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Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government in Washington on July 27, 2023. House Committee on the Judiciary
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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7/28/2023|Updated: 7/28/2023
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Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan testified on Thursday before Congress about the traumatizing experience of having to undress in the same locker room with transgender teammate William “Lia” Thomas.

“My teammates and I were forced to undress in the presence of Lia, a 6-feet, 4-inch tall biological man fully intact with male genitalia, 18 times per week,” the former Division I athlete told members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.

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Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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