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UPenn, Trump Admin Reach Deal to Strip Transgender Swimmer of Past Titles and Awards

The university faces losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for noncompliance with Title IX.
UPenn, Trump Admin Reach Deal to Strip Transgender Swimmer of Past Titles and Awards
Swimmers including Penn's Lia Thomas, lane 4, dive into the water at the start of a qualifying heat of the 200 yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 18, 2022. Mary Schwalm/AP Photo
Aaron Gifford
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The transgender swimmer who won an NCAA Division I crown in the women’s category in 2022 was stripped of that championship medal and all records as a female competitor at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) under the school’s recent agreement with the Department of Education, officials announced.

The resolution agreement signed by UPenn administrators requires the school to prohibit males from competing in female athletic programs or occupying women’s bathrooms or locker rooms.

Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.