William “Lia” Thomas, the transgender former collegiate swimmer from the University of Pennsylvania, is back in the news again. He just can’t shake the itch of wanting to compete against female swimmers. His latest quest is filing a lawsuit to try to compete in the 2024 Olympics in the female swimming category. As nearly everyone in the world should know by now, Thomas is a man, not a woman.
According to the Telegraph, Thomas hired the Canadian law firm Tyr to represent him in his efforts to overturn the 2022 decision by World Aquatics, the governing body of international swimming competitions, regarding transgender swimmers. World Aquatics ruled that men would no longer be permitted to swim against females in competitions. The organization didn’t cave to political pressure and stood up for women’s sports.
Nevertheless, World Aquatics took steps to assure transgender swimmers would not be left out and accommodated them by creating a brand new “Open Category” so that swimmers who were born men could participate in fair contests without having a significant and unfair biological advantage over women. It debuted in 2023.
However, fairness and equality aren’t really what the transgender movement is about. The true objectives are creating a societal hierarchy of preference and priority under the guise of LGBT rights. But people shouldn’t have to suffer or lose opportunities at the expense of transgender people. World Aquatics realized this and made the right decision.
In response to the news of Thomas’s lawsuit to try to be the best man in a pool full of women again, World Aquatics told the Telegraph that it was confident the organization had made the right decision and stood by its choice on updating its swimming rules and policies.
“The World Aquatics policy on gender inclusion, adopted by World Aquatics in June of 2022, was rigorously developed on the basis of advice from leading medical and legal experts, and in careful consultation with athletes,” the statement said. “World Aquatics remains confident that its gender inclusion policy represents a fair approach and remains absolutely determined to protect women’s sport.”
Like everything Lia Thomas did, his decision to file a lawsuit should raise many red flags. First and foremost, even after all these years, Thomas is still not a woman. He is a man and will always be a man, no matter how he wants to identify himself. Next, the presence of this lawsuit would suggest that there was a hidden motive behind Thomas’s desire to compete as a female swimmer.
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Additionally, it appears even more evident that his main objective is to maintain an unfair advantage over his competitors in hopes of achieving female swimming glory. Even though it was still wrong, it’s one thing to want to finish a college swimming career after undergoing the mental health conditions that made Thomas wish to go from being a man to a woman. It’s another thing entirely when preemptively filing a lawsuit to compete in the Olympics. It is driven by hubris, selfishness, and a whole lot of delusion.
Nevertheless, biology cannot be changed despite Lia Thomas’s fanciful whims. No matter how hard he tries, Lia Thomas is a man and a seemingly entitled one at that. World Aquatics arrived at a fair and reputable decision to address transgender swimmers that permits fair and equal competition. Women should be able to engage in and enjoy fair athletic competition with other women. They shouldn’t have to be concerned that men like Lia Thomas will try to compete with them and steal their opportunities for athletic success.