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US University female swim team unanimously reject transgender swimmer

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zanahoria · 06/10/2023 20:20

In the most dramatic uprising yet against biological males competing in women’s sport, a female swimming team in Virginia have condemned their own university for allegedly making them accept a transgender athlete into their events.

The entire women’s swim team at Roanoke College staged a press conference in which they said they felt cheated and abandoned after a former member of the men’s team joined their ranks last month. The trans swimmer, who has not been named, was a top-10 performer in the equivalent male conference

<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/2023.10.06-135800/www.telegraph.co.uk/swimming/2023/10/06/roanoke-college-fury-trans-swimmer-squad-lia-thomas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/2023.10.06-135800/www.telegraph.co.uk/swimming/2023/10/06/roanoke-college-fury-trans-swimmer-squad-lia-thomas/

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jeaux90 · 06/10/2023 20:33

Well done those women. I saw the press conference video, she was glorious in her defiance.

arcadiamadia · 06/10/2023 20:35

Wonderful! All power and support to them.

literalviolence · 06/10/2023 21:10

Brave women. So proud of them.

ArabellaScott · 06/10/2023 23:04

Brave women.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 06/10/2023 23:05

Fantastic and courageous young women. It shows how women can take back the power on this when we act together against the injustice.

BreadInCaptivity · 06/10/2023 23:14

👏👏👏👏👏👏

determinedtomakethiswork · 06/10/2023 23:19

Our defeat was written in biology.

Exactly. Perfectly pot.

determinedtomakethiswork · 06/10/2023 23:19

Perfectly put, even.

ErrolTheDragon · 06/10/2023 23:21

Brava!
I hope other women's teams will follow this display of solidarity in the defence of sport for women and girls.

ImMrsNesbitt · 06/10/2023 23:21

Good!

NotBadConsidering · 07/10/2023 04:38

I have just watched the press conference. What an amazing group of strong young women!

merrymelodies · 07/10/2023 06:05

As they should!

EdgeOfACoin · 07/10/2023 06:58

I hope this is the watershed moment for women's sports, especially in the USA.

Well done, Roanoke - you will inspire other athletes, I'm sure of it.

And Riley Gaines and the girls in Connecticut must feel relieved that others are starting to take a stand on this.

JackieQueen · 07/10/2023 07:43

Good for them! Let's hope this is just the start of things to come.

eurochick · 07/10/2023 07:45

My goodness. An outbreak of sanity, finally.

FrancescaContini · 07/10/2023 07:48

This is excellent news!

Heliotroper · 07/10/2023 09:17

It is a really powerful sight seeing the whole team standing together with the captains speaking so eloquently. I love the sense of solidarity that says not one of us is going to lose a place. Too many teams want to take the advantage and throw a team mate under the bus.

I really think this is a game changer. It is such a powerful image.

WickedSerious · 07/10/2023 09:19

Good for them.

Fooksticks · 07/10/2023 09:32

Well done! 👏👏

sashh · 07/10/2023 09:36

Good for these women, I hope they go far wit their swimming and future careers.

FrancescaContini · 07/10/2023 09:37

Heliotroper · 07/10/2023 09:17

It is a really powerful sight seeing the whole team standing together with the captains speaking so eloquently. I love the sense of solidarity that says not one of us is going to lose a place. Too many teams want to take the advantage and throw a team mate under the bus.

I really think this is a game changer. It is such a powerful image.

I hope it’s a game changer too.

Men competing in sport against women - FFS. At some stage in the hopefully not too distant future, our children and grandchildren will be aghast that this was the case, for a delusional period in the early 21st century. 🤞

misscockerspaniel · 07/10/2023 09:51

Solidarity with these women. They are all winners.