Yesterday, Karen wrote about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas having his demand to be allowed to compete in the Olympics in the female swimming events shot down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It was a loss that the Daily Mail described as a “fatal blow” to his hopes of securing an Olympic medal to add to his collection of other honors that he stole from female athletes. But Thomas is still making noise and sending ripples through the worlds of female sports and “social justice” activism. Particularly in Europe, but increasingly in the United States, more sports organizations are taking these common-sense steps to restore the integrity of women’s competitive sports and the original intent of Title IX. Could we be seeing a return to sanity? I won’t be getting my hopes up too high for the moment, but there have definitely been some encouraging signs.
Transgender swimmer Lia…
