When Lia Thomas graduated from college and left the NCAA swimming field, I foolishly hoped that the entire transgender sports debate would begin to die down and women’s sports could return to being sports for women. Clearly, I was mistaken. There are still people beating that drum and complaining about the “treatment” that Thomas received in the media. There is a hilarious article in The Nation this week using Thomas as some sort of flag bearer to proclaim the entire sport of collegiate swimming as a hotbed of transphobia and hate. I wouldn’t have even known about the article if Matt Yglesias hadn’t panned it in a humorous fashion.Read More
How the left excuses men competing in women’s swimming
