Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan spoke out against the school’s decision to allow the male-born Lia Thomas to use the women’s locker rooms and how it affected her as a victim of a sexual assault.
Scanlan appeared before the House Judiciary subcommittee on Thursday during the committee’s discussion of gender-affirming care for minors and spoke about how the school completely ignored the concerns that many of the women on the swim team expressed about Thomas, who was still fully endowed with his male genitalia as he used the women’s locker rooms, Fox News reported.
Scanlan, who participated in UPenn’s women’s swim team in the 2018-19 and 2021-22 school years, told the committee that the school dismissed the women’s concerns and said that Lia Thomas’ participation was “non-negotiable.”
When Lia Thomas joined the team, the University of…
