Fri Jun 17, 2022 – 3:50 pm EDT
TUCSON, Arizona (LifeSiteNews) — A former teammate of University of Pennsylvania swimmer William “Lia” Thomas is speaking out after the “transgender” icon’s fawning interview on Good Morning America, arguing it was apparent that Thomas is “mentally ill.”
Thomas, who “transitioned” to identifying as a female yet retains male genitalia and reportedly remains heterosexual (despite self-identifying as lesbian), has generated unease among his actual female teammates, partly due to having to share lockers and partly due to his domination of women’s swimming competitions since switching from the men’s team.
“I don’t need anybody’s permission to be myself and to do the sport that I love,” Thomas told GMA on Tuesday. Responding to those who point out that his male physiology gives him competitive advantages over true women, even with cross-sex hormone treatments, he said, “I’m not a medical expert, but there’s a lot of variation among cis female athletes. There are cis women who are very tall and very muscular and have more testosterone than another cis woman, and should that then also disqualify them?”
“You can tell he is mentally ill,” a female UPenn student who swam with
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