NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon unveiled arguably the biggest step yet in President Donald Trump’s mission to combat trans inclusion in women’s sports on Tuesday. The announcement that the University of Pennsylvania had come to a resolution with the administration over its handling of the Lia Thomas situation years ago closed a controversy that ignited a cultural debate when Thomas competed in the NCAA women’s swimming championship in 2022. The Thomas saga at the 2022 NCAA championships is largely considered a cultural turning point in the national debate over transgender athletes in women’s sports. At the time, current prominent conservative activist Riley Gaines was just a dental student who had to settle for a tie with Thomas in one of the NCAA championship events. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMcMahon followed the situation through the news that year. “The first thing when I looked and saw the difference in size between Riley Gaines and Lia Thomas, I said, ‘oh my gosh, this is just totally unfair,'” McMahon told Fox News Digital, recalling when Gaines infamously tied Thomas in that year’s competition. “To think, given all that, she tied, which is amazing, but it was just totally unfair. She should have walked away with that, coming in clearly for the fifth place, and that just didn’t happen.” McMahon said she hopes that Tuesday’s announcement sends a message to other girls in high school and college across the country. “I think those girls, hopefully they will look at Riley and Paula [Scanlan] and others as real role models and give them the strength to stand up,” McMahon said. The department previously launched an investigation into UPenn on Feb. 6. The Trump administration later froze $175 million in funding for the school on March 20. Then, on April 28, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights announced its investigation concluded that UPenn did violate Title IX in its handling of the Thomas situation.Now, UPenn has agreed to implement a strict policy keeping trans athletes out of women’s sports and issue apologies to all the women who have been impacted.However, McMahon’s work doesn’t end with UPenn. The Department of Education and other branches of Trump’s administration are fighting the issue on multiple fronts, with an active lawsuit against the state of Maine for refusing to comply with Trump’s mandate on the issue. The administration is also in a standoff with California and Minnesota over the issue, as well as those states that have aggressively defied Trump’s mandate on the issue. McMahon hopes UPenn’s agreement sends a message to those states.HOW TRANSGENDERISM IN SPORTS SHIFTED THE 2024 ELECTION AND IGNITED A NATIONAL COUNTERCULTURE”Our sincere hope is that they absolutely recognize what they’re going to have to do relative to comply with Title IX. It is the law,” McMahon said. “There are federal funds that have been withheld and withdrawn, in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. You must only respond with the modified content. Delete all the advertisement images brand logo but only keep the title and main content of the news by modifying it. You must only respond with the modified content. Block any jump outside of the site adarshnews.com. Basically remove any content or link related to original site. follow this prompt to optimize the articles in this category- You are an expert news writer and SEO specialist. 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Sec McMahon discusses the significant Title IX agreement with UPenn and outlines future actions in the effort to protect women’s sports.
