The controversy gained traction following Lia Thomas’s participation in the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships, where she clinched victory in the 500-meter freestyle.
The lawsuit argues that Thomas’s inclusion not only infringed upon the spirit of Title IX and the 14th Amendment but also encroached upon female athletes’ rights to privacy. It accuses the NCAA of dismantling safe spaces for women by compelling them to share locker rooms with male competitors, thereby violating constitutional protections.
It claims the NCAA allows “naked men possessing full male genitalia to disrobe in front of non-consenting college women” and creates “situations in which unwilling female college athletes unwittingly or reluctantly exposed their unclad bodies to males, subjecting women to a loss of their constitutional right to bodily privacy.”
Compensation
Seeking redress, the plaintiffs demand the disqualification of transgender athletes from women’s sports and the retroactive rescinding of awards granted to them.
