Florida governor says trans swimmer Lia Thomas was not 'rightful winner' of NCAA title

[Jilly_in_VA]

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has issued a proclamation that a resident of his state is the “rightful” holder of the NCAA 500m freestyle title won by trans swimmer Lia Thomas last week.

Thomas made history last Thursday as the first known transgender athlete to win a US college swimming championship when she took the title in Atlanta. However, her victory caused a backlash among right-wing politicians as well as groups that oppose transgender athletes taking part in women’s competition.

On Tuesday DeSantis, who many see as a Republican contender in the next US presidential election, declared that Emma Weyant, a Florida resident who competes for the University of Virginia and finished second to Thomas, was the “rightful winner” of the race.

“It is my determination that men should not be competing against women such as Emma Weyant,” DeSantis wrote in his proclamation. “ … Florida rejects the NCAA’s efforts to destroy women’s athletics, disapproves of the NCAA elevating ideology over biology, and takes offense at the NCAA trying to make others complicit in a lie.”

USA Swimming’s policy states that trans athletes must undergo three years of hormone replacement therapy before being allowed to compete. Thomas is six months short of that target but the NCAA decided not to adopt USA Swimming’s rules and allowed the senior to compete in Atlanta.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/23/ron-desantis-lia-thomas-trans-swimmer-ncaa-title-florida
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Now look who's indulging in "cancel culture" again!

[lagomorph777]

1. Is it just coincidence that DeSatan's state is shaped like a giant dick?

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. A giant LIMP dick

and I LIVE here.

[lagomorph777]

16. LOL!

[gratuitous]

2. Parading his stubborn ignorance once again for all to see

Tell you what, Ron: Go form your own intercollegiate athletic organization, recruit universities and colleges across the nation to leave the NCAA and join your organization, and then you can make up whatever ignorant rules your black little heart desires.

[Renew Deal]

3. DeSantis is a big government conservative.

He wants the government to interfere in personal and business matters.

[Stargleamer]

4. This POS is so smug in his obnoxiousness

knowing full well how voter suppression has fixed things in his favor.

[Xoan]

5. Why are men afraid to compete against women?

[onenote]

10. RWers claim, wrongly, that this shows that the other competitors didn't support Thomas

Not sure what point you're trying to make in posting it.

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-sport-swimming/fact-check-womens-swimming-contest-photo-shared-out-of-context-says-pictured-athlete-idUSL2N2VP1XH

[FreeState]

13. Yep - transphobes have been posting that everywhere

Even here - because they can, and do, get away with it.

[Carlitos Brigante]

7. There's that "small government" we keep hearing about. Because if anything,

these right wingers are sooooooo consistent.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Good thing it's not up to him.

You aren't the arbiter of NCAA athletic rules, you despicable fuckwit. Your petty proclamation isn't worth shit.

[CrackityJones75]

11. I stand with the women in my life on this issue.

It isn’t a cut and dried issue and it doesn’t cut a long party lines either.

[FreeState]

14. Do you listen to the trans women in your life? n/t

[CrackityJones75]

15. I listen to the LGBTQ members in my life.

Currently I don’t have a lot of involvement with anyone who is trans woman.

[Initech]

12. Oh fuck off, Death Sentence.