The following article is for educational purposes. The following article is a follow up to “Equality, safety, and science: issues surrounding transgender athletes in women’s sports” from The Stinger Sept. 2025 issue. President Donald J....

Focusing on equality, safety, and science, the topics that are covered in this article will only be covering trans athletes and their place in sports, specifically women’s sports. This article will not cover transgender or women’s civil rights in general, but rather on the sports field.

This previously ran in our April 2022 print issue. Recently, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won a race.  We’ll write that again for emphasis. One race -- and the world had a fit.  Podcaster Joe Rogan called her an “assault...