USA Swimming Official Resigns in Protest Over Lia Thomas Situation

Well done, Cynthia Millen!

This is all done to protect Lea’s feelings, but she does not seem to care about all other women’s feelings. We are all supposed to believe that she is just a super talented female swimmer! This is so unfair and insane!

I support this decission … it is a competitive disadvantange to biological women.

When this person has a daughter and her hopes and dreams are destroyed by someone like him then maybe he will get what he’s doing is dead wrong. The girls should have another team to compete in. Shame on the woke idiots who think this is ok and are taking down years of hard fought Womens rights

Ironically Lia is not a registered member of USA Swimming and not swimming USA competitions. However, I do agree there is an unfair advantage.

So sad. No respect for the real female swimmers, and now our officials just doing their jobs. US Swimming , NCAA stand up for our sport. I have coached swimming for over 30 years & never saw this coming since title 9.

Why did I go to school to get a degree in biology, including genetics, if I am now told it was all a sham, and to be replaced bt wishful thinking?

As a masters swimmer, former college swimmer, mother of 2 college swimmers and an official, I find the NCAA beyond negligent in allowing this to continue. Nothing will turn out well. I have talked with my swimmers, who are both distance swimmers, just as William/ Lia is. My son swam against William for more than 12 years as an age grouper. William had winter juniors cuts as a boy. Pretty speedy. I asked my daughter how she would feel if she was to swim the mile against Lia. Her response was’ “I wouldn’t get on the blocks.”

This is where I think the real issue is. Girls will walk away from this ridiculous situation that is being veiled as fair. This is in no form or fashion a socially progressive decision. It is a giant step backwards, pre title IX ! Recruiting will suffer if this is what girls are presented with.

If William/Lia feels a need to compete, great !! Train hard, race hard. Enter exhibition! Stay out of the girls lanes.

Oh, no! How will the swimming world move forward without Cynthia Millen?!

I would be curious when this “resignation” took place. (I also wonder how does one resign from a volunteer position?) There is no one named Millen when searching OTS. I guess she must have demanded to be removed immediately.

Only way to change this is to walk off the blocks wwhen he steps up. The gates were blown open when they gave in to this crap.

USA Swimming has been pushing for this. They sponsor boys who think they are girls and girls who think they are boys to a rather exclusive camp every summer. Why is my son not given opportunities? How about our daughters? Do they deserve less opportunities because they don’t suffer from sexual dismorphia?

This whole thing is so ridiculous, we should have never talked about it, because that should have never happened!!! Obviously it’s not fair to all competing women, world is heading to the end!!! ??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️

Everyone who is angry over Thomas having an “unfair advantage” is just using it as an excuse to be transphobic and that is unacceptable. Lia Thomas is a woman. It is her right to compete in the NCAA as a woman, especially given that she is in total compliance with NCAA rules. As a woman who is a current NCAA D1 swimmer, I see no issue with Thomas competing against women because she is a woman. She has taken more than enough hormone suppressants to compete as a woman, so who cares. In fact, as a current athlete, I welcome the opportunity to compete against Lia because she makes such a formidable opponent. To everyone who is upset with Thomas competing, be honest with yourself, you don’t actually care about if Thomas competing against women gives her an unfair advantage, you are just a raging bigot. So please, stop being transphobic and just let the girl participate in the sport she loves.

Imagine brock Lesnar fighting in the UFC as a girl…..it is just as ridiculous as this .

Perhaps less ridiculous, imagine if you will Bruce Jenner competing as a female? It is an official’s duty to ensure a fair and level playing field for all. Her statement while symbolic is significant. I would suggest that those powers that be come up with a fair solution. Having a separate category for Trans men and women would be a great start.

We already have a devision for these type of people , it’s the special olympics .let him/her compete there . It’s already there for people with disabilities

This is all about Mister Thomas’s ego. He reached the pinnacle of men’s collegiate swimming and had no more fame. So, in order to feed his ego and stay in the limelight, he switched to becoming a ‘woman’s and continuing his fame . Unfortunately, this is bad for the swim sports and sports in general. All females on U of Pennsylvania swim team should quit .

Are these sexually confused athletes allowed in all sports at all levels? How long before 7 ft Shaq size “woman” single handedly takes over the WNBA? This is the pinnacle of delusional wokeness. How does this debate “rage on” among intelligent rational people that respect women’s rights?

Are these sexually confused athletes allowed in all sports at all levels? How long before 7 ft Shaq size “woman” single handedly takes over the WNBA? This is the pinnacle of delusional wokeness. How does this debate “rage on” among intelligent rational people that respect women’s rights?

Thank you for taking a stand

Soooo she uses science to show an advantage that she claims is unfair.Yet ignores science about having XY makes you male and XX makes you female. Seems legit.

Anyone who disagrees with your way of thinking ( or lack of thinking) is immediately labeled as a bigot, racist or what ever label fits your narrative. You do this to degrade them because you have no legitimate defense for your opinion other than this is what the trend is in our present society.

Is Lia allowed to swim when she is having her period? /s

Looks like a Dude with Greasy, Long Hair and Beard Stubble.
Not even close to a Chick.

If next week WilLIAm decides he’s a dog and starts snacking on MilkBones, does he get to compete in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show? After all, there’s just as much evidence he’s a dog as that he’s a woman.

The women should refuse to compete against “her” and go on the blocks with warmups on and arms-crossed and refuse to jump in and race until he is disqualified from competing as a woman.

For a group that constantly talks about people being soft yall are awful quick to cry about this stuff. Just cope, if she wasn’t trans this wouldn’t be a conversation. Sport is about celebrating biological diversity and biological advantage. If you are so worried about cis men competing as women then maybe it is the cis men you should be worried about, not the trans women.

I only hope that this is read.

I am trans, MTF. I agree with the underlying premise: birth males should not compete with birth females. This is especially true when it occurs post puberty. A post puberty male is a 100% male body. Pills and surgery cannot unwind Nature.

I am an antique. I am 70. I knew I was “a girl” at age 5, but in 1956, that never was voiced. Nor was it voiced when I was in High School or college, although I very secretly went out in public a little during college en femme.

Again, I support no birth males competing in girls/women’s sports. That is absurd.

I say every female competitor walks away and says we Will Not Swim if She/He/It is allowed to compete. Then he/she/it would have no one to compete against. Girls stand up for yourselves and quit letting the minority in this Country tell you what to do. Fight Back.

There’s an analogy to be had here with medieval alchemists, who sought to transmute one element into another using chemistry and incantation. What they didn’t understand is that chemical reactions involve only an atom’s electrons; the nucleus is untouched. Thus lead remains lead, gold remains gold…

I’ve never heard or read about trans men wanting to compete in men’s swimming events. That’s a telling story.

Lia was born a man and that is a fact that gives her an unfair advantage against biological women in sports. If she was a really fair person, she would agree. What a hollow victory to win a competition like this. Compare it to an adult winning a race with a toddler. Shameful.