﻿{"id":495005,"date":"2022-01-06T11:28:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=495005"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:43:48","slug":"jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olympic swimmer <strong>Jacob Pebley<\/strong> weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by Penn\u2019s <strong>Lia Thomas,<\/strong> advocating for a consideration of mental health for swimmers involved.<\/p>\n<p>Pebley posted his comments to Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYYAz61LDaR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYYAz61LDaR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jacob Pebley (@jacob.pebley)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among his key points is the emphasis on the psychological side of things. He cited the high suicide rate in the transgender community and, incorporating his struggles with mental health, exhorted those weighing in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/guest-editorial-in-defense-of-lia-thomas-and-her-right-to-compete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas\u2019 eligibility to swim to consider that<\/a>. Pebley writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI shudder to think what Lia is not only thinking about herself but also the young trans swimmers seeing their role models advocate for excluding them from competing in alignment with their identity. If you think the physiological advantage is so great, I urge you to consider the psychological disadvantage she and many others are facing currently.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pebley stressed that Thomas isn\u2019t breaking any rules, and he disdained the \u201cveiling (of) discrimination of a minority party with empathy and \u2018understanding.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas has sparked controversy with her performance in the pool this season. She\u2019s set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lia-thomas-transgender-swimmer-from-penn-swims-fastest-times-in-nation-controversy-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some of the times in distance events<\/a> in the country in her first season on the women\u2019s team after competing on the men\u2019s team for three seasons. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-champion-womens-sports-advocate-nancy-hogshead-makar-explains-problems-with-lia-thomas-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">access to a male puberty in her upbringing<\/a> has led to claims of competitive imbalance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/penn-parents-express-further-concerns-over-lia-thomas-competing-on-womens-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dissent within the program<\/a>. (Thomas has only granted one interview this season. <em>Swimming World\u2019s<\/em> repeated attempts to talk to her have been turned down.)<\/p>\n<p>Pebley, 28, has rarely shied away from commenting on issues in and out of the pool. He was one of the most prominent voices in the swimming community, along with <strong>Lia Neal<\/strong> via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lia-neal-jacob-pebley-create-platform-for-change-channeling-pure-passion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swimmers for Change platform<\/a>, in the summer of 2020 in advancing athlete advocacy, particularly on issues of racial justice.<\/p>\n<p>Pebley has been outspoken about his mental health struggles. After qualifying for the 2016 Olympics and finishing fifth in the 200 backstroke, he withdrew from Olympic Trials in 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-olympian-jacob-pebley-announces-he-will-not-be-at-2021-olympic-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing his mental health<\/a>. He returned and had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-back-in-action-races-to-victory-in-200-backstroke-in-isl-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strong season in ISL with the D.C. Trident<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by Penn\u2019s Lia Thomas, advocating for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":383398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[122077,7],"tags":[25843,129951,17092,130110,130109],"class_list":["post-495005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-usa","tag-jacob-pebley","tag-lia-thomas","tag-penn","tag-trans-swimming","tag-transgender-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Jacob Pebley Urges Mental Health Focus in Trans Swimming Debate<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by the University of Pennsylvania&#039;s Lia Thomas\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by the University of Pennsylvania&#039;s Lia Thomas\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-06T18:28:21+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-06T18:43:48+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1336\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-06T18:28:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-06T18:43:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\"},\"wordCount\":377,\"commentCount\":10,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jacob Pebley\",\"Lia Thomas\",\"Penn\",\"trans swimming\",\"Transgender swimming\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Americas\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\",\"name\":\"Jacob Pebley Urges Mental Health Focus in Trans Swimming Debate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-06T18:28:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-06T18:43:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by the University of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1336,\"caption\":\"Jacob Pebley; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jacob Pebley Urges Mental Health Focus in Trans Swimming Debate","description":"Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by the University of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate","og_description":"Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by the University of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2022-01-06T18:28:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-06T18:43:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1336,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate","datePublished":"2022-01-06T18:28:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-06T18:43:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/"},"wordCount":377,"commentCount":10,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg","keywords":["Jacob Pebley","Lia Thomas","Penn","trans swimming","Transgender swimming"],"articleSection":["Americas","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/","name":"Jacob Pebley Urges Mental Health Focus in Trans Swimming Debate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-06T18:28:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-06T18:43:48+00:00","description":"Olympic swimmer Jacob Pebley weighed in on the debate over transgender swimmers sparked by the University of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg","width":2000,"height":1336,"caption":"Jacob Pebley; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jacob-pebley-urges-consideration-of-mental-health-in-transgender-swimming-debate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jacob Pebley Urges Consideration of Mental Health in Transgender Swimming Debate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Jacob Pebley; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jacob-pebley-100-back-semifinal-2019-world-championships_2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-24LX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}