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All swimmers embody a diverse set of identities and characteristics. What makes us each unique also contributes to our success in the pool. Yet no one questions the validity of how cisgender athletes&#8217; unique traits and skills, or who they are, contribute to their success. However, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas has been unfairly targeted for just that\u2014for being who she is, a transgender woman,&#8221; Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/why-im-proud-support-trans-athletes-like-lia-thomas-opinion-1689192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in the op-ed piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Like anyone else in this sport, Lia has trained diligently to get to where she is and has followed all of the rules and guidelines put before her. Like anyone else in this sport, Lia doesn&#8217;t win every time. And when she does, she deserves, like anyone else in this sport, to be celebrated for her hard-won success, not labeled a cheater simply because of her identity. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230; Many of those who oppose transgender athletes like Lia being able to participate in sports claim to be &#8220;protecting women&#8217;s sports.&#8221; As a woman in sports, I can tell you that I know what the real threats to women&#8217;s sports are: sexual abuse and harassment, unequal pay and resources and a lack of women in leadership. Transgender girls and women are nowhere on this list. Women&#8217;s sports are stronger when all women\u2014including trans women\u2014are protected from discrimination, and free to be their true selves. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230; I&#8217;m proud to be one of more than 300 NCAA, Team USA and Olympic swimmers who signed an open letter from Schuyler Bailar and Athlete Ally in support of Lia and all transgender and nonbinary swimmers. At the NCAA championships, I&#8217;ll be cheering on Lia and all of the amazing swimmers that make this sport great by being authentically and proudly themselves.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sullivan was a U.S. Olympian in 2021, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-fittingly-katie-ledecky-powers-to-gold-in-inaugural-womens-1500-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she captured the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the 1500-meter free<\/a>. With her performances, Sullivan became the first openly-lesbian swimmer to qualify for a U.S. Olympic team and then to win an Olympic medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel bad for Lia because imagine being on a team where you know some people don\u2019t want you there. That\u2019s just a terrible environment to be in. I feel like I\u2019m in an environment at Texas where I\u2019m accepted by everyone here,&#8221; Erica Sullivan said. &#8220;If they\u2019re not, they haven\u2019t verbalized it to me. They\u2019ve kept it to themselves, very supportive of my relationship, love it when I make my jokes. 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