Year: 2022

On Tuesday, Lia Thomas appeared on Good Morning America and said she should be allowed to compete with biological women in sports, saying she does not need “anyone’s permission.” During the interview, which comes in the wake of doctors saying she has had an unfair advantage against biological women in competitions, Thomas expressed her hopes to compete in the Olympics.  During Tuesday’s interview, Thomas noted that she is “no medical expert.” However, she said that some biological females have more testosterone, bigger hands and feet, and are taller than their competitors.  She stated that she felt she should not be banned from the competition of some women who are also bigger than others.

Last week, Parents of students from Luther Jackson Middle School in Fairfax, VA, protested a proposed policy change that would expand penalties for fourth- through sixth-graders for “misgendering” or “deadnaming” people.  Under the proposed change, addressing a boy as “he” even though he calls himself a girl, or calling “transgender or gender-expansive” people by a name other than their new chosen name, would require disciplinary action.