Trump administration pauses $175M in funding to UPenn over trans athlete policy

The Trump administration interrupts $ 175 million in federal funding at the University of Pennsylvania for its Policy Policies, a Official account of the White House X announced Wednesday morning.

The post allegedly alleged that the policies of Ivy League University “force women to compete with men in sport” and ended with the Trump slogan, “promised made, promises”.

The University of Pennsylvania did not immediately respond to a request for comments.

The announcement of the White House follows a executive decree Signed last month by President Donald Trump Prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in female sports.

The order, which described trans women as men, said that the fact that women and girls are competing in women’s sports “is degrading, unfair and dangerous for women and girls, and denies women and girls equal opportunities to participate and excel in competition sports”.

The order has also declared that “it is the United States policy to cancel all the funds of educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair sports opportunities, which leads to endanger, humiliation and silence of women and girls and deprives them of intimacy”.

The University of Pennsylvania made the headlines of the national newspapers in 2022 when a transgender student, Lia Thomas, competed in the women’s swimming team of the school and became the First transgender woman to win a NCAA swimming championship.

Thomas faced an intense reaction throughout his time in competition, in particular poor state of conservative media, some of which have also published photos of pre-transition of her and used her access name, which means her legal name before the transition.

Three former Penn swimmers filed a legal action last month Against the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, the Ivy League and the NCAA for having allegedly raped title IX, a law on civil rights which prevents sex -based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal funding.

The announcement of the Trump administration on Wednesday follows surveys he opened last month At the University of Pennsylvania about the participation of Thomas and the State University of San Jose for the participation of a player in the women’s volleyball team. The San Jose state student never commented on the controversy or confirmed that she was transgender.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request as to whether the administration has interrupted the funding of the university due to Thomas’ participation.

Trump’s executive decree prohibits trans girls and women from participating in female sports has returned the Biden administration councils who required schools to allow Trans students to access school sports teams and the installations separated by sex that align with their gender identities. The Order has instructed the Department of Education to investigate potential violations.

The Officials of the White House told journalists at the time that the administration also planned to work with sports guidelines, including the International Olympic Committee, to ensure that the directives are followed in non -educational contexts.

Last month, a judge authorized two trans students who filed a complaint against the law of the New Hampshire prohibiting trans girls from playing in women’s sports teams to extend their challenge to also include the Trump’s decree.

A federal judge of New Hampshire judged last fall that the two girls could try their football and tennis teams in high school while their trial takes place.

“I love playing football and we had a great season last fall,” said one of the complainants, Parker Tirrell, who is in 10th year, in a press release last month. “I just want to go to school like other children and continue playing the game I like.”

Chris Erchull, as the main lawyer for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, one of the groups representing adolescents, said that Trump administration decrees targeting trans people “constitute a coordinated campaign to prevent transgender people from operating in society”.

“The systematic targeting of transgender people through American institutions is frightening, but the targeting of young people in schools, refusing them support and essential opportunities during their most vulnerable years, is particularly cruel”, Erchull said in a press release last month. “School sports are an important part of education – which no child should simply be refused because of whom they are.

In addition to his order targeting trans trans students, Trump also signed an order proclaiming that the The government will only recognize two unchanging sexes. He also signed orders Unless trans people to serve openly in the army And restrict access to care affirmed by the sexes For trans people under 19 years old nationally. The last two orders have been temporarily blocked by the courts.