The University of Pennsylvania has nominated biological male transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for the 2022 NCAA "Woman of the Year" award. Thomas was nominated as a Division I athlete for the Swimming and Diving category. The swimmer has been at the center of a swirling controversy over fairness in sports.…

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas will no longer be allowed to compete in women's events and must instead swim in the "open" category. FINA, the world governing body for swimming, just voted by a large margin to change its policies on transgender swimmers. Under the new rules, transgender athletes can only…