USA Powerlifting Forced To Allow Transgender Athletes To Compete In Women's Division After Legal Complaint

The story of William Thomas, a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania who grew out his hair, identified as a female, and changed his name to Lia, became headline news across the country. He won multiple medals at women's swim meets and broke records by tens of seconds. It soon became clear that he was exposing his male genitalia in the women's locker room on a regular basis, making many of the women feel uncomfortable and violated. It's now strongly suspected that Lia Thomas suffers from autogynephilia, an abnormal sexual desire that results in men being aroused by themselves dressing and acting like women. However, Thomas was eventually banned from swimming in future competitions after the swimming governing body ruled against transgender athletes participating. It seems as though USA Powerlifting has been dealt a different fate.