It was perhaps unfair that the teammates of trans swimmer Lia Thomas (originally William Thomas) were accused of being complicit in the destruction of women's sports because they "refused" to speak out. Their initial silence in the public eye was treated by some as an endorsement of biological men posing as women participating in women's sports. At the time, Lia Thomas was being held up by the corporate media as a hero (or heroine), the very model of the new trans-ification of sports; a rush by trans competitors into the women's arena soon followed.
However, the team members were trying to fight back. And according to their recent testimony, Lia Thomas was made a priority by the University of Pennsylvania and they were given an ultimatum - Fall into line or risk being ostracized as "bigots." Furthermore, the women were told that they would have to share a locker room, changing facilities and bathrooms with the man, regularly forced to undress in front of him and be forced to watch him undress. When they expressed concerns over this privacy issue, UPenn offered psychological services to "re-educate" Lia's teammates so that they would feel more comfortable with the changing arrangements.
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