(The College Fix)—Numerous University of Pennsylvania faculty are unhappy with the school’s settlement of a federal Title IX complaint which prevents men from competing on women’s sports teams.
UPenn agreed to the settlement early this month, which “restore[d] female athletes’ records and titles that were ‘misappropriated’ by male athletes” such as swimmer Lia Thomas (formerly William).
For Social Work Professor Amy Hillier, however, the university’s decision was “more evidence that our institutions are failing us […] especially trans people,” The Daily Pennsylvanian reports.
“We cannot count on the Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, or institutions of higher education like Penn to act with courage or integrity,” Hillier, who helped the university’s dental school battle “LGBTQ+-based biases,” added.
Beans Velocci, who researches “queer and feminist science and technology studies” and authored the book “Sex Isn’t Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary,” called the settlement an “ongoing betrayal of its trans students, staff, and faculty.”
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