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Philadelphia School District has changed its admissions policy in the name of diversity and equity. They lowered standards, did away with a standardized test, and discounted the importance of good grades. They say this is for equity, but many students who worked hard, studied and got better grades are being left in the cold. Many parents are understandably upset.

Female students on the UPenn swim team are apparently uncomfortable sharing the locker room with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who is still biologically male. Who can blame them? Follow the logic here. If a male who identifies as male exposes himself in a college women's locker room, it's indecent exposure, but if the same biological male identifies as female, it's no big deal?

Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer at Penn, was recently beaten in women's 100 meter race by a transgender swimmer from Yale. Is this the future of women's sports? What happens when more schools have transgender athletes on women's teams? In the case reported below, Thomas, who "transitioned" from male to female lost a race to a swimmer "transitioning" from female to male.