- National Women’s Law Center has come under fire for the woke tweet
- Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas, 22, pulled eighth place in the 100-yard freestyle finals at the NCAA championships
- She swam 48.18 seconds on Saturday, less than a second slower than her qualifying time of 47.37 seconds, which was a personal best
- Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title on Thursday after winning the 500-yard freestyle race
- She has faced harsh criticism throughout the championships by parents, spectators and professional athletes speaking out against her competing
- British activist Kellie-Jay Keen called the college student ‘not a woman’ while tennis star Martina Navratilova, 65, said Thomas’ wins should have an asterisk
- Olympian and fellow transgender woman Caitlyn Jenner, 72, also slammed the NCAA for allowing her to compete and said the rules weren’t ‘tough enough’
By ALASTAIR TALBOT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 09:41 EDT, 20 March 2022 | UPDATED: 10:07 EDT, 20 March 2022
The National Women’s Law Center has been blasted for dismissing critics of controversial transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as ‘misogynists.’
In a tweet published Friday, the non-profit wrote: ‘Lia Thomas deserves all the celebration for her success this season, but instead is being met with nationwide misogyny and transphobia. Lia, we need people like you. Not only as a swimmer, but to inspire women athletes—cis and trans—everywhere.’
The message also contained a link to a supportive Newsweek op-ed written by swimmer Erica Sullivan, who won silver in the 1,500 meter freestyle at Toyko 2020.
Many users took issue with tweet, as Nigel Betteridge suggested that the organization ‘need to change their name…’
A parody account of twentieth-century American composer Sam Barber pointed out that ‘allowing Thomas to compete against women IS misogyny. Allowing Thomas to colonize women IS misogyny.’
Another user, going by ‘Dame Squiggs’, suggested in her tweet that The National Women’s Law Center should ‘cis off.’ 
The National Women’s Law Center tweeted its support on Saturday for Lia Thomas, a 22-year-old trans swimmer for UPenn before this weekend’s final races at the NCAA Divsion I women’s championships
Penn Quaker’s swimmer Lia Thomas holds a trophy after finishing fifth in the 200 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships
On the National Women’s Law Center website, it boasts of how it ‘uses all of the tools at our disposal to push gender justice forward.’
The nonprofit, which is the latest women’s rights charity to become embroiled in the debate over trans rights, ads: ‘Our efforts span from fighting in the halls of Congress and state governments to working in the margins of legislation drafts and legal briefs, to telling the stories of those we serve through compelling data analysis and research, as well as nationwide culture campaigns.’
On Saturday, a day after the non-profit’s original tweet, Thomas finished in eighth place in the 100-yard freestyle race at the NCAA Division I women’s championships, making for a disappointing final race of her controversial college swimming career.
Thomas, 22, swam 48.18 seconds on less than a second slower than her qualifying time of 47.37 seconds, which was a personal best.
She had come in fourth place in the preliminary race, only 0.10 seconds behind third-place University of Alabama swimmer Morgan Scott and one second behind first-place University of Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh.
Many users on Twitter didn’t approve the non-profit’s tweet after it said that Thomas was being ‘met with nationwide misogyny and transphobia’ before her involvement in the women’s NCAA Division I 100-yard freestyle race
As a fifth-year senior, Thomas came into the event with the 10th fastest record, which she set at the Ivy League Championships in February.
Thomas has endured months of backlash for having what critics say is an unfair advantage. The UPenn swimmer was met with cheers, boos, and notable silence during the championships races.
After the race, Thomas celebrated alongside Yale swimmer Iszac Henig, who identifies as a transgender man but has not started hormone therapy, making him eligible to compete in the women’s race. Henig tied for fifth.
Lia Thomas, 22, (pictured on Saturday) swam 48.18 seconds – finishing in eighth place in the 100-yard freestyle race at the NCAA Division I women’s championships, the final race of her collegiate swimming career
Saturday’s race marks the end of Thomas’ swimming with the University of Pennsylvania 
Thomas, in the sixth row, swam less than a second slower than her qualifying time of 47.37 seconds, which was a personal best she reached earlier on Saturday
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Thomas ranks in the NCAA Championships
500y prelims – 1st
500-yard finals – 1st
200m prelims – 2nd
200m finals – 5th
100y prelims – 4th
100y finals – 8th
Hening, who said that he and Lia ‘are friends’ told ESPN that the message on the athlete’s arms was to stand in solidarity with trans athletes at all sporting levels.
‘We’re not allowed to have anything on our clothes, but the rules don’t say anything about our skin,’ he said. ‘So I took the platform I was hoping to have to say that trans athletes are just like any other athlete.’
Thomas did not speak to the media following Saturday night’s race.
Thomas has had parents and Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, 72, saying it is unfair that she is competing, because going through puberty as a boy gives her advantages that female rivals do not have.
The controversial swimmer also pulled out second place in the 200m preliminary race, but only pulled fifth in the finals, sparking claims that she is deliberately underperforming to try and take the heat off.
Throughout most of the season, Thomas has remained mum, rarely speaking about the mass amounts of criticism thrown her way. On Thursday, however, after winning first place, she told ESPN that she tries to ‘ignore’ the brutal commentary.
‘I try to ignore it as much as I can, I try to focus on my swimming, what I need to do to get ready for my races, and I just try to block out everything else,’ she said.
‘It means the world to be here, to be with two of my best friend and teammates and be able to compete.’
An activist also claimed Thomas was ‘not a woman’ from the poolside on Friday.
The UPenn swimmer was the first transgender athlete to win a Division I title after pulling in first in the 500-yard, but when the young swimmer stood on top of the podium, she was met with near-silence, while second-place winner University of Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant was met with wild applause and many deeming her the ‘real’ winner.
Thomas is competing within the rules, as she has completed a year of testosterone suppressants, as she starting to transition during the pandemic.
However, the rules will more than likely change come next season, where transgender females will have to undergo three years of suppressing testosterone in order to compete against biological women.
The NCAA ruled it would be wrong to implement the new rules mid-season, thus allowing Thomas to complete her final season.
Jenner slammed the NCAA for allowing college student to compete.
Although she said she had ‘no problem’ with Thomas herself, Jenner said the 22-year-old ‘was taking it easy’ in the 500-yard race in order to not break Katie Ledecky’s record – which Thomas is nine seconds short of.
Earlier this month, Jenner also said its ‘just not fair’ to allow biological boys to compete in women’s sports. 
Lia Thomas wins at Ivy League Women’s Swim Ch…
Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, 72, (left) slammed the NCAA for ‘not being tough enough’ with the rules and allowing the UPenn swimmer to compete. ‘Just being on testosterone depressants for a year or two, whatever the rules are now, they keep changing, obviously, it is not enough.’ Martina Navratilova, who is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all-time, spoke out against Thomas being allowed to compete as an equal against women
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‘I don’t think biological boys should compete in women’s sports – we have to protect women’s sports,’ Caitlyn said. ‘That’s the bottom line.’
Pink News slammed the reality TV star, calling her ‘anti-trans’ for her rhetoric on the UPenn swimmer.
However, Jenner didn’t shy away from the controversy and responded back on Twitter, writing: ‘No, I just had the balls to stand up for women and girls in sports,’ she wrote.
Another high-profile athlete Martina Navratilova, who is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all-time, spoke out amid Thomas’s historic victory on Thursday. She suggested transgender women who are competing against biological women should have an asterisk next to their wins.
‘It’s not about excluding transgender women from winning ever,’ the 65-year-old said. ‘But it is about not allowing them to win when they were not anywhere near winning as men.’
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‘You try to keep it as close as possible to what it would had been, were you born in the female biological body in the first place,’ she said.
‘And even saying that, people take exception to – biological female. People don’t even want to use those words.
‘I don’t know what else to say. Other than that.’
On Friday, a British campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen, who lobbies against ‘woke’ policies on transgender people, went viral after a row in the stands during Thomas’ swimming competition, where she told a woke spectator that the 22-year-ld is ‘not a woman.’
Keen, who was in the stands, can be heard telling a male spectator: ‘Is he the same as the other girls in the pool?’
Signs and rowdy spectators have been seen at the competition demoting Thomas’ wins and podium placements. A woman was seen holding a ‘say no to males competing as females’ sign at the competition on Friday. Also on Friday, British activist Kellie-Jay Keen got in a row with another spectator and said Thomas was ‘not a woman’
The man replies: ‘Every body is different.’
Keen says: ‘No. Are you saying he doesn’t have male organs? I’m a woman – that is not a woman. Do you have ovaries? I’m a woman, and that is not a woman.’
The man counters: ‘Let me ask you, are you a biologist?’
Keen replied: ‘Oh my God – don’t be ridiculous. I’m not a vet, but I know what a dog is. You rely on stupid arguments, because you don’t have an argument.’
Parents have long spoken out about their disagreement with Thomas competing at all, as the swimmer competed as a male for the first three years of collegiate swimming.
The swimmer, who went by Will before transition, was ranked in the low 400s in men’s swimming, but had skyrocketed to first in women’s.
THE RULES ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AND WHEN THEY CAN COMPETE FOR GENDER THEY ARE SWITCHING TO
Lia Thomas started taking hormone therapy while she was still competing as a male back in May 2019.
Under USA Swimming rules, athletes had to have recorded low levels of testosterone for 36 months to compete in the female category.
That meant that Thomas didn’t qualify for the NCAA championship, if they followed USA Swimming rules – as they originally said they would.
But the NCAA said that she would be allowed to compete because they were refusing to adopt the threshold this year.
Last month, the NCAA committee said: ‘The subcommittee decided implementing additional changes at this time could have unfair and potentially detrimental impacts on schools and student-athletes intending to compete in 2022 NCAA women’s swimming championships.’
It is unclear what they will do next year, however.
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