And then the male voice. Testosteron lowering is not enough, pubmed articles show that with that there are still too many differences, like bigger lungcapacity and bigger throats compared to women. So they will always have an unfair advantage
Unfortunate thing is women are naturally kind. Our generation in America was raised with a focus on kindness and this is what they have exploited. The kindness of women. Since this event so many women have been severely depressed and we are not fighting this, we are different that’s for sure.
@@Literallyarealhuman hundred percent agree. I always say it is due to a woman’s strengths that we are here. But these sycophants are taking advantage of them and using their empathy to guide an agenda that is fundamentally aimed at destroying womanhood. Hence my disgust.
Cause we all know women just aren't as good at sports as men. Sorry ladies, according to all the modern feminists, you're just too weak and men are simply better than you.
Of course, because we all know that women will never be as good at sports as men, right? Sorry ladies, but modern feminists think you're weak and don't believe you're as capable as men.
Okay you transitioned to be happy, but you being happy doesn’t mean it’s okay to make the competition unfair to real females who has worked their whole life for this!
Fr like what if you knew you were a very possible 2nd place contender and you end up getting 2nd to someone who has a massive advantage just cause they say they’re a woman. Don’t get me wrong you can do whatever you want with your body but biology is still a thing
Its not unfair shes a female yall need to learn to respect that. And if the other girls feel like its unfair maybe they should just quit their sport 🤷♂️
I cannot wait for things to go back the other direction. Sometimes I fear it won’t happen but I’m holding out hope. Deep down I don’t see how society will let this continue.
I hope so… I really hope common sense, and honesty and truth prevail but I have a feeling we’re going to be stuck with this liberal hijacking of woman’s rights and spaces.
So Your The 400th Male ranked swimmer, then you become the 1st 🥇 Ranked Female swimmer. Yet Lia says she’s not having an advantage??? Did I miss something?
@@sac1211 you literally have a smart phone to fact check my statement, yet you still come with that wasted rebuttal question? Look person, I get it you have a agenda to push through and a false narrative to throw out to us but at least have legs to stand on your argument and question please please please. We live In a world where so many things that technology has allowed for us to seek and get answers for questions but you choose the right that lethargic wasteful question to undermined an actual fact just proves your agenda and narrative that’s actually pathetic.
To be fair though, Thomas began swimming on the men's team at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017, and during her freshman year, recorded a time of 8 minutes and 57.55 seconds in the 1,000-yard freestyle that ranked as the sixth-fastest national men's time, as well as 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle times ranked within the national top 100
This is an absolue narcissist, and honestly I would argue that is what transgenderism is too, pure narcissism, it’s all about them, not about the people around them
@@Michael-bf1jnyes but the people who say they support Lia are not women who need to compete against him - the most relevant group of people in this debate. They are happy to "support" Lia while other people pay the price.
Not even close to a consensus on this issue. You just pulled that out of thin air. Go actually read some polls on how Americans feel about trans rights.
I don't understand how any actual woman can be OK with this. There are so many things women have sadly struggled with throughout history including just the right to play sports themselves. This is a slap in the face to any woman who was told to train, work hard, believe in yourself - aka all those feel good sports things - because someone who is a biological man will just come and take it away from you. Literally the antithesis of women's rights.
Exactly. Two “It’s” sitting in a room talking about feelings and what their brain tells them they are. I wish I could unwatch this. What a waste of time.
I disagree about "disliking" a video just because you disagree with thoughts portrayed in the video by an interviewed person. I dislike videos because it's poorly made, wasn't what the title said it would be, plagiarized, etc. Example- I saw a great documentary about Christians who don't get their children medical help, like they just pray over injuries and illness. Horrible! But I would not dislike the documentary- they did a great job making it.
@@kellypat125 The interview was biased and if you listen to other people's accounts, it's immediatley clear they were unfairly discrimnated against, not Thomas.
@maximus_foo5461 despite any bias, Lia didn't do himself any favors here with this interview (using male pronouns because I don't appreciate his attitude towards women). I would say I'm glad the video got made and posted. But if you do not think it was a well made video and wish it were taken down and/or not advertised to others, then by all means, dislike it.
I was a competitive swimmer for 17 years and can't imagine what a slap in the face this must he for the biological females that are forced to compete against him. So now apparently a man's feeling take the front seat to women's hard work...disgusting! That is actual misogyny! To put this in perspective, I was nowhere near the caliber of athlete that someone like Ruley Gaines is, but I worked out for 4 hours a day. 4am swim practice before classes and another two hours after classes, not including the weight training and calisthenics. All of that hard work for over a decade!!! This man comes in and makes all of the hard work these women put in mean nothing because he feels that his personal happiness is more important than their lifetime of hard work. What a disgusting and selfish human.
What’s more disgusting is that it was allowed to happen. He needs to be stripped of all his awards and the records he broke! Riley Gaines is the true champion. This makes me so mad!!
Cheaters gonna cheat. That's why why competitions have rules. But these cheaters are getting away with it because the trans fraud is politically protected, and most people are chickensh1+$ and don't want to mention that the emperor's wang is showing.
Even if he was to remove his man part he’s still a man, dna don’t lie. If a human being were to lose their arm does that mean they are no longer a human being?
Transitioning is fine, do what you want, but to force everyone else to warp reality to suit you is absurd to a degree that I don't think we have yet to create a word for.
@@roarblast7332 so you fight for a mix one with Both male and female! You just don't force yourself into women's sport and ask them to shut their mouth.🙄 We all know that's not fair specifically when all your manhood is out after going through the process of puberty 😒😒😒😒
Yes. They didn't prevent Lia from transition. She insisted on competing with born females. Anyone not born female should compete with males or form their own thing. I don't care how many hormones she takes, she was not born into a female body and can't set a meaningful female record.
Yeah, it's terrifying that so much of society thinks it's better to make the whole sport unfair for women in stead of unfair for a tiny minority that makes the choice to switch genders. He said about his previous records held as a man, "that's me, i'm the same person."
If you want to feel “at peace” then you don’t need a NCAA title to feel that. Keep swimming - or whatever makes you “happy” but stop devastating young women athletes dreams. You don’t have to compete. Let it go.
Fun fact: if he continued to compete in males category despite the transition, he would be respected by the most of people instead of being hated for cheating
She was a 2nd rate swimmer when competing with men, thus, let's say we're a woman. She's just taking drugs to be a woman, nothing else. When she got banned from international swimming, nobody wanted to talk to her anymore. Now she's filed a lawsuit, which will fail, & gets to be the far let's pawn a little while longer. Then they'll kick her to the curb & she'll stop taking the drugs & become a man again to fight for the same things Riley Gaines is fighting for, just to stay relevant! She's a narcissist!
This is a great take actually never thought about this. However it gets tricky because what about when a women becomes a "man" and wants to still compete with women? It's a one way street
1 step forward for him. 100 years of steps backwards for women's rights. It's not even about him, it's about every woman he's walked over to win that award. I'm embarrassed for this species we call human kind.
The sad part is where are all of the women organizations, Hollyweird pervs and politicians who were screaming about women’s rights last month? This issue is the biggest threat women are facing and they are silent.
He is a looser couldn't literaly standout so he is willing to do this.... plus as if some months of T supression take away his advantage he is still a 2 metes talentless swimer
Dude was ranked like 400 in men’s but now is crushing it in women’s swimming and ppl be like “there’s no advantage”… lost mad respect for ESPN on this one
i hope these people start dropping of cancer in another ten years from the hormone treatments and we all will remember all this nonsense as a bad dream.
I was stuck at my nephew's birthday party this past weekend. He's 7. I ended up playing basketball with him and his friends. I DOMINATED THEM! Man, I never felt so happy in my whole life. I can still remember their sweet, sweet tears as I swatted away shot after shot. Not in my house! Happiness. 😃
01:35 - "I transitioned to be happy. To be true to myself. It was a very difficult time. I was just stuck in this depression, and I struggled with suicidal thoughts..." So you overcame your problems by passing them on to a bevy of innocent female athletes who had trained their entire lives for a chance at the championship you stole from them. Okie dokie 👍
Sorry but....WHERE is this transition?? He sounds like a man. He looks like a man. He's built like a man. He dresses like a man. There's no transition here. Just parody
You're "blame" is misplaced. The USA Swimming Foundation knew full well that Lia going through Male puberty and then living as a post pubescent Male for over a decade gives Lia an unfair advantage over Females in the field of swimming. This is why Lia was EVENTUALLY banned from competing in any female Aquatics event from 2022 onwards. I have no problem with Lia competing in MALE swimming competitions in the spirit of fairness.
Every one has depression and there's nothing brave about this situation. I'm a live and let live person. But don't get the truth twisted , FACT IS AS MAN WASN'T EVEN IN ANY CONVERSATION AS A MAN WICH HE IS AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE THAT , WHEN A MAN IS AGIANST WOMEN ITS NOT HEROIC, ITS PATHETIC, THE WOMEN SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE GRILS HAVE PUT BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS MORE SCARFICE TO ONLY HAVE A MAN BEAT THEM OUT OF HOPES DREAMS , SCHOLARSHIPS, OLYMPICS ETC ITS A JOKE LET HIM GO COMPETE WITH OTHER MEN WHO WANT TO BE WOMEN AND HAVE A TRULY EVEN PLAYING FIELD 😂
@C0tteedon't get me wrong he can be a woman in 90% of other life scenarios but one of them is not competing in sports. Life isn't fair, and I am all for trans equality in 90% of scenarios. But leave sports alone.
Imagine coming in 2nd place. And knowing in your heart that if fairness had been given any consideration, you in fact deserved to be 1st. That woman should be given more attention than anyone else. A lifetime of work, and you are cheated out of a championship.
These women have to stand up for themselves by not competing against a man! This is the only way this disturbed behavior is going to stop. The women have to stop pretending this is OK and showing up and swimming against a man until nobody shows up at the pool. This will continue to go on stop competing against him!!
Real women should should leave and make him swim alone and win against nobody but himself. Good way to protest against it .wow what a laugh on him! Love to see it!!
You can tell "she" feels no guilt at all for what they're doing. I find that to be one of the most disturbing things about this...other than some people are actually supporting "her".
*him. It's pretty offensive towards women to pretend a man cosplaying women is magically a woman. Seriously, our grandmother's didn't push for hours giving birth to our parents so we can just dismiss them and the rest of women as mere costumes.
Yup! They couldn’t have a normal person do it, they had to have someone who would baby him and of course tv and media wants to act like they are the norm when they aren’t. All the comments prove the majority is against this outrageous, cheating, mentally ill bs.
💯 People want to say that everyone has different levels of advantages. But if that’s the case than men, women and children should all compete against each other. If nothing really matters
This guy should hide his head in shame for what he does. He is a man, pure and simple! The NCAA should not allow this kind of thing under any circumstances! I hope and pray that it does enter into the international scene in any sport.
She is a woman, but I do agree with the fact that she should not have been allowed to compete in the woman's league because I see how that would be unfair to biological woman
Can’t believe y’all (ESPN) are actually trying to normalize/sympathize this. Be whoever you want to be, but from a competition standpoint, this is wrong and not in the least bit equitable.
ESPN trying to make her a sympathetic figure when she’s not. We respect your rights just long as you don’t trample others in the process. Everyone has freedom in choice but nobody is exempt from consequences of said choice. Idc how many pieces you do this is cheating. And she has to deal with what she decided to do. She doesn’t get to have it all her way.
In Brazil we have an MMA transgender fighter (male to "female") that refused to compete with women because she knows that it would be utterly unfair. Her name is Anne Viriato. And furthermore she transitioned at the age of 12, so she didn't go through her whole puberty "as a man" like Lia. Now THAT is what I call integrity. What Lia Thomas is doing is completly undignifying. It's really hard not to suspect whether he hurried his transition to take advantage of women in his carrier. *I refuse to call him she. I hope he has a good life expressing himself as he pleases and being treated with respect, but not on taking up women's spaces and rights.
Amanda Nunes is trans ... she is my favorit fighter and i hate trangneder ideology ... i dont go around and try to impose my sexual technics ... why do USA trans want to impose to us trans agenda ? No way for me ....
Yes! After seeing this interview I came to believe that he is not at all trans, but that is was all a strategic move. How he described the shrinking of his feet etc made me think that it really shows a sportsman who calculates his chances of winning in a competition.
@@schnapsdrossele.v.128 Well from what iv heard he still dates women. He even told some of his fellow swimmers this. The only thing trans about him is the way he dresses. No one with a good concence can do be so pridfull of doing somthing so evil. If the guy is still sexauly atracted to women he by no means should be allowed in a womens locker room. We live in a mad world and we are devolving to a point that we are creating problems were they dont exist.
Yea, but a 90-year-old man cant beat a 20-year-old female so therefore reality doesn't exist... This is literally their argument. Its more than ignorance at some point.
This sucks for all women. Having to compete against men because they just want to win. I’m highschool (which I didn’t graduate to long ago) I’m track and field the female shot put throwers had to throw against a boy who identified as a woman, I remember my best friend crying because she said that she had no chance in the competition because she worked really hard for it and lost because a BOY was throwing like 5 feet further than the girls. Just a personal story on how bad this sucks for the women going through this situation and my story is just high school imagine collegiate and Olympic level for those girls. Sad just sad
You are disguisting, your friend is disguisting, your opinions are not valid, and you should not be competing if this is your opinion. Transgender athletes do NOT switch for an advantage, they become their true selves when they transition, and you invalidating all trans people by saying "they just want an advantage" is disguisting, you are no athlete, you are no woman, you are no human, you are a BIG blob of flesh, with no heart.
@Shaunna L In my opinion britney griner is an athletic freak for a woman, just like lebron james is for guys. so in any physical sport they will have more advantage then your average player. also, britney griner has a male y chromosome so she produces more testosterone than your average female as well
@Shaunna L height is a plus . But It just can’t be everything. If you don’t have the right muscles in right places . It’s all uselesss , flexibility , endurance plays factor
@Shaunna L Its a scientific FACT, that males have larger lung capacity, larger heart, stronger bones, greater endurance, etc etc especially after puberty. There is bo reversing this biological advantage regardless of how much hormone therapy you undergo period. Ignoring this is sheer insanity. If you want to know where this trans agenda comes from and not only who is funding it but profiting, Look up Jennifer Bilek on TH-cam. Its dark & deeply disturbing.
Yeah, who knows how long ether for hormones because doesn't look like they have much boobs. Took me a few years to get almost B cup, but I never competed in any more road races anymore because I was better than most females and males in my age group.
I identify as the largest Cucumber in my backyard, so large that it breaks world records. I dont care if farmers put in more effort to grow a real Cucumber, im equally as real.
Is it wrong and unfair that Michael Phelps gets to race against men who don’t have the same biological advantages as him? longs arms and legs, short narrow torso, large lung capacity among other things
@@adamkingston2231 I am happy to take this one. Biological Men are natural stronger and faster than biological women. Phelps is a one in a million freak of nature. Whereas any top 2000 ranked college swimmer in the USA can achieve the same as what Thomas has in the past few months. If you choose to die on this hill you need to keep the same energy for all sports. If you believe Lia Thomas swimming in the women category is okay you are also saying a male ufc fighter transitioned and getting into the octagon and absolutely pummelling a female ufc fighter into a coma is okay.
@@cathylewanski7881 I’m glad you mentioned her name because I didn’t know it. Such a shame because I’m sure Emma worked her @$$ off (probably years) to get to that point. I truly feel sorry for her and the rest of the the team.
When this "Lia" farce comes to an end - and it will - this impostor's records, medals and accolades had better be immediately expunged from all official records. What a disgusting stain on the ncaa and all officials involved in creating this untenable situation. All the officials involved should be ashamed of the role they have played in the atrocious destruction of women's sports!
Yes a delusional mentally unstable person is all about initiative... A man beating women at women's sports would always do the right thing. 😅😂 No actually not. Dude is a horrible person period. Trans folk are not right in their brains.
I feel the same way, but they don't want their own competitions, they want us to suck up to their agenda so they can cry bigotry and homophobia when we don't agree with it.
"Being trans isn't a choice" Maybe, maybe not. But choosing to compete in a competitive setting that you have an indisputable and generally insurmountable advantage in definitely was a choice. If I choose to take performance enhancing drugs to make myself feel better about my body, its definitely my choice. But that choice will bar me from competition. Actions have costs, thats just life.
May not be a choice for him, but it is for the REAL world. We normal people CHOOSE to live in reality. This fake 'thing' is not real. How embarrassing.
The best part is that you can’t full stop after your quote. This isn’t a joke to some people. When we decided that black people weren’t real people, and they were literal animals, it didn’t make us right. To acknowledge these people and WORK with them and give them a SAFE place is how we can spread joy and love and acceptance.
@@ristopherobbins You got a point. However, there can be a limit though. Take for female sports for example, but that doesnt mean they aren't allowed to any sports, transpeople like transwoman would play at the Men's category, if they like it or not, they don't have a choice
We as society need to remember that it is okay for adults to make their own choices but that those choices can have repercussions that they may not like.
I'm trans and I can tell you RIGHT NOW that hormones don't change your height or shoe size. I was 5'7" when I transitioned 26 years ago, and I'm still 5'7" today. Lia Thomas does not help trans people, she hurts us! Go home Lia!
Thanks for saying this. I also heard that an thought it couldn't possibly be true. Like if it is true, it would be a major medical anomaly with huge potential implications for endocrinology and physiology, not to mention trans medicine.
I also just want to say that I feel for you and others in your situation, who have had to see this politicized and degraded to the degree we see now. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be. Just know a lot of us out here see you, and see through the new trans ideologs, and will fight them as well as the actual trasphobs that wish to control what adults can and can't do in regards to their own bodies. I think the silent majority agree with me.
You do know it’s not unheard of for biological women to grow to 5 foot 7 right? In fact, it’s not even uncommon, especially in first world countries with high source of nutrition.
Being a National Swimmer in college was the most exciting accomplishment. If I had found out I was swimming against a man would have made me step off that starting block. It’s outrageous to me how this man/woman knocked all these swimmers out of place on the score board really bothers me. She has made a joke out of women’s swimming because she couldn’t place in mens.
She was breaking records when she competed in the men's category. She was the best already. Did you even watch the interview? She was an amazing swimmer before transitioning and she is still. Way better than you were, obviously. Maybe you should've spent less time swimming in college because you are clearly lacking a lot in humanity. You could've worked more on that.
@@diego1345 But that's not the point Laura's tryna make. She's just saying that a man swimming against a woman we be simply unfair, that's it. Laura's not talking about herself
@@samitvirmani3143 Laura said that Lia transitioned "because she couldn't place in mens". That is absolutely false. In fact, she was the best swimmer ever in the men's category for her University. She holds records in the men category but not in the women category so she is actually worse now. She was and still is an outstanding swimmer victim of an insane campaign of harassment. If she just cared about winning she wouldn't have made the transition. But that would make your narrative fall down, so you just ignore that purposefuly.
"I feel so good about being stronger biologically and destroying the lives of women like men have been doing for thousands of years. It was a real pinacle in my life."
Let me preference this by saying I really don’t care if you are transgender or not, I truly couldn’t care any less. But when you go from the 400th ranked male swimmer to the #1 “female” swimmer it shows that they shouldn’t be competing. Its not even a gender thing, it’s literally unfair in every aspect. Come at me SJWs, ur words really don’t scare me.
Let me preference this by saying Lia Thomas was 9th in men before she started her hormones, and the 500 number Is from immediately after she started taking her hormones and got worse immediately after because the hormones TEMPORARILY cause sluggishness, you are disguisting, your opinions are garbage, you're very obviously uneducated and you obviously care If someone is transgender if you immediately belive a lie spread by bigots with no proof, get better and help yourself.
For the women athletes out there, you must SPEAK UP for your rights! No one is coming to the rescue. You Must Continue to stand up for your Women's Rights. Carry On Riley Gaines!
I feel bad for the girl that got second. These women worked their whole lives to get to this point
They need to work harder then not lia's fault she has natural God given talent
@@sac1211 If what Will Thomas has is "God given talent" Why is HE transitioning away from that "talent"
@@sac1211 Congratulations you have said the dumbest thing on the internet today.
@@sac1211 lol...she.
@@sac1211 He didnt have much talent before
Congratulations on being the first man to win the woman’s NCAA championship.
100%😡
Crazy. There is nothing noble about this. He should feel ashamed.
This would be like having a grown adult compete against 5-8 year olds in a competition. There's a huge gap in physicality.
Nothing noble about this thing… Is he a psycho to win a woman’s championship?? 😅
And then the male voice. Testosteron lowering is not enough, pubmed articles show that with that there are still too many differences, like bigger lungcapacity and bigger throats compared to women. So they will always have an unfair advantage
It’s actually disgusting this is taken seriously by anybody.
If someone asks him to get surgery and get rid of his penis he’s going to say no. He’s full of shit.
Fucker didn't win anything, he robbed it from Gaines
its disgusting how greasy ur hair looks, take a shower eddie munson
Unfortunate thing is women are naturally kind. Our generation in America was raised with a focus on kindness and this is what they have exploited. The kindness of women. Since this event so many women have been severely depressed and we are not fighting this, we are different that’s for sure.
@@Literallyarealhuman hundred percent agree. I always say it is due to a woman’s strengths that we are here. But these sycophants are taking advantage of them and using their empathy to guide an agenda that is fundamentally aimed at destroying womanhood. Hence my disgust.
I’m so glad that he has finally been banned from competing in the Olympics.
This is a win for women.
💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Really ?
It’s also a win for anyone with a brain!
It was temporary funny
Cause we all know women just aren't as good at sports as men. Sorry ladies, according to all the modern feminists, you're just too weak and men are simply better than you.
Of course, because we all know that women will never be as good at sports as men, right? Sorry ladies, but modern feminists think you're weak and don't believe you're as capable as men.
Not gonna lie regardless of how you feel. We can all agree it was brave of ESPN to leave the comments on lol
😂😂😂 facts
Very true
I couldn't believe it. Glad we get to speak our minds about how ridiculous this is.
Wonder how many dislikes this video has
@@EagleHairy Same lmaooo good thing youtube turned off the dislikes, but it's crazy that this video has half a million views and 1k likes 😂😂😂
Love how this is literally breaking down all the progress women have made throughout the years to compete fairly in sports.
But these activists want to say women's rights are being taken away with abortion bans! Fkn ludicrous
you love that? you should hate that
@@MrRodzilla They're being sarcastic
@@MrRodzilla most women are idiotic, hense how it's gotten this far without as much as a wince by the community of real women.
these men are a disease acting and pretending to be a woman
Okay you transitioned to be happy, but you being happy doesn’t mean it’s okay to make the competition unfair to real females who has worked their whole life for this!
Fr like what if you knew you were a very possible 2nd place contender and you end up getting 2nd to someone who has a massive advantage just cause they say they’re a woman. Don’t get me wrong you can do whatever you want with your body but biology is still a thing
Its not unfair shes a female yall need to learn to respect that. And if the other girls feel like its unfair maybe they should just quit their sport 🤷♂️
This is fax, he aint gotta swim with the women like cmon not fair
@@sac1211 shutup born male wants to b a female doesnt mean female
@@sac1211 how is it fair she’s a women with a male body and tendencies
People in the future are going to be completely amazed that this was allowed to happen.
I cannot wait for things to go back the other direction. Sometimes I fear it won’t happen but I’m holding out hope. Deep down I don’t see how society will let this continue.
I hope so… I really hope common sense, and honesty and truth prevail but I have a feeling we’re going to be stuck with this liberal hijacking of woman’s rights and spaces.
It’s going to get worse
@@mikeunt6333 no shhh don’t say that; don’t speak it into existence 😩🥴
That idiocracy movie might be coming to light
So Your The 400th Male ranked swimmer, then you become the 1st 🥇 Ranked Female swimmer. Yet Lia says she’s not having an advantage??? Did I miss something?
I'm not sold on this 400th male ranked swimmer any source of proof for this???
“LeBron James needs to join the WNBA where he will average 800 points a game” - Dave Chappell 😂 Yo this isn’t fair Lmao.
@@sac1211 you literally have a smart phone to fact check my statement, yet you still come with that wasted rebuttal question?
Look person, I get it you have a agenda to push through and a false narrative to throw out to us but at least have legs to stand on your argument and question please please please. We live In a world where so many things that technology has allowed for us to seek and get answers for questions but you choose the right that lethargic wasteful question to undermined an actual fact just proves your agenda and narrative that’s actually pathetic.
@@sac1211 he was actually ranked 500+ before improving to 456 or something in that area. And you can look it up his stats are still online.
To be fair though, Thomas began swimming on the men's team at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017, and during her freshman year, recorded a time of 8 minutes and 57.55 seconds in the 1,000-yard freestyle that ranked as the sixth-fastest national men's time, as well as 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle times ranked within the national top 100
I don’t even understand how lia can feel proud to have won this. U re a competitor, an athelete, your goal and pride should be to win in a fair game
when you failed as a man, well your pride, honor and self respect goes out the window...
His name is Will and he is a dude! What a scam..
This is an absolue narcissist, and honestly I would argue that is what transgenderism is too, pure narcissism, it’s all about them, not about the people around them
I mean some dudes like to cheat to reach their goals
Narcissism
Reversing decades of progress towards women's rights. Keep up the great work!
FemiNazis getting their just desserts.
4th wave feminism
@@vanillaglue LOL, Men "transitioning" to women, and demanding fake women rights.
Secret Agent Lia doing his job.
Feminist logic.
He must think of himself as a “hero.” Ridiculous
i know what you mean tbh no cap
You can tell he absolutely does
*William. FTFY
SHAME ON YOU, ESPN! REAL WOMEN DESERVE THIS ATTENTION!!
shame on you for dehumanizing transgender women.
@@marinab.2043they’re still men
@@marinab.2043 Mate be realistic, it's a man competing in Women's sport
@@marinab.2043 They dehumanize themselves by trying to be something they aren't.
@@marinab.2043 An XY in a swimsuit is still an XY
Split support? Nah…… it’s 99%+ of ppl who know this is vile
100% of people know this is vile, but 1% cheer it on anyway
Unfortunately polls say liberals are split 50/50. Overall people are split 70/30. So 30% of people are r3tarded
@@Michael-bf1jnyes but the people who say they support Lia are not women who need to compete against him - the most relevant group of people in this debate.
They are happy to "support" Lia while other people pay the price.
Nope. World is half brainwashed insane. You are seriously underestimating the amount of people that support this filth
Not even close to a consensus on this issue. You just pulled that out of thin air. Go actually read some polls on how Americans feel about trans rights.
This man 's "happiness" and "peace of mind" comes with an expensive emotional cost for women.
William Thomas is a threat to humanity, he is mental and violent, remember my words one day...
Exactly
He should be ashamed of himself
I don't understand how any actual woman can be OK with this. There are so many things women have sadly struggled with throughout history including just the right to play sports themselves.
This is a slap in the face to any woman who was told to train, work hard, believe in yourself - aka all those feel good sports things - because someone who is a biological man will just come and take it away from you. Literally the antithesis of women's rights.
@@christophergargaro959 I take comfort in the fact that they don’t. This evil will not be mainstream for long
This is like an early-2000’s parody. It’s like some weird fever dream😂😂😂
Exactly. Two “It’s” sitting in a room talking about feelings and what their brain tells them they are. I wish I could unwatch this. What a waste of time.
Can we all just take a moment and appreciate how hilarious this is?
It would be funny if there weren’t crazy nut jobs who think it’s right or that it has the right more like it!?!?
😂 it really is
I'd laugh if it wasn't so sad. He should be ashamed.
No. It's way over the line in many regards.
It's Beavis & Butthead, South Park, and Family Guy becoming real life.
Videos like this are the reason why TH-cam hides the dislike count.
I disagree about "disliking" a video just because you disagree with thoughts portrayed in the video by an interviewed person. I dislike videos because it's poorly made, wasn't what the title said it would be, plagiarized, etc. Example- I saw a great documentary about Christians who don't get their children medical help, like they just pray over injuries and illness. Horrible! But I would not dislike the documentary- they did a great job making it.
45k down at time of writing. I think that proves the public have a common sentiment.
@@kellypat125 The interview was biased and if you listen to other people's accounts, it's immediatley clear they were unfairly discrimnated against, not Thomas.
@maximus_foo5461 despite any bias, Lia didn't do himself any favors here with this interview (using male pronouns because I don't appreciate his attitude towards women). I would say I'm glad the video got made and posted. But if you do not think it was a well made video and wish it were taken down and/or not advertised to others, then by all means, dislike it.
@@maximus_foo5461 do you have the extension for showing the dislike count? I have that on my PC
I was a competitive swimmer for 17 years and can't imagine what a slap in the face this must he for the biological females that are forced to compete against him. So now apparently a man's feeling take the front seat to women's hard work...disgusting! That is actual misogyny! To put this in perspective, I was nowhere near the caliber of athlete that someone like Ruley Gaines is, but I worked out for 4 hours a day. 4am swim practice before classes and another two hours after classes, not including the weight training and calisthenics. All of that hard work for over a decade!!! This man comes in and makes all of the hard work these women put in mean nothing because he feels that his personal happiness is more important than their lifetime of hard work. What a disgusting and selfish human.
What’s more disgusting is that it was allowed to happen. He needs to be stripped of all his awards and the records he broke! Riley Gaines is the true champion. This makes me so mad!!
What’s worse is Riley an actually female TIED to this biological man
Very well said Nessa Vee.. and I think u hit the nail squarely on its head here!
Cheaters gonna cheat. That's why why competitions have rules. But these cheaters are getting away with it because the trans fraud is politically protected, and most people are chickensh1+$ and don't want to mention that the emperor's wang is showing.
If you can't see them, the video's likes are at 582 and the dislikes are over 23,000!
He should be ashamed of himself for stealing women’s sports titles
Bro, you’re a whole man. A whole man
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
No I think that part was cut off too.
@@danthomas6587 no. Its there
Even if he was to remove his man part he’s still a man, dna don’t lie. If a human being were to lose their arm does that mean they are no longer a human being?
Gives the term “Gender Bender” new meaning.
Transitioning is fine, do what you want, but to force everyone else to warp reality to suit you is absurd to a degree that I don't think we have yet to create a word for.
What do you think we should do with trans people that want to compete in sport?
@@roarblast7332 create their own league😒
There is a word for it. It’s called “insanity”
@@samhaucward3633 what if there’s not enough athletes to create a division?
@@roarblast7332 so you fight for a mix one with Both male and female!
You just don't force yourself into women's sport and ask them to shut their mouth.🙄
We all know that's not fair specifically when all your manhood is out after going through the process of puberty 😒😒😒😒
The balls this guy has is remarkable
And he loves showing them to real women in the locker room.
Lol. Ha ha
😂😂
And visible. Unfortunately.
Lmao shameless
From now on I will avoid any sport events affiliated with ESPN
Disgusting how these amazing female athletes had their dreams stolen from them.
Robbed!!
Yes. They didn't prevent Lia from transition. She insisted on competing with born females. Anyone not born female should compete with males or form their own thing. I don't care how many hormones she takes, she was not born into a female body and can't set a meaningful female record.
Yeah, it's terrifying that so much of society thinks it's better to make the whole sport unfair for women in stead of unfair for a tiny minority that makes the choice to switch genders. He said about his previous records held as a man, "that's me, i'm the same person."
horrible. I cant imagine being in the locker room siing the junk hanging out. totally disrespectfull to all women
He is creepy af
If you want to feel “at peace” then you don’t need a NCAA title to feel that. Keep swimming - or whatever makes you “happy” but stop devastating young women athletes dreams. You don’t have to compete. Let it go.
The 2nd place is the winner in this case.
your comment is vile. she has every right to compete just like any other women
Agreed. These "atletes" are looking for an easy come up by beating women?
@@vishselvaraj2909 lia is a man tho
@@vishselvaraj2909 Maybe you need a refresher course in biology
Fun fact: if he continued to compete in males category despite the transition, he would be respected by the most of people instead of being hated for cheating
If ya aint cheatin, ya ain't wantin to win bad enough
Great point. Plus, it would be kind of funny.
She was a 2nd rate swimmer when competing with men, thus, let's say we're a woman. She's just taking drugs to be a woman, nothing else. When she got banned from international swimming, nobody wanted to talk to her anymore. Now she's filed a lawsuit, which will fail, & gets to be the far let's pawn a little while longer. Then they'll kick her to the curb & she'll stop taking the drugs & become a man again to fight for the same things Riley Gaines is fighting for, just to stay relevant! She's a narcissist!
@@landonpackard8935 No....if you ain't cheating then you ain't a cheat
This is a great take actually never thought about this. However it gets tricky because what about when a women becomes a "man" and wants to still compete with women? It's a one way street
The part where he says his previous self feels like a different person, really gives it away as mental illness.
1 step forward for him.
100 years of steps backwards for women's rights.
It's not even about him, it's about every woman he's walked over to win that award. I'm embarrassed for this species we call human kind.
The sad part is where are all of the women organizations, Hollyweird pervs and politicians who were screaming about women’s rights last month? This issue is the biggest threat women are facing and they are silent.
The sad thing is he went to my high school.
Poor parenting
As long as he’s ‘happy’ is all that matters and if you disagree you’re a transphobic dingleberry and should be cancelled !!!!!
But a better guess would be a heavy dose of narcissism
I cannot understand how this was able to happen. It is total insanity, I have no words.
People are way dumber than you ever imagined.
It's utterly disgusting
@@hilarymeyerov2934 In fact, it is a complete and utter disgrace.
Western society is getting brainwashed by the woke Idiocracy
We're fucked, dude lol. That's how.
this man must return his trophy
He is a looser couldn't literaly standout so he is willing to do this.... plus as if some months of T supression take away his advantage he is still a 2 metes talentless swimer
Yep
Yea absolutely, tbh when you want to have your own rights, you should also considers everyone's rights
Wait why, he competed and won which means he should deserve the trophy what’s wrong.
@@thanhkhoanguyen8197 a biological male has physical advantage towards biological females and that's why we compete separately.
If this was 10 years ago, this could be part of an SNL clip
That’s exactly
This man needs to have all his trophies and time records stricken and taken back! The girls that came in second to him are the TRUE winners!
I hope they do do this in the future. This is so ridiculous. I hope the "2nd" place woman that won gets her true prize, first place.
@@huyked I do too! How can a rational person can allow this? They completely disregarded EVERY girl on that team for 1 person!
Dude was ranked like 400 in men’s but now is crushing it in women’s swimming and ppl be like “there’s no advantage”… lost mad respect for ESPN on this one
ESPN has been in n the wrong side of things for years
Lol, nobody respects ESPN for years, these morons made this possible
"Crushing it? " She won ONE title.
@@jordanab100yeah and climbed 399 places because of what? Magic? Cmon open your eyes
@@jordanab100after not even being in the top 100 males. It's unheard of.
Ten years ago, this would have been a parody.
Now, this is our reality.
you can thank the liberal democrats for that!
i hope these people start dropping of cancer in another ten years from the hormone treatments and we all will remember all this nonsense as a bad dream.
One year later it became a parody again. Thank god.
30 years ago, it WAS a parody!
a tragedy
the ratio of likes to dislikes is 1.5K likes, 32K dislikes. This reflects what normal people think of this.
I was stuck at my nephew's birthday party this past weekend. He's 7. I ended up playing basketball with him and his friends. I DOMINATED THEM! Man, I never felt so happy in my whole life. I can still remember their sweet, sweet tears as I swatted away shot after shot. Not in my house!
Happiness.
😃
😂
Get me out there I'm ballin on you
@@dashx1103 let's go mama I made woooooo
I think you’re very brave!
😂
Nothing brave about this man being in a women’s locker room
01:35 - "I transitioned to be happy. To be true to myself. It was a very difficult time. I was just stuck in this depression, and I struggled with suicidal thoughts..."
So you overcame your problems by passing them on to a bevy of innocent female athletes who had trained their entire lives for a chance at the championship you stole from them. Okie dokie 👍
Sorry but....WHERE is this transition?? He sounds like a man. He looks like a man. He's built like a man. He dresses like a man. There's no transition here. Just parody
Exactly - selfish moron had inspired actual females to be suicidal and depressed.
You're "blame" is misplaced. The USA Swimming Foundation knew full well that Lia going through Male puberty and then living as a post pubescent Male for over a decade gives Lia an unfair advantage over Females in the field of swimming. This is why Lia was EVENTUALLY banned from competing in any female Aquatics event from 2022 onwards.
I have no problem with Lia competing in MALE swimming competitions in the spirit of fairness.
Every one has depression and there's nothing brave about this situation. I'm a live and let live person. But don't get the truth twisted , FACT IS AS MAN WASN'T EVEN IN ANY CONVERSATION AS A MAN WICH HE IS AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE THAT , WHEN A MAN IS AGIANST WOMEN ITS NOT HEROIC, ITS PATHETIC, THE WOMEN SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE GRILS HAVE PUT BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS MORE SCARFICE TO ONLY HAVE A MAN BEAT THEM OUT OF HOPES DREAMS , SCHOLARSHIPS, OLYMPICS ETC ITS A JOKE LET HIM GO COMPETE WITH OTHER MEN WHO WANT TO BE WOMEN AND HAVE A TRULY EVEN PLAYING FIELD 😂
Yeah. FEMALE sports don't exist to give men validation.
The most HATED athlete in the country.
This is completely and utterly insane. The actual woman who came 2nd is the real winner of the race.
100%
Riley Gaines had the identical time as this man.
She tied him!!! But they chose this dude to accept the trophy!
Amen
NCAA is a complete joke for allowing that to take place.
Key words
“ not transitioning was leading me to no where”
I noticed that too
👍
SPOT ON
Not transitioning makes him mediocre so he just decided to compete with biologically weaker being. This guy is a man, with deep deep voice.
Yep 😡
As much as it sucks, 'your feelings' don't count when it comes to the sanctity of fairness and sportsmanship.
So well said!
He's a dude
@C0tteedon't get me wrong he can be a woman in 90% of other life scenarios but one of them is not competing in sports. Life isn't fair, and I am all for trans equality in 90% of scenarios. But leave sports alone.
@@franksanz1044 I did say 90% of scenarios...use your judgement honey
He's just a bully
He said “It’s been incredibly rewarding to be authentic.” Rewarding to himself only, at the cost of hundreds of other women.
If someone can explain to me the difference between an athlete getting in trouble with steroids versus this scenario I’ll be gladly to hear it.
They can’t you’ll be waiting forever Brotha
The majority of people on this planet agree with what ur saying .
@@gregorysutton553 facts 💯
@@24kNick thank you cause ima bit confused with this new 🌎 we live in.
Whats the difference between this lady and other women? She's pretty attractive and has a great body
Bro, this has to be a skit. Look at the interviewer they chose 😂
I thought the same thing
This is real life ??
Lol😂
Right! They just happen to choose a pig whale "person of color" to do the interview.
Chapelle Show in real life 😂
Imagine coming in 2nd place. And knowing in your heart that if fairness had been given any consideration, you in fact deserved to be 1st. That woman should be given more attention than anyone else. A lifetime of work, and you are cheated out of a championship.
To make things worse! Then you must look at his DING-DONG IN THE SHOWER AFTERWORDS!!!!! DONT DROP THE SOAP! LOL!!!!!!!
There will be many winners of that title. At least she was the first to win second against a man. So at least she'll have that part of history
@@spencerjackson7072she did not deserve second! She should be known in history as the woman who took 1st place
These women have to stand up for themselves by not competing against a man! This is the only way this disturbed behavior is going to stop. The women have to stop pretending this is OK and showing up and swimming against a man until nobody shows up at the pool. This will continue to go on stop competing against him!!
@@spencerjackson7072 No one wants to be 'the first' to 'win second' against anyone. Much less someone you feel doesn't belong in ya category.
This should not be allowed! Disgusting & I am glad that Paris has made this not age well.
The first man to win in women's swimming. This is history in the making.
I wonder how much money he'll make after all this and the book he'll write
Why women are bitching about this? Men and women are equal right?
Real women should should leave and make him swim alone and win against nobody but himself. Good way to protest against it .wow what a laugh on him! Love to see it!!
@@anonymous-vy8lzwho said they are equal? You? Because everyone knows they aren’t. This is a dude who is a fraud and a thief.
It's a complete disgrace to women's sports.
You can tell "she" feels no guilt at all for what they're doing. I find that to be one of the most disturbing things about this...other than some people are actually supporting "her".
*him.
It's pretty offensive towards women to pretend a man cosplaying women is magically a woman.
Seriously, our grandmother's didn't push for hours giving birth to our parents so we can just dismiss them and the rest of women as mere costumes.
Then stop supporting HIM.
I'm not sure HE isn't enjoying this. Trolls do exist. And there are more trolls than ever. This whole thing is a troll stunt.
I only called Lia here a she to keep my comment up, by the way. You know how youtube is.
It’s a he, not a she. We need to stop participating in this delusion.
This is disgraceful. As a former swimmer, I feel for the real women fighting so hard and be slapped in face with this.
It's a systematic abuse of women.
He was sexually harassing the women too. He should be in prison.
The interviewer is exactly the type of person I expected to interview Mr. Thomas
Yup! They couldn’t have a normal person do it, they had to have someone who would baby him and of course tv and media wants to act like they are the norm when they aren’t. All the comments prove the majority is against this outrageous, cheating, mentally ill bs.
Victims unite
So true a non binary non whatever 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
you just read in my mind 😂, this is interview is so delusional
😂😂😂
This is a sad joke.If using steroids to improve athletic performance is considered cheating,how do you call this?
💯
People want to say that everyone has different levels of advantages. But if that’s the case than men, women and children should all compete against each other. If nothing really matters
Clown World.
@@G_Ozare Clown USA , actually.
@@AlphaSigmA1 I thought that too but I see it's happening globally.
@Mary R Not in this scale. Maybe some lunatic but nobody gives them attention. At least in Europe that I can speak
This guy should hide his head in shame for what he does. He is a man, pure and simple! The NCAA should not allow this kind of thing under any circumstances! I hope and pray that it does enter into the international scene in any sport.
he is not a man, nor is he a women, he is somewhere in between with delusion
NCAA IS STUPID
The vibes of the background music don’t quite fit the video. Should of been horror film themes.
😂😂😂
She is a woman, but I do agree with the fact that she should not have been allowed to compete in the woman's league because I see how that would be unfair to biological woman
First man to win on women’s contest, What an achievement.
Can’t believe y’all (ESPN) are actually trying to normalize/sympathize this. Be whoever you want to be, but from a competition standpoint, this is wrong and not in the least bit equitable.
Espn has gone loonie years ago
It’s this they them reporter pushing an agenda
disgraceful!
Congratulations to all men!!!! Even in the 21st century We are still finding new ways to oppress women, go Lia!!!! You’re the man!!!
@@jeepdan7776 oppress women? Please....
My friends and I still identify as being twelve. We're gonna crush the Little League World Series this year!
You're so brave! Congrats on living your truth!
😂😂😂😂
You are between 0-7 years old...biologically. Just saying.
This comment is actually hilarious😂
@@Pyladin😎
what a joke, we need to protect women from these disgusting guys
She isn’t disgusting just because she’s trans. If you’re not happy with her competing against women, stick to that.
How does it feel to be the first man on a women’s swimming team
He should be ashamed of himself. Despicable and disgusting. What about the poor girls who worked so hard for years ??? This is a travesty.
The 35K dislikes really shows how pissed we are and rightfully so....
How do you see dislikes?
Tell us how if you’re a bot lol
@@ThumbDrthere is an extension for YT that you can use to see it
@@That..Guy..there is an extension for YT that you can use to see it
To think a man could fall so low, that he had to disguise himself as a woman to win a swimming competition...
ESPN trying to make her a sympathetic figure when she’s not. We respect your rights just long as you don’t trample others in the process. Everyone has freedom in choice but nobody is exempt from consequences of said choice. Idc how many pieces you do this is cheating. And she has to deal with what she decided to do. She doesn’t get to have it all her way.
VERY well said. But you should know this is WOKESPN nowadays. They push these BS agendas purposely.
ESPN owned by Disney.
He* let get that straight first.
She isnt a she. Lia is a man. They are winning the culture war when people refer to others non scientifically
ESPN gaslighting society. How gross!
In Brazil we have an MMA transgender fighter (male to "female") that refused to compete with women because she knows that it would be utterly unfair. Her name is Anne Viriato. And furthermore she transitioned at the age of 12, so she didn't go through her whole puberty "as a man" like Lia. Now THAT is what I call integrity.
What Lia Thomas is doing is completly undignifying. It's really hard not to suspect whether he hurried his transition to take advantage of women in his carrier.
*I refuse to call him she.
I hope he has a good life expressing himself as he pleases and being treated with respect, but not on taking up women's spaces and rights.
Doesn't matter still a dude
@@sanchezs7614 thats why he doesn't compete against woman lol
Yeah...still a HE
@@carokann4397 Yeah cause he sucks with dudes so he went to womens 😂 ima identify as a child and compete in children sports
Amanda Nunes is trans ... she is my favorit fighter and i hate trangneder ideology ... i dont go around and try to impose my sexual technics ... why do USA trans want to impose to us trans agenda ? No way for me ....
He deserves a medal for not pissing himself of laughter throughout that performance.
Yes! After seeing this interview I came to believe that he is not at all trans, but that is was all a strategic move. How he described the shrinking of his feet etc made me think that it really shows a sportsman who calculates his chances of winning in a competition.
@@schnapsdrossele.v.128 Well from what iv heard he still dates women. He even told some of his fellow swimmers this. The only thing trans about him is the way he dresses. No one with a good concence can do be so pridfull of doing somthing so evil. If the guy is still sexauly atracted to women he by no means should be allowed in a womens locker room. We live in a mad world and we are devolving to a point that we are creating problems were they dont exist.
He’s putting on a show
@@billfred9411 That is disgusting. How is this even allowed? 😬
Freak show
Being trans was not your choice but being injustice to sport was your choice ??
As a female swimmer myself this is infuriating. People who say men don’t have an physical advantage over women are just plain ignorant.
Yea, but a 90-year-old man cant beat a 20-year-old female so therefore reality doesn't exist... This is literally their argument. Its more than ignorance at some point.
This sucks for all women. Having to compete against men because they just want to win. I’m highschool (which I didn’t graduate to long ago) I’m track and field the female shot put throwers had to throw against a boy who identified as a woman, I remember my best friend crying because she said that she had no chance in the competition because she worked really hard for it and lost because a BOY was throwing like 5 feet further than the girls. Just a personal story on how bad this sucks for the women going through this situation and my story is just high school imagine collegiate and Olympic level for those girls. Sad just sad
So sorry to hear that.
Nina doesn't seem like you graduated..
You are disguisting, your friend is disguisting, your opinions are not valid, and you should not be competing if this is your opinion. Transgender athletes do NOT switch for an advantage, they become their true selves when they transition, and you invalidating all trans people by saying "they just want an advantage" is disguisting, you are no athlete, you are no woman, you are no human, you are a BIG blob of flesh, with no heart.
Refuse to compete with these artificial athletes 🙄
@@bsizzle2307 oh my God you're right that person didn't use correct grammar what are we going to do I need help to I don't know where to put the,
this guy was a senior in COLLEGE AND HE IS 6'4 BEFORE HE STARTED TRANSITIONING. yeah bro no advantage at all
@Shaunna L In my opinion britney griner is an athletic freak for a woman, just like lebron james is for guys. so in any physical sport they will have more advantage then your average player. also, britney griner has a male y chromosome so she produces more testosterone than your average female as well
@Shaunna L height is a plus . But It just can’t be everything. If you don’t have the right muscles in right places . It’s all uselesss , flexibility , endurance plays factor
@Shaunna L Its a scientific FACT, that males have larger lung capacity, larger heart, stronger bones, greater endurance, etc etc especially after puberty. There is bo reversing this biological advantage regardless of how much hormone therapy you undergo period. Ignoring this is sheer insanity.
If you want to know where this trans agenda comes from and not only who is funding it but profiting, Look up Jennifer Bilek on TH-cam. Its dark & deeply disturbing.
Yeah, who knows how long ether for hormones because doesn't look like they have much boobs. Took me a few years to get almost B cup, but I never competed in any more road races anymore because I was better than most females and males in my age group.
@shaunnal2560naw man she ain't got a swimmers frame and let's be honest she probably can't even swim 😂
I identify as the largest Cucumber in my backyard, so large that it breaks world records. I dont care if farmers put in more effort to grow a real Cucumber, im equally as real.
400th ranked male swimmer to the #1 female swimmer is not an amazing story😂😂
💯💯💯💯
😭😭
Facts
If only you put as much effort in your life as you do hating you would be as successful as lia
@@sac1211 common sense isn’t hating .
This is so wrong and unfair to all the real women swimmers out there!
Is it wrong and unfair that Michael Phelps gets to race against men who don’t have the same biological advantages as him? longs arms and legs, short narrow torso, large lung capacity among other things
@@adamkingston2231 the worst excuse I’ve ever seen. Having good genetics is different from
pretending to be a woman to get a gold 😂
@@adamkingston2231 I am happy to take this one. Biological Men are natural stronger and faster than biological women. Phelps is a one in a million freak of nature. Whereas any top 2000 ranked college swimmer in the USA can achieve the same as what Thomas has in the past few months. If you choose to die on this hill you need to keep the same energy for all sports. If you believe Lia Thomas swimming in the women category is okay you are also saying a male ufc fighter transitioned and getting into the octagon and absolutely pummelling a female ufc fighter into a coma is okay.
@@awesomekalyana15 Already happened. It's Fallon Fox I think.
@@adamkingston2231 Pick a different sport if you cant hang with the best but dont chop the dong to win!!!
He’s a dude no matter what anyone says. The real winner is the female that came in 2nd place she’s the real champion
@@cathylewanski7881 I’m glad you mentioned her name because I didn’t know it. Such a shame because I’m sure Emma worked her @$$ off (probably years) to get to that point. I truly feel sorry for her and the rest of the the team.
He’s a horrible person to take away from women like that
“Not transitioning wasn’t leading me anywhere” that’s all you need to know, he did that because he wanted to move up the ranks
LMAOOO
Lol
And have you ever done something in the benefit for your career? Oh wait you don't have one instead you're hating on this woman.
@@sac1211 what woman
@@sac1211 Yea, I worked and persevered. He should try doing the same and not take shortcuts while ruining an entire competitive sport.
When this "Lia" farce comes to an end - and it will - this impostor's records, medals and accolades had better be immediately expunged from all official records. What a disgusting stain on the ncaa and all officials involved in creating this untenable situation. All the officials involved should be ashamed of the role they have played in the atrocious destruction of women's sports!
Start a new category of sports. Make it fair. Compete against yourselves. Start your own league, take initiative. Easy breezy.
Yes a delusional mentally unstable person is all about initiative...
A man beating women at women's sports would always do the right thing.
😅😂
No actually not.
Dude is a horrible person period.
Trans folk are not right in their brains.
Man, I thought the WNBA was terrible to watch. Imagine watching a bunch of weirdos competing against each other
I feel the same way, but they don't want their own competitions, they want us to suck up to their agenda so they can cry bigotry and homophobia when we don't agree with it.
I agree they should have their own league simple as that a full trans team!
@@danrafferty4346 😂 omg 😂facts
The person who finished second place technically got first. She was the first GIRL to finish.
A giant Snorlax interviewing a cheater with testicles. Truly the ESPN of our time.
😂 If commenting was a competition you win 😂
This is gold
I've never seen Snorlax on one other interview for espn, come on man.
They had to find a woman larger than him to make him not look like a 6' plus man.
Btw what is snorlax 😂can someone explain it to me for adding my vocabs 😂😂
"Being trans isn't a choice"
Maybe, maybe not. But choosing to compete in a competitive setting that you have an indisputable and generally insurmountable advantage in definitely was a choice.
If I choose to take performance enhancing drugs to make myself feel better about my body, its definitely my choice. But that choice will bar me from competition. Actions have costs, thats just life.
💯!
May not be a choice for him, but it is for the REAL world. We normal people CHOOSE to live in reality. This fake 'thing' is not real. How embarrassing.
It's not a choice. You're a jerk for suggesting otherwise. How would you know
Perfectly said!
Being trans is a choice. You literally willingly took hormones, all kinds of pills and for many, willing had surgery.
"It's been incredibly rewarding and meaningful to be able to be authentic and to be myself" - The adult male presenting as a female.
Yup. When he was competing on the men's team, he didn't even make the top five.
@@Chocobear555 Absolutely trye
Ha
The best part is that you can’t full stop after your quote.
This isn’t a joke to some people.
When we decided that black people weren’t real people, and they were literal animals, it didn’t make us right.
To acknowledge these people and WORK with them and give them a SAFE place is how we can spread joy and love and acceptance.
@@ristopherobbins You got a point. However, there can be a limit though. Take for female sports for example, but that doesnt mean they aren't allowed to any sports, transpeople like transwoman would play at the Men's category, if they like it or not, they don't have a choice
We as society need to remember that it is okay for adults to make their own choices but that those choices can have repercussions that they may not like.
The comments section is giving me hope, most people can see through this BS
If there is anyone who deserves “me to” level anger it’s this dude. Straight robbing women of opportunities.
So we're comparing what this person is doing to sexual assaulting women?
@dtree bby I have to agree with you!
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@dtree bby 💯 percent
GROWN MAN
I'm trans and I can tell you RIGHT NOW that hormones don't change your height or shoe size. I was 5'7" when I transitioned 26 years ago, and I'm still 5'7" today. Lia Thomas does not help trans people, she hurts us! Go home Lia!
Thanks for saying this. I also heard that an thought it couldn't possibly be true. Like if it is true, it would be a major medical anomaly with huge potential implications for endocrinology and physiology, not to mention trans medicine.
I also just want to say that I feel for you and others in your situation, who have had to see this politicized and degraded to the degree we see now. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be. Just know a lot of us out here see you, and see through the new trans ideologs, and will fight them as well as the actual trasphobs that wish to control what adults can and can't do in regards to their own bodies. I think the silent majority agree with me.
you can shrink shoe size when you lose weight which is what thomas mentioned happening
You do know it’s not unheard of for biological women to grow to 5 foot 7 right? In fact, it’s not even uncommon, especially in first world countries with high source of nutrition.
@@gamer7916 you completely missed the point
He’s 6’4 by the way. Even though he is banned, it doesn’t undo what already happened. Riley got 2nd when she actually was 1st excluding him.
What the f#$@ happened to our society that we allow this to happen?
Ego and "me me me" led to this.
Society has crumbled
Saame
Woke movement
The world has lost it 😢
Being a National Swimmer in college was the most exciting accomplishment. If I had found out I was swimming against a man would have made me step off that starting block. It’s outrageous to me how this man/woman knocked all these swimmers out of place on the score board really bothers me. She has made a joke out of women’s swimming because she couldn’t place in mens.
He has, dont call him what he isnt. He isnt a female he is a male and his swimming against actual females proves that.
Well at least she tried both
She was breaking records when she competed in the men's category. She was the best already. Did you even watch the interview? She was an amazing swimmer before transitioning and she is still. Way better than you were, obviously.
Maybe you should've spent less time swimming in college because you are clearly lacking a lot in humanity. You could've worked more on that.
@@diego1345 But that's not the point Laura's tryna make. She's just saying that a man swimming against a woman we be simply unfair, that's it. Laura's not talking about herself
@@samitvirmani3143 Laura said that Lia transitioned "because she couldn't place in mens". That is absolutely false. In fact, she was the best swimmer ever in the men's category for her University. She holds records in the men category but not in the women category so she is actually worse now. She was and still is an outstanding swimmer victim of an insane campaign of harassment.
If she just cared about winning she wouldn't have made the transition. But that would make your narrative fall down, so you just ignore that purposefuly.
"I feel so good about being stronger biologically and destroying the lives of women like men have been doing for thousands of years. It was a real pinacle in my life."
Where was I when South Park went live action??
I identify as a developmentally disabled person and I'm going to crush the Special Olympics in all events.
I think I saw that on South Park.
Do it mate, and after receiving gold medal, tell them they're all idiots
You got it straight to the point!
Can't wait to see you destroy my cousin that's suffered for 30 years!!! I am being sarcastic
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Once again, it is all about “her”. As long as they are happy, it really doesn’t matter how other people feel. This is what I call selfish.
Entitled.
Narcissistic and spoiled
stop calling him female is where everyone who cares needs to start!!!
Truly shows how narcissistic these folks are... ..😢 me me me me my .... 😮
Him
this country is messed up I feel so sorry for the women Who had to go against him
And now those women are being held against their will and attacked. And the attackers get praise and a thank you from the school. Insanity.
HIM.... THE DUDE...
you should feel sorry for a man who is proud to compete against females.
Sorry, let me correct you. “The first male swimmer who competed against women and took their spot”
Let me preference this by saying I really don’t care if you are transgender or not, I truly couldn’t care any less. But when you go from the 400th ranked male swimmer to the #1 “female” swimmer it shows that they shouldn’t be competing. Its not even a gender thing, it’s literally unfair in every aspect. Come at me SJWs, ur words really don’t scare me.
Let me *preface**
@@brainchildguru I PREFERRED it the other way
Let me preference this by saying Lia Thomas was 9th in men before she started her hormones, and the 500 number Is from immediately after she started taking her hormones and got worse immediately after because the hormones TEMPORARILY cause sluggishness, you are disguisting, your opinions are garbage, you're very obviously uneducated and you obviously care If someone is transgender if you immediately belive a lie spread by bigots with no proof, get better and help yourself.
HATE SPEECH!! REEEE!!!!
I don’t understand why people are so afraid of SJWs. Ignore them.
"not transitioning wasn't leading me anywhere" - very telling.
I heard that loud also
It's all about me, me, me, and only me for these kind of people.
This man must be ashamed of himself.
For the women athletes out there, you must SPEAK UP for your rights! No one is coming to the rescue. You Must Continue to stand up for your Women's Rights. Carry On Riley Gaines!
Absolutely true! Only women will be able to make the changes back to normality. This is your fight ladies!
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