one championship by winning the five hundred freestyle at hetexas. native competed forthree three seasons on the men s swime at the univeuniversity pennsylvania. sylvania. she competed against criticism from the swimming community, competitors and teammates. she said she called her persistence serves a larger purpose, even more sr puo, she t transitioned. so now the transition to ther th another win for the patriarchy . yeah, patriarchy. and here s another this month, a man dressed as woman won a major cycling competition in new york .. holly levasseur is a c competitive cyclist who isom a woman. she joins us tonight. holly, thank you snk youo much r coming on . i know there s enormouses pressure to be quiet and knowsut actual woman.ano be quiet, why are you coming on tonight? h i m hoping to encourage other women to start speaking out. ou i know that i get a lot of
to kind of break this monopoly s of insanity? aniti do. e i think it s going to take it is something like that. or it s going to take girlse blm boycotting. and i never want to place the blame on the girls or makene the girls be the oness sa sacrificing their positions. but that is what it s going to take. we need more women women, more e ,more female athletes ins thisy position where they re competing agains at sta biological men to stand up to this.ndis and i know it requiresow it it requires a lot of courage, which is really sad to say that it requires courage. courage well, but really what we reallyr you have courage and you reng cm a true champion of the swimming community. muand for what true feminism is all about. so thank you for speaking outha levels the threat against canada kind while the last bite explains it. you guys ready? they re ready for it. this spring. export everything fox nation has to offer for one ninety nine a month. when you sign up for a yearly
i do. i think it is going to take something like that or it is going to take girls boycotting. i never want to place the blame on the girls or make the girls be the ones sacrificing their positions. that s what it is going to take. we need more women and girls, female athletes where they are competing against biological men to stand up for this. i know it is hard and it requires a lot of courage. riley, you have courage, and you are a true champion of this swimming community and for what truth feminism is all about. thank you for speaking out. a threat against canada? can it? the last byte explains it.
it is hard, i think, on a broader scope the message that sends to all girls and women. they can spend their entire lives working for something, dedicate, you know, countless hours and effort, and have it dismissed as an reduce to something like a joke. there is a reason when you tell people about this nomination or the experiences in the swimming community this last year, and they laugh or they are utterly shocked. and you think, that is what all that effort and all those hours, all that hard work and the journey that was supposed to be so empowering and fulfilling has been reduced to something that people think is a sideshow, really frustrating. todd: i want to bring you in here, the foundation responded to lia thomas saying this: you must have forgot in order to qualify for the ncaa woman of the year award, one
on to win women s races. let s speak to our sports correspondent jane dougall. how much of a surprise is this decision? it how much of a surprise is this decision? how much of a surprise is this decision? . , , , . decision? it was widely expected in the swimming decision? it was widely expected in the swimming community. - decision? it was widely expected in the swimming community. of i the swimming community. of course, the swimming community. of course, the clarity on this policy has been prompted by lia thomas, the first known transgender swimmer to win the highest american female national couege highest american female national college title earlier this year. this policy will effectively stop lia thomas from a competing in a women s categories. it states that the calories of male and female must be kept separate, according to a scientifically grounded six based criteria, and that any athlete that has gone through any part of the process of male puberty will not be eligible to