charles but. hi jacqui. those ladies sent a letter to the university raising questions about fairness and arguing that alia thomas who as you mentioned is a transgender woman is seeking championship opportunities away from them. they do however affirm their support for thomas gender affirmation and in their words transition from man to woman. but they go on to say quote biologically alia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the woman s category as evidenced by her breaking rankings and bands from four to 62 is a mailto number one as a female. parents are also voicing their frustration about the situation selling proxies at dig of coal the swimmers were told not to speak to the media after they expressed concerns about competing against a large athlete like thomas. this comes after usa swimming emphasized fairness for gendered females in the new poly which would require transgender athletes to not only provide evidence their prior development as a mail does not give them a