Lia Thomas Appeals to CAS Over World Aquatics' Transgender Policy
Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer, has asked the Court of Arbitration of Sport to overturn World Aquatics' policy preventing transgender women from competing in women's divisions, arguing that the rules are discriminatory. World Aquatics introduced a new gender policy in 2022, allowing transgender women to compete in women's events only if they transitioned before the age of 12 or before early puberty stages. Thomas, who won a women's NCAA event in 2022, aims to compete in the Olympics and has initiated arbitration proceedings challenging the policy.