College Swimming Coach Speaks Out on Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas, with Seth Huston
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Megyn is joined by with Seth Huston, the coach of the Rice swim team, to discuss the controversial UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas, NCAA guidelines on transgender swimmers and how to ensure a level playing field for women in college sports, and more
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It's sad that this coach has to walk on eggshells while saying things that are factual and reasonable.
Goosestep? Lol. You need to google that.
Itym tip-toe.
I think that goose-stepping on egg shells would be impossible.
@@hermitoldguy6312 Corrected. But I have seen very sneaky geese.
@@paulbradford6475 It's 2022. People don't know how to define "woman" anymore. Anything is possible, apparently.
At this rate, if a dolphin decided that it's a human female. They're going to be competing with us too !
I’d love to see his (Lia) reaction to losing to a dolphin. Just so we’re clear, I’ll be rooting for the dolphin.
He is terrified but brave. He clearly doesn't want to offend trans people, but he is also speaking about the obvious about keeping things fair.
I am no fan of Mrs Kelly , but I do respect her for being one of the few to be speaking on this topic bravo 👏,
I watched one of the swim meets Lia was in. You can definitely tell the physical difference she finished 38 second ahead of group now I've never seen that before in any swimming competition in my life.
Who wants to watch a fella hoover up prize money and awards in woman's sports? It's very sad. The woman who train hard for the sport of there choice have my sympathies
So we can destroy truth, silence everyone, destroy other women's rights just so ONE person is happy, is that right ?
Athletes should compete based on their birth sex not their gender identity..
If there’s ‘no difference’ between men and women, why doesn’t Thomas then compete with the men?
why don't the college and professional sports have a third competitive sports for transgenders? Have sports for men, women and transgender. Solve the problem.
What a sad state of affairs we live in …. And he is (Lia) is so so selfish
His voice quivering throughout the interview says it all. Coach being very careful about what he says and how he articulates his opinion. Lets hope that he still has a job come next week bc his school has lots of SJW roaming around.
. .....Say it.....
....you know you want to.....
....Lia is a biological MAN.....
Honestly, who cares if anyone’s “offended”? Lia is a man. You cannot change your sex. Keep women’s sports and spaces for biological women only. Period.
"Biological woman" is newspeak that subconsciously confirms this insanity. Fully agree with what you said, but we need to pay attention to how we adopt language that is designed to program our minds.
Period. No pun intended.
If by "cannot change your sex" you mean "cannot change your chromosomes", then you will be shocked to realize that literally no-one has ever said that.
@@Naskinlahtaaja You are correct: no one ever said you could change your chromosomes, although I find it amusing you felt a need to suggest a distinction between sex and chromosomes. But that is not the issue.
The issue is that people are just trying to sweep that fact under the rug and pretend like biological sex is of no consequence. "Women's" sports exist so that biological females have their own arena to compete, and excel in, over their vastly stronger biological male counterparts. Women's sports does NOT exist on the basis of a social construct or gender identity, and seeing how we changed the definition of woman, we should probably also change the name "women's sports" to "biological female's sports," or whatever the hell terminology we can use for people with two X chromosomes.
People are annoyed with this because a select few have taken something designed to combat the physical difference half the world experiences, and turned it into something that is all about validating their own personal subjective sense of self. I feel for Lia Thomas and the situation she is in, but supporting the decisions that have been made in this case is a clear sign of either narcissism or virtue signaling, depending on whether you are trans or not, respectively. Women's sports exist to give physically weaker females a chance to compete, not to make people like Lia Thomas feel validated.
@@herewegoagain... so literally everything you said can be countered by pointing to the fact that all of these sports organizations have rules that mirror the IOC requirement of HRT before competition, and that rule set is substantiated by studies like Roberts, et al, 2020 and Harper, 2015.
So you guys can screech and cry about how much you dislike facts all you like, but these major sports orgs will unfortunately just follow the research, which seems to really upset you.
IT is incredible to see how a man is scared to death about saying a biological fact. These are signs of a sick society.
It's dystopian insanity. The NCAA is archaic and a joke.
He could be fired, harassed, and "Lia's" teammates can be expelled for making any comments.. It is very convoluted !!!
@@1953childstar man. Orwell's 1984.
If he’s not fired right now then it’s just a matter of time.
The emperor has no clothes.
as someone who swam for 20 years and who personally saw Lia swim as a male, i can tell you it is not fair😂
It was quite obvious in the championship race that Lia played a game and went into a higher gear at the end. If Lia had gone full out from the start the result would have been so startling even trans activists wouldn’t be able to ignore it
I as a biological woman I am outraged at the inappropriate appropriation of my gender! A man, regardless of how uncomfortable he is in his gender has zero idea what it is, or feels like to be a woman! Why is this not allowed with ethnicity, but totally OK with gender!? Women, wake up, and speak the truth.
You’re so right Laura… on all points!
Lower testosterone does not mitigate muscle development gained during puberty, still has unfair advantage
He is still 30+%men ,his lung,his bone his height.anything touch by the woke and PC turn into a trash.
100%male.
Same with lung capacity and heart size being larger for males. Big factors in swimming.
Not to mention the increased lung capacity he has over over other female competitor
Even before puberty they have advantages. Height, muscle configuration (ie our broader hips) etc...no biological men in women's sport period.
Let's just stick to facts, this human being has larger lung capacity, longer wing span, larger hands and feet, larger heart, thicker bone density etc, that is indisputable, is anyone going to argue with me that, this isn't an unfair advantage to women?
You forgot a "larger penis" as well.
@@justanotherguy469 well that doesn't help with swimming, so no point in mentioning it. We're talking about allll the other male characteristics that gives this human being an unfair advantage over the females.
Longer arms and legs and contraversialy better hand eye coordination.
It's blatant.
@@iClone316 it does help, he's fucked all of them.
Not arguring at all. As a former NCAA Official this Man/ Woman can dive further, turn quicker, out touch all and reach further on any stroke.. This is a total sham , and it breaks the cardinal rule of NCAA SWIMMING, which rule is :
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.
The answer is simple! Compete by biological sex, not gender identity!
agreed!
Except that females who take testosterone should not be allowed to compete against other females.
@@Zzyzzyx neither should anyone taking performance enhancing meds of any form for any reason. There is a reason why Armstrong lost his medals. This doesn't negate the simple fact that feminine men should not be competing against women at elite sports level.
Now that’s just crazy talk.
You are obviously worse than Hitler.
The fact that this coach is so nervous speaking about this is a testament to how speech has been curtailed in this country. He is trying to say what's true, but looking for ways to say it in a round about way just so doesn't end up getting fired when he's accused of being "transphobic." Free speech for a favored few--the rest of you, get in line.
Unfortunately this is happening not only in the us but almost everywhere.
Because ppl are cowards and are afraid to speak the truth
@@makaylacarney2187 And when he gets fired for speaking the truth, are you going to step up and pay his mortgage and bills?
The easiest thing to do is tell others what they should do when you have nothing to lose and they have everything to lose.
@@gunner-qf9eh it’s sad that you can even loose your job over this bs.
Freedom of speech and thought. Are being abrogated! Everyone needs to speak up the truth or it will be too,late!
Why can't we just say, if you want to change your sex/gender, that's fine, do it. But when you do, you forfeit the right to compete in sporting events?
Not everybody can do everything, and if changing sex is such an important thing, the sacrifice is, you can't compete. It's simple, it's reasonable. End of.
The entitlement and arrogance this person must have is staggering.
Well said I agree 💯 %,I don’t understand why there’s even room to argue this smh
U can chnge ur gender in modern world, but not sex in any world. Gender is a social construct while sex is biological.
@@aanchalfinwoman That's just Post Modern nonsense. Pretending there are no truths, so everyone can create there own. Using that logic, I could say, I'm going back to Kindergarten because age is just a social construct. I could be top of the class, the best Kindergartener ever. Infact, I'll be a 6 year old girl, I'll win every sports day, I'll be the best 6 year old female footballer of all time.
The frightening thing is, using the 'social construct' argument, this is entirely possible. We have to have definitions, so we don't live in chaos, which is where we're heading at the moment.
@@aanchalfinwoman Gender has always equaled sex and everyone knows it.
I agree with you.
This nonsense needs to come to a screeching halt.
This guy is clearly terrified. What a time we live in when you can’t speak the truth without fear.
Come on you Men and say it like it is please don't hesitate ,it's not about denial of anyone wanting to be something other than what they are born as it's about being fair.
When you get a senile placed in the Oval Office, ANYTHING goes, including a man competing with women and WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@miaash3870 The problem is all the extreme left ideology being pushed on the young. They are not being educated they’re being indoctrinated it’s been going on for decades and now we’re seeing the poisoned fruit.
Coach was so afraid to offend that his political correctness was annoying. He was clear on the concept of defending women sport, but he couldn't bring himself to speak clearly against males competing against women. He didn't mention either that Lia walks with her genitalia exposed in changing rooms when other girls are present. Why that is not considered exposure? What would happen to anyone peeing out in the highway? What a hipocritical time we're living.
What a time that people can comment basically anonymously on the internet with their assumptions.
I'm almost 44 years on hormones & closing on 4 decades post-op. This is utter madness and should not be allowed. It's nothing more than legalized cheating in my eyes to allowing a male to female trans person to compete in women's sport's and no It is not being transphobic to speak out about this, It's just stating the obvious. When I was younger and used to go work out at the Gym with my late husband. I got on well with the gym owner's wife. One day she took me to one side and asked me if I was going to enter the Miss physique contest that was coming up. I said no what ever made you think that. I workout for my own benefit not to compete against others. I would not do that, it would be so unfair. That's not something I could ever do to a woman.
The relief on her face was overwhelming; she was almost in tears. She said it had been worrying her for some time as we would have been in the same Height and weight class and that she had won many years running. She was 6ft tall & I was 5ft 9" just over. Today's trans people seem to be so far removed and blinkered to what being female is that they can not even empathise with a woman or see their own advantages they have over them in these areas when it comes to competing in sports. I find it hurtful and embarrassing. what it is to be transsexual as been hijacked over the decades and made a mockery of by these types that you point out.
Its gone from transsexuals fixing a personal mind and body mismatch issue with one's self and then getting on with our lives unnoticed as best we can. To folk now who do not want to make any effort to be what they claim to be who actually thrive on the attention and privileges it grants them under the term transgender with all these new woke laws etc. Many are out to make others around them change their perceptions of what a woman is or fall foul of the woke policing. It is lunacy at its best. I get labelled at TERF quite often because I will not side with these folks and their crazy demands and expectations.
Transsexuals should not even be lumped under the term transgender as far as i am concerned. It's not even in the same postcode. I find all this very demeaning of all I went through and suffered growing up in the 1970's and early 1980s to be happy within my own skin. My intentions and actions back then were to change myself so I could be happy within my own skin, not to force the world around me to change or pay the price. There are different definitions of the word TRANSGENDER , The most prevalent is those who are political in nature and refers to anyone who considers themselves as different in terms of sex or gender. Most transsexual persons refuse to be lumped in with the TG Community, but others like non-op TG persons see political value in working together.
A transgender person is someone who deliberately lives in a way opposed to their physical sex. For example, if a person is born with female genitalia and wants to keep it, but expresses and feels that they are a boy mentally, then they are transgender. Transsexual and transgender is not the same thing as transsexual is only applicable to those born with a need to correct their genitals as best they can, while most transgender people desire to keep their original genitalia. A person is born with transsexualism,the whole idea of the surgery is to stop having transsexualism and to get on with life as if they never had the condition. For me and many of my old friends it was important to fix our mind and body mismatch ASAP and then get on with our lives. Often going stealth and only letting those who need to know about our past know.
The term transgender covers a wide spectrum of different folks. Most of whom are more vocal/visible. Hence more well known by the public online and offline as they tend to go out of their way to make their presence known and felt. Where as many of use old school transsexual's the aim was to fix the issue and move on with our lives unnoticed. Many of us had to make big sacrifices like losing family members and old friends and moving to avoid publicity at times. As that for us would defeat the whole object of fixing the issues we had with ourselves in the 1st place. For us it is not a badge we wear. Just a distant unhappy memory we rather leave behind us and not dwell on.
This leads to our side of the story being less heard by the public, leaving them to assuming the outspoken ones most often seen kicking off on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & UA-cam etc are what its all about for all under the umbrella term transgender. Which is not the case at all. There are many of us out there in the world that can hold conversations with folk who disagree with us without resorting to branding them transphobic or getting catty and bitchy. It's a shame so many of these outspoken trans folks will brand someone transphobic at the drop of a hat yet forget it took themselves years to understand and accept their own situation. Bit hypocritical if you ask me. But hey that's what happens when what it is to be transsexual gets hijacked and turn in to a trans radical agenda/movement. It's now become a money spinner for many. It's like reality TV with a large helping of soap opera thrown in for good measure. Fed to an ever growing gullible audience grasping at straws.
They have only gotten away with it for so long because transsexuals tend to avoid outing themselves as it defeats the object of fixing the mind and body mismatch in the 1st place if you're going to and broadcast that you did it. I'm older now my husband as passed away I have nothing to loose and some one needs to speak up for the genuine transsexuals and point out the difference that the transgender agenda as tried to blur. I did my SRS in the beginning of the1980s then I just got on with my life with my late husband after my surgery. So was quite shocked when after my husband sudden death 31 years later and I went searching for a Post-op Transsexual widows support group and only found the embarrassing radical transgender agenda movement crap online that only serves to make a mockery of what it is to be Transsexual and trample all over women right as if they don't even matter. Many of today's trans folk are a breed unto themselves who lack empathy for women and women's rights. I find all this shameful, embarrassing and hurtful. My advice to anyone who is planning to come out as trans, is to invest in some big girl knickers 1st and stop trampling all over women's rights.
Thank you. Serious kudos 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you for sharing. I appreciated being able to read your perspective on this issue. I wish that Lia Thomas (as well as those making the rules & regulations) had the same level of empathy & respect for women as you have.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and insights. The transgender population is 0.6% but a very vocal politically motivated faction - just one of many fronts of the globalist agenda to break down the family structure, promote infertility and depopulation, and usher in their AI/transhumanist society. Transgenders can't just change themselves they insist we all cowtow to their demands.
Thank you so much. You are truly a beautiful soul x
We need you on the MSM.
Sort the problem in one day.
He seems nervous. But incredibly brave. Don’t sacrifice him. Every other coach needs to come out and support him.
A climate of fear, he dare not say what he really thinks.
What a time to be alive.
He is a coward. And anyone still wearing a mask is a coward as well!
@@justanotherguy469 you are a coward too if you dont share my opinion !!!!!!!!! Only i am allowed to say who is a coward
@@justanotherguy469 u too
@@MrNobodyMoto I never wore a mask and worked indoors taking care of people who had COVID. I am not a coward.
We are going to die Aaargh, someone protect me, I'm scared.
Then maybe he is trans, you know, no balls.
It was brutal how uncomfortable he was talking about the truth…
That shows how we all cower before the trans authoritarianism!Do we want to live under a dictatorship of a tiny minority?Everyone need a to speak up without fear, or else welcome to China, NorthKorea, or Stalinist Russia!
I applaud this coach for speaking out. I cringe at how he has to choose his words so carefully. And even then I wonder what ramifications he will face for doing so. It’s sickening. The only reason people feel the need to walk on eggshells in this debate is because the other side cannot engage honestly. They know as well as the rest of us that biology matters. They hide behind threats of censorship and character assassination because they know the facts are not on their side. And they get away with it almost 100% of the time. That needs to change. It’s past time we stand up to these bullies.
Exactly.
And to Megyn’s question “What about it is unfair” should not be a hard question to answer because it’s not a hard question to answer…because they are biological men.
#biologymatters.
Yes, he came across as weak.
Why was he chocking on his answers. It’s either right or wrong. Grow a set of balls and call it like it is. WRONG.
He didn’t have to. He’s pandering to not “offend” the woke. Eye roll.
@@renenadeau323 he’s not choking, he’s going to walk away from this interview and get crapped on from a lofty height by a whole bunch of different factions. There has not been clear guidelines set in any sport for trans individuals and it’s made an un level playing field. It has to be addressed. I do think the athletes need to stand together and stand UP
Exactly, well said. Lia is just a savvy minded athlete with a business mind in exploiting the loopholes of the NCAA and the loopholes they have created.
Yup. Be upset with the people who made the rules that permit this.
I have been saying this from the beginning, this issue will only destroy female sports.
Or if there is enough Courage to push it back to REALITY, it couid help dissolve wokeness.
And for years, radical feminists have been speaking up against this but no one wanted to listen. Now it's completely blown up
This issue is destroying the very fabric of our society and only a blatant idiot would believe in this.
@@hed2410 Wokeness, fake news are baby talk for moron Trump sycophants. Try propaganda, naivete, etc. Both parties suck but most people reasonably support woman's sports by not allowing those born biologic males to compete with woman. This a fundamental issue that transcends race, sex, party, etc. I do not need any politician to tell me this just as I do not need to vote any party line. Grow up and think for yourself. Set the bar higher for yourself then the politicians you admire do as they don't give a shit about.
More than just womens sports is at stake! The freedom to speak the truth is at stake!
5:08 I noticed it too Kelly. Lia learned to go slower so that she doesn’t basically lap the competition in the pool. She learned to play it close. In this last race she waited until the final 2 laps to pull further ahead to get the win. Lia should be ashamed of her self for this deception and betrayal of the very women that she wants to join with in sisterhood.
Lia has walked down a path ...a dark path..I wonder if she will ever recover! She has dragged the whole transgender community down the Mud!!
Please Folks..Lia is Lia..She does not embody all transgenders...Most are so Appalled at this mockery!
Yep, it's competition, not showbiz. That's why people can't bet against their own team
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Lia is a cheat ! And still a man competing unfairly with women!
He is a cheat, and a crip, period. 😢🤮😢
"Biologically, Lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women’s category, as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from 462 as a male to #1 as a female. "
This space is being exploited by opportunists now .
I’ve known Coach Huston for a long time. I’ve never seen him act like this before. It’s amazing how the tactics of the left have apparently beaten down even the best of us. I found this whole segment to be sad and depressing.
Hopefully more coaches and athletes will be brave and show integrity by speaking out against this utter nonsense.
It is the parents that need to speak up, not the coach. So far, parents are accepting this. They deserve what is coming.
Oh no transphobe alert!!!
A lot have. Stop blaming people who are making a stand because of what HE did.
Did read the article where one coach said the Women need to trainer harder to get up to Thomas speed🙄🙄🙄. I'm like son is that was you're going to tell your Daughter who trained to participate in a sport all of her life, a sport she loves. That she needs to work harder to go up against boys/teen boys/men who all of a sudden feel they are a girl/teen girl/woman. That their rights and feelings are more important than the girls/teen girls/women they are bogarting. Now how fair is that...
@Andra Notlim Dave Chappelle called it just like you did "Black Face/Women Face", Transgender Men trying to be Women. My one friend called it "Back Door Chauvinism", men still telling Women they are not good enough for anything, including being a Woman. So many Transgender Men/Women are telling Biological Women how much better they are in every aspect. I could care less how you live your life, just as long as your life is not impeding mine. I will tell anyone who doesn't like Black People, cool, you don't have to like Me but you will respect me. Will "Lia" Thomas and UPenn College have disrespected the Women on UPenn's Women's Swim Team by proclaiming he is a Woman, like are you serious.
It's plain to see this guy is absolutely terrified to say something that will no doubt get him crucified by a woke mob and potentially cost him his job. These evil bullies are getting exactly what they want which is to crush rational discourse in this country.
Agreed. See my comments above. I think we're on the same frequency.
exactly right! there needs to be a third category , no other solution
Agree it’s horrible and needs to stop.
Before women's sports end up with a minority of biological women.
This woke-tarded insanity is a cancer upon society.
He said about as much as he felt he could and still keep his job. He obviously doesn't believe he ultimately has the backing of the administration. And probably rightly so.
Lots of respect to this guy...women's sports need more coaches like him to speak up
@The Study Even if Megyn Kelly should turn out to be the worst human being to ever walk the earth, it still doesn't change the fact that a biological man has some huge advantages in swimming over biological women.
So people like Lia will have to choose which of their dreams to pursue in the future. Sad, certainly. But no one can have it all.
Actually more WOMEN COACHES need to speak up. This is THEIR issue.
@@hildajensen6263 Megyn Kelly is awesome. Why would you leave that first sentence? Or were you being sarcastic and I missed it. Other than that I agree with the rest of your point.
@@adrienneallen2277 It was clear that this person lacked good arguments in favor of Lia, so tried shooting the messenger in stead.
I was making an example to show why that shouldn't work in a debate.
Personally, I'm pretty neutral when it comes to Megyn.
@@MTknitter22 Fairness is a human issue surely!
When other trans people speak out against participation in female sorts the world needs to listen
It's a farce that anyone even has to ask "why is it not fair". It's like saying why is it not fair for a native speaker of English to compete against someone who has been learning English for a year in an essay writing competition.
Oh, I know a lot of native speakers of English who are illiterate. Not an apt analogy. Language and language skills are acquired. Being a woman is genetic down to the DNA in our bones.
@@margochanning6868 it’s only a problem now that they’re threatening your livelihood.. women have advocated for equality and trans progression the most, have to deal with it now
Not even comparable. Sorry
@@SeverancePay500 Not most women by a long shot. I'm dem and no one I know supports this. A very small misguided group is behind this crap
It's really sad to see grown men to have to act like timid little girls. Lea is a man, and she shouldn't be competing against women, period. The NCAA is a body that should not be in charge of deciding who's a man or woman.
You're right, so stop saying "she." Don't bow down to their newspeak.
People with rule-making authority are drowning in their own cowardice these days. It’s like politicians hiding behind the CDC’s mask mandates. The NCAA is afraid of getting sued and publicly branded a transphobic organization. So they “defer” to someone else. That is the only reason they haven’t stepped out and been the leader they’re supposed to be with this.
Your comment was very contradictory. “Lea is a man but she”…???? Let me correct you- “Lea is a man but HE.” Don’t follow their lunacy.
He shouldn’t be competing with women. He. Not she.
And even if you believe she’s not a man she’s undoubtedly male
I'm sorry but this kind of thinking contributes to this madness!! We should not be denying biology. There are two Genders! Period!!
Stop using the word “gender”, for a start. It is buying into their religion to use it. There are only two SEXES.
Two sexes. But yes!
2 sexes....2 sexes.....MALE FEMALE!
SIMPLE!
@@deadshot8077 No, surrendering the word gender is giving in. It's time we stop allowing them to redefine words and start taking them back. Gender, Sex and Biological sex were all used interchangeably until some pedophile came up with the idea that gender and biological sex were different. They are only different in that gender can be used to describe something that doesn't have biology, because it's not a living thing. Like the gender of a word. She, her etc are feminine pronouns, he and his are masculine. Since words don't have sexual organs, you can't really call them biological males, hence the word gender fits better. But when talking about people, gender and biological sex are interchangeable, and therefore can't be opposite.
It was an obvious BS ploy to throw people off when people tried to point out the obvious biological sex of a person. That's where these cultists tried to separate biology and gender, but this of course fell apart, when they tried to claim a male who identified as female could get a period. Suddenly gender now is linked back to biology and we have to pretend a man who gender identifies as a female somehow magically becomes biologically female as well.
@@jnln552 bullshit, there are very few hermaphrodites born, but THAT'S not what we're talking about now, is it?
You fkng idiots made the claim that gender and biological sex aren't linked to try to get this insanity accepted. That's an absurd premise to begin with, BUT as soon as you got people to buy into that lie you immediately wanted people claiming to be a different GENDER to be able to shower with the opposite SEX, compete on sports with the opposite SEX Hell when tried to claim biological males could get pregnant or have periods. SUDDENLY gender and sex are linked again.
I think to be fair to everyone, transgenders should have their own competition while biological men and women keep theirs. The same thing goes with beauty contests.
I just can't get passed the fact the this 'woman' ,Lia, couldn't cut it on the men's swimming team, and a year later suddenly decided he had gender dysphoria and was going to transition to female and join the women's swimming team. He knew for a fact in doing so he would have a huge unfair advantage over these women, (some of whom have been training for years), enabling him to finally break records and earn medals. Something he'd never be able to do if he'd not started this charade and continued competing with other men.
Plus, his 'transition' seems to have involved growing his hair and taking a tiny amount of hormones. Not really much of a transition. Does he actually live as a woman in any way?
You can tell in his voice how nervous he is in speaking out about this... more than likely feared for his career, in case the hate woke mob try to cancel him!! Fair play to him for speaking out!
They need to have THEIR OWN CATEGORY!!!!!!!
This shouldn’t even be a conversation. & for us to have to or society assuming we are in charge of not offending these individuals who are biologically/genetically of the opposite comfortable or not offended is absurd. May fall under LEGITIMATE
WOMENS RIGHTS. This no longer becomes any kind of “ competition “
Totally agreed. That's my suggestion as well.
Problems solved!
I agree with you. Hard to imagine tho, as US trans population is really very small - like 0.6%. And the trans athlete population is even smaller. But liberals are great at inflating issues to garner lots of media attention. Trans agenda (as a wedge issue of transhumanism/AI agenda) is a perfect example.
While our public dialog is walking on eggshells over these “new cultural norms” our diplomatic success in the world is no better.
That was my first thought. He was so nervous to say the wrong thing, you could hear it and see it very plainly
Absolutely
I feel for this coach how difficult to talk about this. Just let trans athletes compete against other trans athletes. Give them there own league. otherwise Women's athletics will be decimated.
Good on the coach for speaking out. Lia has a biologically male body. "Trans" is purely a cosmetic procedure - even 'hormone therapy' doesn't change your DNA, all it does is 'mute' things like hair-growth, skin changes and support chest/breast growth and compensate for surgery. Trans-women don't have 'periods' or menopause and so on and so forth.
I see no evidence of hormone therapy.. Estrogen would give breast tissue and soften the body into a more feminine form.
@@1953childstar I see no evidence either and that would be a personal thing. What I am saying is that even with hormone therapy the difference between SEXES exists. I am sorry you don't understand that and all of what I have claimed stands as the science of the situation.
They should just create a league for the trans and non-binary people. Problem solved.
Tremendous respect for this coach, he is a good man...
It’s crazy how the whole of society has to cow-tow to a tiny minority of the actual population! Just make a new division for trans athletes and let them compete against each other. 🤦🏼
This is so sad that this coach can’t even feels comfortable saying its mot fair!!!!! So sick
What a sad state that people need to go on television explain basic biology while measuring every word in fear of being "canceled"
Every single chromosome in Lias body shouts out the truth! The truth also is alot of university scholarships for these women are based on their sport. I can understand them not willing to give them up in order to have an education. The powers that be are truly letting them down. These women are the victims.
The simple way to put it is "This person retains all the advantages of a male in this sport." Is that being denied directly with science?
Everyone who cares about women/girls and sports needs to speak up! Thank you to the young women who are standing against this insanity. Women around the world stand with you. See Kellie-Jay Keen's UA-cam.
And stop enabling delusional people. He has always been and will always be, a male and now a man.
The level of coercion and intimidation is evident in how the coach is squirming and dancing around the issue carefully. Understandable, he has a job and wants to keep it. But Lia is a M-A-N biologically. Which is all that matters in the pool. Gender roles may be a social construct, but sex and biology are not. Glad to see that women athletes and women's organizations are slowly making some noise about this, it's a totally unfair situation for people with 2 X chromosomes.
It needs to be challenged, how many more transgendered person have to enter before anyone takes it up at the court level.
If all the women swimmers quit their teams, that might force the NCAA’s hand. Everyone is afraid of losing their personal stake in the sport, as if clinging to a job or a dream of winning is worth more than the sport itself.
Yeah I'll really give him credit for what he said at the end about the fact that despite what everyone thinks, as far whether she should compete, or she shouldn't compete, Lia hasn't broken any rules technically. People put their emotions in this stuff and they tend to blame the messenger in a way. I know the world athletic organization or association whatever its called, the body that sanctions the world championships changed the testosterone rules to the point where it was harder for transgenders to compete. I think they cut the standard in half so its different from NCAA and the IOC. Maybe people can look at that, and make the standard enforceable before puberty begins? Or I guess the courts are going to have to answer the question of what is a man and what is a woman some day. Its crazy that this all started like 10 years ago with males complaining about trans males going into the male locker rooms.
I'll help you out a bit. I've actually followed this for the last few years now. You know how the conservative states have been banning this lately? The "transgender side" is the one that is going to challenge at least at the secondary education level. There are cases in several states, Idaho, West Virginia, Florida to name a few and those are a transgender, usually a kid, challenging the enforced bans. I think the one that is the furthest along is the florida case, which is challenging the athletic ban based on title 9 and we know what title ix is right? BUT if you look, the judge has held off their decision, because there is a case that is now in the 11th circuit court of appeals that is a transgender challenging the st johns school district for not allowing them, a trans male, to use the male restroom. I think the "transgender side" (I hate saying it like that lol) has won BASED ON TITLE 7 BUT NOT TITLE 9. Look up the st johns school district case that is in the 11th circuit court of appeals right now. That may be the case that goes to the supreme court, again its a "bathroom case" which is not womens and girls sports, BUT it is a TITLE 9 case, see what I mean? I think technically speaking, and this isnt to sound like a racist or bigot (Im a black dude lol) so dont feel wierd with what I am going to say. I think if you read title 9, it technically allows segregation, not by race or sexual orientation, BUT BY SEX IN ROLES ASSIGNED AS SUCH, this would include competitive sports. But once again, there is nothing in there about being born. That's the question I guess......
@@tyroneharrison60 If you have to take a drug in order to compete in a sport, you are DOPING! WHETHER ENHANCING OR DE-HANCING IT IS STILL DOPING !!!
But then you have a fu#kin Judge going to be on the Supreme Court that can't identify what a women is!
To hell with anyone who has a problem with speaking out against it.
That’s exactly why this country has fallen because people are too afraid to speak up
Sanity! Love the Rice U coach for having integrity.
He has all the backbone of an earthworm. He's trying hard not to say anything that would jeopardize his job.
@@paulbradford6475 I agree, but with the woke culture dominating Universities his lucrative job is in jeopardy. I imagine it is a pretty good job coaching girls swim.
This person was the one who freely chose to identify as a woman. This person was the catalyst who started this oppression of female swimmers. Then, the NCAA stepped in to make it possible for it to happen. They both are equally responsible in my opinion. Respectfully, Proud USA PATRIOT 🇺🇸 ❤️
feel a lot of sympathy watching how nervous this coach is when carefully expressing his opinions, obvious signs of concern over the backlash he may get for speaking out...
It's so unbelievable that this is a real topic of conversation we have to discuss! He is a man who won competing in a sport designated for women only...and won. What an embarrassment for him to step forward and claim an award that rightfully doesn't belong to him! If transgenders want to compete in sports, then they should form a club amongst themselves. Just because you may identify as a penguin doesn't mean you are one!
I recall an event, think it was a triathalon. The guy in the lead took the wrong route and the guy in second place went through ahead of him. Knowing that he had gained an advantage not on the merit of his running, he held back from winning the race and gifted it graciously back to the leader who had taken the wrong direction. Where is Lia´s honour as she ungraciously robs women of their opportunities?
Where is your sense as you call a man "she"?
He has no honor
He's an egoistic prick. He even has got one...
I’m grateful to this man for speaking up for ALL of the girls, now and future, in women’s sports. This is absolutely ridiculous.
What is ridiculous is you guys pointing to a handful of successes within 0.9% of the population, and then pretending that it is an issue
@@Naskinlahtaaja what?
@@Naskinlahtaaja So if I can find some stat that puts me into less than 1% of the population, does that mean rules don't apply to me either?
Your argument is a red herring. You are trying to shut down a real conversation about Lia Thomas's teammates, and their inability to compete in a level playing field, by simply suggesting that it is not prevalent enough to care about. This is the exact same tactic pro gun people use to defend the AR-15: rifles only kill .000001% of the population each year, so it doesn't matter....
@@herewegoagain... well it would obviously depend on the research performed on said group, wouldn't it? Unfortunately you guys will never ever want to talk about the research into these topics for some reason.
@@Naskinlahtaaja This is athletic competition. Wil"lia"m is not a female athlete. "She" is winning every race as a female when he wasn't good enough to win them as a man.
Why are we walking on eggshells around this issue? Why won’t more people in power say that Lia is a man and shouldn’t be able to compete against women? Why is it so hard? I don’t understand why we are enabling people who clearly need psychological help. Why are we affirming men who dress up like women and talking about how they should be allowed to follow their passion and express themselves? Of course they have a right to present themselves to the world in whatever way they want. But the rest of us have a right to freak out about it if we want. It’s not a normal or healthy thing for a man to do. And it’s ok for people to say so.
Here is a congratulations to all women! I love you guys without you we are doomed! Period! You have guts, determination, my respect
🤗👐👏👐👏
This needs stopped in its tracks, not pander to them!!
When I enter in competition, I want to be challenged, to have a worthy opponent. I would not go to a CrossFit competition with children because beating them wouldn’t feel like a triumph.
I am curious how Lia feels knowing she has more powerful shoulders, a larger lung capacity, a more hydrodynamic build and higher endurance than anyone she competes against
Stop calling it lia.
It is people such as yourself that is the problem. Stop calling a man "she"!
He's clearly an egoistic prick. He even has got one ...how is that a woman?
I really don’t think he cares in all honesty. If he cared he wouldn’t have been there in the first place.
Thank you for this coach and thank you Meagan for putting it out there.
Utter disgrace, especially in discussing Title IX! I worked as a USA Swimming Coach and they have some stupid rules which contradict each other. Swim Coaches are not allowed in the athlete locker rooms; yet, biological men with male genitalia claiming to be women can use the women’s locker room and expose themselves to every woman and child! 🤦🏼♀️
On a legal perspective, women fall under a “protective class” because since the dawn before time women were not treated equally as men. Why are we going backwards in bastardizing women’s only sporting competitions?
As a former D1 swimming athlete, I earned an athletic scholarship to attend college, I am aware of the privilege it is to be a college athlete. The privilege is not only in the pool, it’s also in the classroom, and can hold financial benefits as well.
Equal Opportunity for All Women meant biological women when the legislation was passed!
I feel so sorry for every girl who has to swim against her. This is disgraceful on every level.
Just compare men scores with women? They have different muscle mass.
I am center to slight left on most issues but this issue of biological males competing in womens sports is absolutely unfair and absolutely ridiculous. Males who go through puberty get an unremovable advantage over women. I am all about people being treated kindly and welcomed into society but, when did inclusion become replacement?
The reason this is even happening is because everybody was so "CAREFUL" of what they say as to not hurt someone's feelings. If we wouldn't have capitulated to begin with then there would be none of this. But OOOOOHHHH NO, we had to go and have feelings. It's the people that bow down to this shit to begin with that are at fault.
Facts do not care about feelings.
💯% Facts!
Yes… this ‘what about my FEELINGS’ nonsense is getting really ridiculous!
Thank you coach. Athletes ,coaches and all other should stand up to the lunacy and say no. Remember Nathan Hale. " I regret I have one life". I think taking a moral ethical stance and risk a job or taking a school to court is a small sacrifice. I hope swimmers boycott by just standing on the blocks and not diving in at the starting gun. Then turn to your coach saying your I'll and go to the locker room.
Biologically he's still a man he's still got all his bits pieces he's still got his bulk and strength you only have to look at him on the podium he's much broader more mussel and he's head and shoulders above every woman on the podium
I applaud this man for standing up and supporting women. You can see how hard it is for him.
This poor guy is clearly nervous as hell to speak honestly. He did a good job though.
Clearly, if you noticed that he was hedging everything he said, then he didn't do a good job at all.
Okay, Mr. Contrarian. His demeanor was nervous, voice a bit timid. But I agreed with what he said. And I respect that he said it. Is my opinion still valid, or does my explanation still render the speaker sub-optimal in his interview? ;)
@@sarahg2653 You made valid points. Your opinion is also certainly valid. However, he was very hesitant and guarded. Kelley tried to coax him out of his shell, but he fell back to the weak-kneed position of pledging adherence to the governing body's rules for the remainder of the season. I maintain that he's scared of losing his job if he doesn't tow the company line. In other words, he's been bullied by the woke mob.
@@paulbradford6475 Totally agree. He clearly doesn't want to die on this hill, can't blame him.
@Andra Notlim Meghan Kelly you're referring too? Yes. Using the pronoun, "it" might be perceived as impolite. She's just being nice.
Look how fearful he is.
Just imagine he wasn't the head coach at Rice, how would the world continue to spin.
I'm just so thankful that female athletes fought so hard to establish an arena where women could compete so that a man could step in and show us how it's done. 😏
Lia has not transitioned. He is fully intact and attracted to women. He has full access to the women’s locker room and is being allowed to “compete” against women because he couldn’t cut it in men’s sports. This is all CRAZY, it needs to stop. Women are not being protected.
Leah's situation reminds me of "getting into running races" with my 4 yr old. I wonder if Leah feels the ludacris nature of the inequality
In order to feel, or even comprehend inequality, you must first be able to think about someone other than yourself. And while I don't want to presume what is going on in Lia's head, anyone who commandeers a league designed specifically for the weaker sex, just to use it as a way of validating their own sense of self, is likely too much of a narcissist to comprehend how other people feel about, or are affected by the issue.
We know Lia does, because Lia holds back on performance when it's convenient.
They need their own team. The difference is so obvious. Lia being “tight”? I doubt it. She’s enjoying being in the spotlight. What are the guidelines. I don’t think that simple changes to the rules will even be appropriate to address the physical differences. It shouldn’t be.
He said, " more power to her "(him).
" I support her 100%".... well I don't !
This is so socially corrosive , let alone the damage done to the women swimmers whose chances of either making the team or appearing on the podium have been eliminated.
This has to stop ! Did you notice how halting his speech is ? He's so nervous about offending he isn't free to speak.
Lia has a man’s body, man wide shoulders, better muscular structure…it’s just unfair. Make a transgender league.
Good for you, coach. Thanks for having the balls to stand up and speak out on behalf of female athletes.
This is pathetic. The coach has to pick his words to keep his job. I don't. As a male swimmer "Lia" was mediocre. He could not beat the men so he decided to beat up on women. What a low life.
He was good enough to swim three years on the mens team.
The new “rules” didn’t apply per the NSAA, allowing test levels to be a multitude of levels higher than any women competing. This persons test levels are low for a male, but still male levels which means everything male still works, muscles, lung capacity, larger heart, everything that makes a average male into a world record setting female.
Nothing can change a male into a female.
Coach Huston, thank you so much for speaking out!!
Did this really begin with Megyn asking, "What about this is unfair?" 🤣
I am fairly politically liberal myself, however this is one hill I ain’t dying on.
If this is all people dare to do when "speaking up" God help us!
At least it’s a start I guess. 🤷🏼♀️
I don’t know why everyone has to bow to this It is absolutely wrong that men I don’t care what you identify as if you’re a man or a man it is not fair for men to be competing in women’s sports it’s just not in the fact that everyone’s trying to tiptoe around it just shows how pathetic people are
Please more of this. We need this issue to be out there. The trans movement really hurts women in this case women's sports.
This man is really choosing his words …..it’s ridiculous ,he is a man and he will aways be a man no matter what he does , so if he w ants to wear a dress and high heels just let him get on with it…..HE SHOULD NOT SWIM AGAINST WOMEN …..FULL STOP…GET A BACK BONE MAN.
This coach has no balls. He's tap dancing all over the place trying not to get fired. Stand up like a man and speak the truth. Defend the women that are being marginalized.
Like Leah has
He has to be worried. Read what the university paper article following says. No one else is talking about it. Why aren't other coaches speaking up? Please speak up coaches, parents, and athletes. I would refuse to get in the water with him.
And when he gets fired are you going to donate so he can feed his family?
Incase you didn't realize, people get fired or canceled for speaking facts
Yea the only category of people that will be able to be 100% honest and open without being cancelled are comedians
Lia and other transgender people, be what you want, say what you want, do what you want..... WITHOUT crushing non-transgender people. Okay? Can you do that?
No you can not just do what you want. There is no such thing as non transgender people, there are only people. We need to stop using their idiotic terminology. Defeat this idiot-ology at the level of the word.
NO, they cannot do that. It's all about dominance, power and position. Identity politics have always been about dominance, power, position and control over others.
All of this is especially significant in a sport like swimming. In swimming, those physical differences, like larger hands, bigger feet, longer arms, and overall height are HUGE advantages. It's exactly why the top men go so much faster. If you got bigger and stronger paddles to move through the water, someone with smaller paddles(hands) will only pull a fraction of the water, versus the larger paddled swimmer. In other sports, many of these things don't matter as much.
In swimming especially, males have an advantage with lung capacity!
@ Medhue Animations Size and strength matter in every sport. Track and field, soccer, tennis, baseball, rugby, football, most areas of gymnastics, golf, all the martial arts, boxing, wrestling, cycling, etc. Thats why you have males competing against males and females against females. Maybe if billiards or darts were considered sports women could compete fairly with men.
@@shocksemler8145 Women can compete fairly with men. They just won't win anything, or very few. In all those sports you listed, few of them compare to the advantages that men have in swimming. That was my only point, that swimming is an extreme comparison between men and women.
@@medhue Take out the word “fairly”. Women can compete with men. That
statement is correct. Men easily have an advantage over females in all sports that require strength, stamina or endurance due to differences in anatomy. You could say one exception might be if Serena Williams competed against a male high school tennis player. I’m sure she would win as she’s a top level pro athlete playing against a high school kid. That’s a weird example but it’s true.
This is another reason why at around age 13 sports are either all male or all female; otherwise it would not be fair to the females.
You are correct stating that girls can play on a guys team where it’s allowed but there’s really no reason to.
UPENN staff members are cowards for encouraging MISTER Thomas to shame those women that way.