How Trump Made Penn Quake in Its Boots Highlight

But to many of the faculty I spoke to, Penn’s capitulation to Trumpism became official on July 1 of last year, when, following closed-door negotiations, it was announced that the university would fully comply with Department of Education demands to ban transgender women athletes from women’s sports, which included stripping trans swimmer Lia Thomas of her swimming awards and records from the 2021–2022 season.