by Zoe Stratos | opinions editor March 24, 2022 Lia Thomas placed last in the 100-yard freestyle swim during the NCAA championships on Saturday. Last place in a collegiate competition typically wouldn’t reach newspaper headlines, but the University of Pennsylvania swimmer is a trans woman, and has been at the center of controversy regarding the eligibility to compete in women’s events. The controversy over Thomas’s … Continue reading Celebrating Lia Thomas’s “first”