The Trump government has suspended the federal financing of the University of Pennsylvania about the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program around 175 million US dollars in US dollars, the White House said on Wednesday.
The Ivy League School was confronted before an examination of the educational department, which focuses on its swimming program. This investigation was announced last month immediately after signing an order from the US President, Donald Trump, to ban transgender athletes in competition with girls and women’s sports.
However, the suspended federal money comes from a separate review of the discretionary financing for universities, said the White House. The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Health and Human Services came.
A Penn spokesman said the school received no notification or details of the campaign.
“However, it is important to note that Penn always followed the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the Ivy League guidelines regarding the participation of students in sports teams,” said spokesman Ron Ozio.
“We have been in the past and today remain in full with the regulations that apply not only for Penn, but also to all of our peer institutions of the NCAA and Ivy League.”
The investigation at Penn, which was opened by the office for civil rights of the educational department, focuses on Lia Thomas, who was swimming in the school team of the school and the first open transgender athlete, who won a title of Division I in 2022.
The agency also opened reviews of the Volleyball of San Jose State University and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Transgender people in the USA say they are concerned about what will come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in which he said that his government only recognizes two genders who are assigned at birth.
