The former Athletics athlete of Swarthmore, Evelyn Parts, sued Swarthmore College, several officials of the Athletics Department and the NCAA on Thursday, claiming that they discriminated against her because she is a transgender woman.
The lawsuit, which was presented in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, affirms that the defendants violated the rights of title IX of the parties, inflicted emotional anguish and participated in a civil conspiracy.
The NCAA prohibited the transgender women of competing in women's sports on February 6, one day after the executive order of President Donald Trump authorized federal agencies to penalize schools that allow transgender girls to compete in sports of girls and women. Previously, NCAA allowed transgender women to compete in women's sports if they met the specific requirements of sport.
“We support the accusations on the complaint,” said Parts's lawyer, Susan Cirilli. “The NCAA is a private organization that issued an intolerant policy. Swarthmore chose to follow that policy and ignore federal and state law.”
The NCAA did not answer a request for comments on the demand or questions about how its current policy is enforced.
Swarthmore issued a statement that “deeply values members of our transgender community.”
“We recognize that this is an especially difficult and painful moment for members of the transgender community, including athletes,” the statement continued. “We work to support EVIE's pieces at a time of orientation in rapid evolution, while we balance the ability of other members of the female athletic team to compete in NCAA events.
“Given the pending litigation, we will not make comments.”
According to the demand, the pieces made the transition as junior in high school. He enrolled in Swarthmore in the fall of 2020 and became a member of the Cross Country and Track teams. But she did not compete until 2023 due to the cancellations of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery of gender statement surgery.
The lawsuit declared that as of 2023, Parts competed for Swarthmore for its last two years of university and was appointed as captain of the female athletics team in the autumn of 2024. After the NCAA modified its policy, Swarthmore gave the parties two options to continue competing in athletics: compete in the competition of men or competed to the university. As a athlete not united, the pieces were not allowed to receive training, trips, financial support or medical support from Swarthmore, according to the demand.
The pieces were reinstated as a member of the female athletics team on April 11, after competing without binding in two meetings, according to the presentation. After his return, he competed in three meetings, including the championships of the Centennial Conference, where he held 13 in the 3,000 -meter obstacle race and the 12th in the 10,000 meters.
Last month, another transgender corridor sued Princeton University, claiming that school illegally took it out of a career due to their gender identity.
