Claim: U.S. Olympic athletes are threatening to quit en masse if swimmer Lia Thomas, who is a transgender woman, is allowed to try out for women's teams. It claimed that U.S. women's athletes threatened to quit if Thomas was allowed to try out for the games for a sport she does not play (volleyball). Thousands of comments on the website's Facebook page appeared to sincerely praise the athletes for "taking a stand." Comments from The Dunning-Kruger Times' Facebook Page on Lia Thomas story. "I'm a woman, just like anybody else on the team," Thomas told Sports Illustrated in 2022.

Source: New York Times July 27, 2023 17:45 UTC