The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over transgender-identifying males competing against females in women’s sports. 

The federal Department of Education was able to get the university to agree to restore female athletes to all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or other recognitions that were taken by those males who had competed in the female categories. 

Furthermore, the university agreed to issue a public statement to its community explaining that it henceforth will not allow males into Penn Athletics’ female private facilities or allow males to compete in its female athletic programs.

“Let me be clear, putting men in women’s intimate spaces is not safe, nor is it reasonable. Putting men up against women in physical competition against women is not fair. America knows it’s not fair. This is a 90-10 issue,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said.

The university has also agreed to adopt biology-based definitions of male and female according to Title IX that will be outlined in the statement, and to rescind statements and guidances that do not align with Title IX. The........

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