Opinion
By Kelley Ann Yates, July 4, 2025
Wonderful news yet again this week, and what perfect timing for Independence Day to boldly declare no more sexism in women’s sports! No more misogynistic, cowardly men in women’s sports! And no more taxpayers paying to kill babies! Hallelujah!
Fake trans swimming “champion” William Thomas AKA Lia Thomas will be stripped of University of Pennsylvania swimming titles after the Ivy League school bowed to pressure from the Trump administration. The University of Pennsylvania’s decision to strip William Thomas of his titles against female swimmers and ensure sex-based sport in the future is the latest win for women and children.
Best of all, the woke broke University will Issue formal apologies to every female competitor who lost to a male competitor following an investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Let’s make Common sense great again! Also known as biological science, the X’s and Y’s, this basic clear science has been trusted for thousands of years. As for the woke letters of the made-up alphabet mafia, they can bid adios and keep their pretend pronouns and weird fetishes hidden in their boudoir!
Democrats destroyed women and children’s rights!
The Shameful sexist conduct of the last administration hurt a lot of people, including female athletes who witnessed sexism firsthand. Both the Obama & Biden administrations hijacked their intent by conflating “sex” with “gender identity.”
The Trump administration is restoring Title IX to it’s original meaning!
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act was passed on June 23, 1972, marking the 53rd anniversary of Title IX. The point of Title IX was to protect women, not erase women. Thank you, President Donald J. Trump! You are knocking it out of the park and doing everything you said you would do to fight for common sense, restoring law and order, and dignity. Penn’s reversal shows that common sense can still win – but only after it’s been dragged, kicking and screaming, through the mud of demonic Trans ideology. Penn ruined girls’ chances of winning gold at their competitions and jumped on the William Thomas bandwagon, even ridiculing other girls for complaining about him. Now William has been proven a sexist cheat like all the other so-called trans athletes. The real question now is whether other institutions will learn from this idiocy and stop sacrificing women on the altar of progressive, made-up woke nonsense!
The probe found UPenn violated Title IX by allowing a male to compete in female athletic programs and occupy female-only intimate facilities. Now, the ethical solution would be to award the prizes stolen by sexist bigoted men to all the women who came in second place, many of whom have PTSD from the sheer shock and terrible ordeal of having to deal with often perverted men getting aroused, sharing women’s private spaces.
Trans ideology is rooted in feminism
Ironically, what we have been told from the toxic feminist movement is that “love is love Don’t hate!” While systematically accusing us of bigotry. Make no mistake feminists are the biggest frauds on the planet. There is no doubt that the modern feminist cult hates women because now they are the catalyst and creator of the war on women and children.
Trans rights, which the modern-day feminists ironically support, is the ultimate oxymoron scam overriding all the hard work of the last century. Trans rights violate Title IX’s sex-based rights and the protection of women and children. In 1972, Title IX was created to protect women’s sports. Trans rights are undeniably a step back for all women’s rights.
A person does not suddenly decide they are a woman one day. Young women who work hard for sports scholarships and women who tirelessly train, only to be moved to the side by an impostor! An impostor with more muscle mass and testosterone to compete with the opposite sex is the ultimate degrading and despicable act that should never have happened.
Why should a civil polite society have to cater to the whims of those who will not accept reality?
We know if we put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig. Hence, why should we accept them for who they claim they are, when they cannot accept themselves for who God created them to be.
The Trump effect in action
The University of Pennsylvania has caved to the Trump Administration, signing an agreement with the Dept. of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that will keep men out of women’s sports, and revoke William Thomas’s illegitimate records and titles, as well as send a letter of apology to every female swimmer who was unjustly shoved aside by cowardly misogynistic cheaters. William Thomas was the first man identifying as a woman swimmer to win an NCAA Division I title, setting multiple school records and tying for first place with Riley Gaines in the 200-yard freestyle event at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Since then, Gaines has actively spoken against biological men competing in women’s sports. The fact that there needs to be rules keeping men out of women’s sports in 2025 seemed inconceivable and utterly ridiculous. I’m so delighted for all the female athletes, especially the brave and tenacious women like Miss Gaines, who took a bold stand!
Let this be a lesson that the toxic progressive DEI woke policies are not acceptable. Because there is a new sheriff in town. The sheriff of humanity and common good. Thanks to the outstanding leadership and no-nonsense, common-sense attitude of President Trump, America is once again moving towards a more civil and polite society. UPenn has agreed to both apologize for Title IX violations and ensure, going forward, that women’s sports are protected at the University for future generations. The Trump Administration has undeniably put a stop to the foolishness that was allowed under the previous administration.
The big problem is that when you validate and affirm men in women’s sports, you are validating a psychological disorder that has always been known as delusional. Penn’s reversal shows that common sense can still win – but why on earth did we have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, through the mud of demonic trans ideology cult to be heard?
The real question now is whether other institutions will learn from this and stop sacrificing women on the altar of the progressive, perverted, demonic Trans agenda.
I’m curious if William Thomas still identifies as a woman now that he knows his pretend game is up and is no longer allowed to compete against women. The science behind it all should have been put to a stop, even before we had to fight as women for our God given right.
I wish and would give anything for society to experience the simplicity of a world we once knew. As Margaret Mitchell once said, is now Gone With the Wind. Nevertheless, now the wind has indeed blown in the right direction because we have another jolly good reason to celebrate. The Big Beautiful Bill has been being passed! Perhaps none greater than denying Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
The most fragile and innocent of all cannot speak or defend themselves, it is up to us to protect and point out evil. Thank God for President Donald J. Trump, who is a voice for the defenseless, and we the people who voted for values such as the dignity of life. The greatest message for me personally occurred the eve of Independence Day at a Trump Rally in Des Moines Iowa. President Trump praised the veterans and stated, “Our rights do not come from bureaucrats, our rights come from our Creator in heaven.” President Donald J. Trump.
Mrs. Kelley Ann Yates, aka Lady Etiquette, is the author of The Art of a Feminine Lady and founder and director of Lady Etiquette LLC, Swan Swimwear, and Classy Conservatives. Kelley has been featured on First Coast Living, Newsmax, conservative radio shows, and various conservative podcasts, including The Washington Times.
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