The University of Pennsylvania's decision to ban transgender female athletes from competing in women's sports to resolve a civil rights complaint by the Department of Education is being slammed by LGBTQ activists and legal experts as unconstitutional.

The University of Pennsylvania has agreed with the Trump administration to disavow and apologize for having allowed transgender women to compete in female-only sports under past National Collegiate Athletic Association rules and to erase any athletic records and titles they earned.

Penn agreed to apologize to members of its women's swim team over Lia Thomas' participation in 2021-22. A Penn gender studies professor, called the deal reached with Trump 'a betrayal.'