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.

UPenn will need to "restore to female athletes all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or similar recognitions which were misappropriated by male athletes allowed to compete in female categories.

Female athletes and advocacy groups are sharing their thoughts after the University of Pennsylvania announced that it was prohibiting trans-identified males from competing in women’s sports and revoking medals won by a high-profile trans-identified male athlete when competing in women’s sports competitions.