‘He created a very uncomfortable environment in the locker room’: Decorated swimmer Kylee Alons recounts how she was forced to change in a closet to avoid undressing in front of a trans athlete

Kylee Alons, a champion college swimmer, recalls being forced to undress in a closet in order to avoid trans athlete Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA Championships.

The University of North Carolina swimming star revealed this during a one-on-one conversation with Congressman Greg Steube.

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In a video released by the DailyMail, she also describes how other female swimmers hid from Lia Thomas. She explained:

Lia Thomas was ranked over 500th among male American collegiate swimmers before competing against women as a trans woman.

The decision to allow Thomas to compete in the women’s category of the NCAA championship in 2022 sparked ‘public outrage’. However, Lia went on to win the tournament, making her the first transgender to do so.