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Penn strikes agreement with Trump administration over trans athletes

But Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools for the National Women’s Law Center, slammed the deal and criticized Penn for agreeing to it. “It’s extremely shameful to see the institution capitulate to these unlawful demands,” she said, ”that force schools into discriminating against trans students.” There are other issues, including the lack of gender equity in high school and college sports, that the Education Department should be working on if it really cares about the issue, Patel said. High school girls, she said, do not have anywhere near the same opportunities to play sports that boys do.