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Updates on the Spring Nationals Eligibility Review - Main Thread

Kyle Deery

USMS is monitoring media reports, comments on these forums, and responding to member inquiries on the allegations regarding the eligibility of one of our members. We felt it might be helpful to provide updates in one place and this thread will serve that purpose.

Over the past week, USMS has received several formal eligibility review requests. In keeping with our published policy, the eligibility review panel was convened late last week to gather and assess the facts. Those with standing who have requested an eligibility review have been notified and will receive updates directly from the panel as appropriate. The panel will make a final determination based on the evidence presented. Speculation or commentary outside the review will not be part of the decision.

Many members have contacted us with questions and suggestions about our transgender eligibility policy. After the eligibility review is complete, USMS leadership and relevant committees will take time to reflect on member input and other details that emerge from the process to determine whether updates to the policy are appropriate and in line with USMS’s mission and values.

We ask for your patience as this process continues, and we thank you for being part of a community that values thoughtful and respectful dialogue, integrity, and the shared love of swimming. (5/9/2025)

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  • Why are women always having to fight men for our rights? My grandmother’s generation fought for the ability to vote, my mother’s got the right to work, my generation fought for Title 9. And now this  I just competed in the Chesapeake Bay Swim. There was a non-binary category. I heard no negative comments. Celebrations for the winner of that division. A small start that may encourage others. Simple solution for a complicated issue. Be proud of whatever you are. 

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    I'd be OK with an open division that was voluntary and open to anyone and everyone that wanted to be in it, as opposed to forcing specific individuals into that division and "othering" them. As a cisgender woman, I'd enter that division to show solidarity and support for gender diverse individuals.

    I agree with you that the fight for women's rights STILL continues (sigh), but I want to add that transgender individuals aren't the enemy. I'm tired of certain cisgender men pretending to care about women's rights by complaining about transgender women in sports, which literally does not affect these men at all, and then mansplaining to any women who disagree with them or otherwise object to them. Like you said, we've fought for our rights for many generations now, and against cisgender men at that, so we don't need them to turn around and use our rights as a pretext to justify their transphobia.

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  • in reply to 0AD30

    I'd be OK with an open division that was voluntary and open to anyone and everyone that wanted to be in it, as opposed to forcing specific individuals into that division and "othering" them. As a cisgender woman, I'd enter that division to show solidarity and support for gender diverse individuals.

    I agree with you that the fight for women's rights STILL continues (sigh), but I want to add that transgender individuals aren't the enemy. I'm tired of certain cisgender men pretending to care about women's rights by complaining about transgender women in sports, which literally does not affect these men at all, and then mansplaining to any women who disagree with them or otherwise object to them. Like you said, we've fought for our rights for many generations now, and against cisgender men at that, so we don't need them to turn around and use our rights as a pretext to justify their transphobia.

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