Capital City Pride Speaker Series: Lia Thomas

Lia Thomas (she/her) is a transgender woman, an athlete, and an advocate. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022 where she competed as an openly transgender swimmer and became the first trans athlete to win an NCAA D1 Championship. She received significant media attention for her competition on the women’s team and has spoken about her experiences and of the importance of inclusion in athletics.

In addition to her NCAA awards, her story has become a flashpoint in US politics. In June, Thomas lost a court case fighting for the inclusion of trans athletes in the highest levels of swimming, and in July, Penn revoked Thomas’s awards and titles achieved during her collegiate swimming career. This is your chance to get behind the headlines, peel back the layers of political spin, and hear Lia’s powerful personal story.

For this conversation, Capital City Pride will welcome Max Mowitz, Executive Director of One Iowa, as our guest co-facilitator. Tickets for this event (only $5) are limited to the first 200 guests.

You may also like the following events from Capital City Pride:

• Next Wednesday, 10th September, 06:00 pm, Capital City Pride Book Club: Alice Isn't Dead Yet in Des Moines
• Next Saturday, 13th September, 10:30 am, Rainbow Scavenger Hunt in Des Moines
• Next month, 11th October, 12:00 pm, Coming Out Day Community Picnic in Des Moines

Also check out other Sports events in Des Moines, Contests in Des Moines.