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    Trans swimmer Lia Thomas hits back at teammates who ‘half support’ her and women who ‘use the guise of feminism to push transphobic beliefs’ in fiery podcast calling out their implicit bias
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    Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas hit back at women who don’t want her to compete in women’s sports, claiming they were too scared to ‘fully manifest’ their ‘implicit bias’ and play it off as half-support, Your Content has learned.

    Lia Thomas called her critics and former teammates fake feminists for only ‘half supporting’ her while pushing transphobic beliefs.

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    ‘I think a lot of people in that camp sort of carry an implicit bias against trans people,’ she told fellow transgender athlete Schuyler Bailar.

    Thomas said a ‘true feminist’ would be working for everyone to ‘come together to sort of break down these patriarchal ideals of what a woman is,‘according to FOX.

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