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`v26` is for Lia Smith (#2939)

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[Lia Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Lia_Smith) was a 21
years young transgender woman.

She attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, majoring in
computer science and statistics. She was a member of the college's chess
club, bridge club, LGBTQ+ club, and Japanese club. She was a diver on
the Middlebury Panthers women's swimming and diving team.

In February 2025 Middlebury College had removed Lia Smith diving profile
from their website, following President Donald Trump's executive order,
which attempts to ban transgender women and girls from competing in
women's sports.

On October 18, 2025 Lia Smith committed suicide.

The tragedy of Lia Smith highlights that the push for exclusion of
transgender women from public women's spaces and sports is not an issue
of theoretical fairness, but one with devastating consequences for the
dignity, safety, and lives of trans individuals. Smith, who was an
openly transgender student athlete, described the immense difficulty and
feeling of being unwelcome in locker rooms, emphasizing the lack of a
clear, safe space for her. Her plea that transgender people are "not
trying to get into women's spaces to be perverts... we're just being
ourselves" underscores that inclusion is a matter of allowing trans
women to exist and access necessary public facilities with basic
dignity, rather than an invasion of privacy or a threat. Denying access
to these spaces does not eliminate their need for them, but instead
subjects them to alienation and heightened psychological distress.

Furthermore, Lia's experience as a diver, where she was reportedly
targeted by anti-trans websites and ultimately left her team citing
difficulties, demonstrates the severe emotional and social toll of
exclusion in sports. Critics of anti-trans policies explicitly li... (continued)

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