The University of Pennsylvania's decision to ban transgender female athletes from competing in women's sports to resolve a civil rights complaint by the Department of Education is being slammed by LGBTQ activists and legal experts as unconstitutional.

The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer Lia Thomas as part of an agreement with the federal government, the U.S. Department of Education said.

The University of Pennsylvania will ban transgender athletes and restore all individual swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. The Department of Education announced the agreement with UPenn on Tuesday,