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Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club was one of two professional sports teams to sponsor Rainbow Lab’s Violet Visionary Awards on Thursday night.

The award ceremony honored former UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas with a “Voice of Inspiration” award, which is given to “an individual whose story and actions ignite hope and courage within the LGBTQ+ community.”

Thomas, a transgender woman, won a women’s national title in 2022, which became the catalyst in the national debate over transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports.

Thomas gave a speech at the event, which the Los Angeles Dodgers also sponsored. Neither the Dodgers nor LAFC responded to emails from Fox News Digital regarding their thoughts on Thomas receiving the award.

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