{"id":58089,"date":"2023-03-04T18:37:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T23:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/usa-powerlifting-must-let-transgender-athletes-compete-in-womens-division-after-losing-discrimination-case-58089"},"modified":"2023-03-04T18:37:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T23:37:49","slug":"usa-powerlifting-must-let-transgender-athletes-compete-in-womens-division-after-losing-discrimination-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/usa-powerlifting-must-let-transgender-athletes-compete-in-womens-division-after-losing-discrimination-case-58089","title":{"rendered":"USA Powerlifting must let transgender athletes compete in women\u2019s division after losing discrimination case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, won a discrimination case against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Powerlifting<\/a> this week after the federation banned her from competing in female events.<\/p>\n<p>With Cooper&#8217;s victory comes a mandate the federation &#8220;cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices&#8221; because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/united-nations\/human-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual orientation and gender identity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization must revise its policy related to those issues within two weeks, meaning trans athletes will be able to compete in the women&#8217;s category after previously being banned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cooper filed a complaint in 2019 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Department of Human Rights<\/a>, alleging the organization violated the state&#8217;s Human Rights Act by banning her and other trans athletes from competing in female competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/in-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against USA Powerlifitng in state court in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was fed up with the way that I was being treated; I was fed up with the way that my community was being treated, and enough was enough,&#8221; Cooper told KARE-TV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel mostly relief. I think we needed a win here, and it feels good to get that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The harm is in making a person pretend to be something different, the implicit message being that who they are is less than,&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genderjustice.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/62-cv-21-211.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> the ruling said<\/a>. &#8220;That is the very essence of separation and segregation, and it is what the MHRA prohibits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>USA Powerlifting will consider an appeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/federal-court-rejects-challenge-female-athletes-connecticut-transgender-sports-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FEDERAL COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE FROM FEMALE ATHLETES TO CONNECTICUT TRANSGENDER SPORTS POLICY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our position has been aimed at balancing the needs of cis- and transgender women whose capacities differ significantly in purely strength sports,&#8221; USA Powerlifting President Larry Maile said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court cited &#8220;increased risk of depression and suicide, lack of access to coaching and practice facilities, or other performance suppression common to transgender persons,&#8221; as competitive disadvantages for transgender competitors.<\/p>\n<p>According to Open Powerlifting, Cooper last competed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 AMP Classic Open Nationals in Texas<\/a>, where she finished in third place out of three competitors in her division.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cooper twice competed against a lone competitor \u2014 Rebecca Richnofsky \u2014 in the women&#8217;s raw 198+ open category in 2019, winning both times. In the 2019 USPA National Championships, she finished in fourth out of four competitors in that category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/usa-powerlifting-must-allow-transgenders-compete-womens-categories-losing-discrimination-case\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/usa-powerlifting-must-allow-transgenders-compete-womens-categories-losing-discrimination-case <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, won a discrimination case against USA Powerlifting this week after the federation banned her from competing in female events. 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