USA: Court Ruled USA Powerlifting MUST Allow Biological Males In Women's Division Citing "Increased Risk Of Depression And Suicide Or Other Performance Suppression Common To Trans Persons

If this doesn't stop, pretty soon we'll see biological males takeover 1st place, 2nd place, and 3 place and erase biological females from female sports across the board and in all age groups. Think about it. Why would females want to compete against men if they know they'll never win the trophy? The whole point of competing is to win and beat your last score. I think what the psychos on the Left are trying to do is get rid of the gender binary system. We've always had male and female sports. Well, now the psychopaths have introduced an anomoly into the gender binary system causing a rift on the female side. Biological females are going to stop competing in female sports leaving only males competing in sports in both the male and female category. Just like biological men are being honored with "Woman of the Year" category and biological males are winning beauty pageants. These same psychopaths allowing this have banned the words, "mom and dad", replaced breastfeeding with chestfeeding, replaced breast milk with human milk, and replaced mother with birthing parent. (emphasis mine)

Heaviest Male deadlift : 1104 pounds
Heaviest Female deadlift : 639 pounds

Now there's males competing as females ? you got to be kidding me...

— Wayne Short (@Visions_OW) March 15, 2023

JP Reacts published March 15, 2023: Trans Athletes in Powerlifting?!

ok, my turn. This is Matt, or ¨Janae¨ he was a bodybuilding world champion in the mens division before ¨becoming a woman¨ and is now suing USA powerlifting to compete in the women's division. Do you think he is a woman and that this is fair to the real women, yes or no? pic.twitter.com/Tb3euroAQK

— assassin (@Assassin6687) March 20, 2023

If women took testosterone to bring their levels up to that of males allowed by the IOC to compete against them, they’d be banned.😡USA powerlifting sued for not allowing gender-nonconforming biological males to compete against women | The Post Millennial https://t.co/tke5sPcCES

— Sandra♀️💚 ♡ 💜 (@SandraHan62) January 20, 2021

JayCee Cooper is a powerlifter. She’s also trans. But in late January, USA Powerlifting banned some transmasculine athletes and all transfeminine athletes from competing.@adrs met up with Cooper to find out how she’s fighting the ban on #VICENewsTonight at 7:30PM EDT on @HBO. pic.twitter.com/0el8aqHQSS

— VICE News (@VICENews) May 8, 2019

Risking Suspension, powerlifter April Hutchinson says 'trans rights' don't trump women's rights.

“I love powerlifting. But if sports just open the floodgates and men are competing with women, well, what's the point?"

A must read from @andreajmew:https://t.co/u6gvbC9fBN pic.twitter.com/QyOs9im9Xf

— Independent Women's Forum (@IWF) March 23, 2023

The Post Millennial

USA Powerlifting MUST allow biological males in women's division: court

written by Olivia Rondeau

Sunday March 5, 2023

USA Powerlifting must allow transgender athletes to compete in the women's division, after a trans-identifying male won a discrimination lawsuit this week after the sports federation attempted to bar male lifters from female competitions.

As reported by Fox News, JayCee Cooper, who identifies as a transgender woman, won a discrimination case in which the court demanded USA Powerlifting to "cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices" due to gender identity. To remain within accordance with the law, the powerlifting body must adopt a new policy to allow trans athletes in the women's division within two weeks.

The complaint, filed by Cooper in 2019 with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, accused the athletic organization of violating human rights for its prohibition on male athletes in women's divisions. According to the trans activist, this violated the state's Human Rights Act.

In 2021, Cooper filed a lawsuit in Ramsey County.

In its decision, the court cited "increased risk of depression and suicide, lack of access to coaching and practice facilities, or other performance suppression common to transgender persons," as reasons why transgender athletes may actually have a disadvantage to woman athletes, despite the biological size and strength differences.

"The harm is in making a person pretend to be something different, the implicit message being that who they are is less than," the ruling stated. "That is the very essence of separation and segregation, and it is what the MHRA prohibits."

"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," Cooper told KARE-TV of the lawsuit victory.

"I feel mostly relief. I think we needed a win here, and it feels good to get that," the lifter continued, adding, "After years of experiencing discrimination from USA Powerlifting, and the backlash that has occurred due to that, of course I have complex feelings about the sport. But I think that this win – [it] is a representation of where we can move forward."

According to Cooper's Twitter bio, Cooper is a two-time national champion. The activist has also called for Minnesota to become a trans "refugee" state, to allow minors to undergo irreversible medicalized gender transitions.

In a statement on the court decisions, USA Powerlifting President Lawrence Maile said he has been trying to "balance" the needs of biological women and trans-identifying males, though they are considering an appeal.

"USA Powerlifting has been involved in litigation in Minnesota involving participation of transgender women in competitive powerlifting. Our position has been aimed at balancing the needs of cis- and transgender women, whose capacities differ significantly in purely strength sports. We have received a summary judgment decision from the Court finding us liable for discrimination. We respectfully disagree with the Court’s conclusions. We are considering all of our options, including appeal."