Court rules men may compete as women in powerlifting: Guess which state got this weird ball rolling

American Thinker ^ | 03/07/2023 | Anthony Gonzalez

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A Minnesota state court ruled that USA Powerlifting must permit men to compete as women in its industry.

USA Powerlifting loses court battle against transgender athlete, ruled guilty of discrimination. The sport must now allow men to compete against women. https://t.co/7O6s8FlpPX — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 5, 2023

In 2019, powerlifter JayCee Cooper, a man who identifies as a woman, filed a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, stating that USA Powerlifting violated the state's Human Rights Act by prohibiting him and other athletes from competing in the female division.

Cooper then filed a lawsuit against the organization in 2021.

"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.

"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," Cooper said. "But I think that this win — [it] is a representation of where we can move forward."

The ruling mandates that USA Powerlifting "cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices." The organization has two weeks to revise its policy.

USA Powerlifting president Larry Maile criticized the decision, noting that males have a particular advantage over females in powerlifting.

"Our position has been aimed at balancing the needs of cis- and transgender women [sic], whose capacities differ significantly in purely strength sports," he said.

"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," Maile added.

[imabadboy99]

I think this is great. Women are more prone to voting Dem. Maybe this will wake them up to the mental illness of liberalism. A lot of women don’t care that men are harmed by leftist politics, but now let’s see how they like it when they are harmed by woke communist politics.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Because women don’t have enough competition from other actual women in sports, for jobs and for the relative handful of alpha males that they all prefer. /sarc

[goodnesswins]

Yep...quite the conundrum for lefty women...waiting for the pendulum to...break

[rktman]

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[joma89]

And this is why allowing women to vote was approval to have them vote to destroy our society. Time to repeal that amendment.

[lurk]

If you’re waiting for liberals to catch a clue and turn back toward common sense, you may be disappointed.

[The Great RJ]

If there is one sport where biological males have a serious advantage it is weight lifting. Since this sport is relatively small compared to say competitive swimming, trans males will quickly dominate in all categories and true women’s power lifting will will cease to exist.

[OHPatriot]

While this may be fun to watch, I doubt Liberal Women have the ability to “wake up” after being “woke up.”

[Boogieman]

“Time to repeal that amendment.”

Except now that we gave them the right to vote, we can’t repeal it. Wasn’t the smartest move to make a change that we would never be able to undo.

[Roadrunner383]

It’s only a single state court. Don’t hold any events in Minnesota. If the organization is headquartered there, move to FL (warmer weather, way less Woke).

[Bishop_Malachi]

While this may be fun to watch, I doubt Liberal Women have the ability to “wake up” after being “woke up.”

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Exactly! Leftist women are definitely not the group that could return the nation to sanity.

[ComputerGuy]

...Court rules...

[circlecity]

The organization should quit competing in Minnesota.

[sit-rep]

I clearly remember once upon a Time women “DEMANDING” girls be allowed in the Boy Scouts... Which paved the way for anyone gender to enter boys clubs...

I have very little sympathy for them now...

[HYPOCRACY]

Wait until they invade the cash cow of golf.

[central_va]

An athelete can’t take steroids or other blood doping drugs BUT THEY CAN (TRY TO) CHANGE THEIR GENDER with HORMONES????

[clockwise]

Maybe they could change the categories to XX and XY.

[cpdiii]

How many women are in the NFL or the NBA?

[tnlibertarian]

And this is why allowing women to vote was approval to have them vote to destroy our society. Time to repeal that amendment.

So, would JayCee be able to vote or not? Eligible to vote, but identifies as not voting? I'm so confused.