USA Powerlifting president weighing appeal after transgender athlete wins discrimination case

Larry Maile, President of USA Powerlifting, is considering an appeal following a ruling from a state Court that it was discriminatory against him transgender JayCee Cooper is a female athlete who competes in the women’s competition. competitions .

Last month, the Federal Court ordered that all federations be closed. “cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices” Cooper (a biological male who self-identifies as a female) filed suit in 2021 alleging that Minnesota’s Human Rights Act had been violated after Cooper was banned from competing. competing The women’s lifting division. USAPL must now allow biomen to lift in the women’s division.

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“Our position has been aimed at balancing the needs of cis- and transgender women, whose capacities differ significantly in purely strength sports,” Maile stated this in a statement after the February 27th order of Judge Patrick C. Diamond. “We are considering all of our options, including appeal.”

Cooper’s dispute stems from a Minnesota Department of Human Rights 2019 complaint.

The following is an extract from the 46-page ruling Diamond wrote: “The harm is in making a person pretend to be something different, the implicit message being that who they are is less than. That is the very essence of separation and segregation, and it is what the MHRA prohibits.”

Cooper declared that the suit had been inspired by the decision. “I was fed up with the way I was being treated,” This is an additional feature “enough was enough,” According to a KARE interview.

The jury for damages is set to meet on May 1, according to the schedule. “the damages, if any, Cooper incurred as a result of USAPL’s public accommodation discrimination because of sexual orientation, USAPL’s business discrimination because of sex, and USAPL’s business discrimination because of sexual orientatio