USA Powerlifting will be forced to allow transgender people to compete in its female competitions after losing a discrimination case earlier this week.
, alleging the organization violated the state's Human Rights Act by banning her and other trans athletes from competing in female competitions. "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.The stage at the men's middleweight powerlifting event during The World Games 2022 July 9, 2022, at Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall in Birmingham, Ala.
"The harm is in making a person pretend to be something different, the implicit message being that who they are is less than,"USA Powerlifting will consider an appeal."Our position has been aimed at balancing the needs of cis- and transgender women whose capacities differ significantly in purely strength sports," USA Powerlifting President Larry Maile said in a statement.
However, 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 competitive disadvantages for transgender competitors. A stack of weights in the warmup room at the men's middleweight powerlifting event at The World Games 2022 July 9, 2022, at Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall in Birmingham, Ala.
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