JayCee Cooper, Transgender Powerlifter, Settles Discrimination Case with USA Powerlifting
The agreement ends a more than six-year legal fight after the Minnesota Supreme Court said the group’s exclusion of transgender women was discriminatory.
- On Tuesday, USA Powerlifting announced a settlement with JayCee Cooper, ending a legal battle that stretched more than six years following a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that the organization violated state law.
- Cooper sued USAPL in 2021 after being denied entry to two women's powerlifting competitions in 2018, challenging the organization's exclusion policies under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
- USAPL maintained its policy aimed to ensure fair competition based on 'strength advantages,' with former USAPL President Larry Maile citing a 64% strength advantage, while the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the exclusion constituted discrimination.
- The settlement includes a financial remedy and an acknowledgment that USAPL's policies broke the law, which Gender Justice Legal Director Jess Braverman called a victory for anti-discrimination protections.
- USAPL officials stated their future operations in Minnesota remain unclear as they review options in coming weeks, while this case marks a significant development in the ongoing debate regarding transgender athletes in sports.
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lavendermagazine.comTrans powerlifter settles case with sports organization that banned her
Trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper finalized a settlement in her lawsuit against USA Powerlifting, which banned trans people from participating in competitions since at least 2019. USA Powerlifting justified its ban by claiming that it conforms to “public sentiment.” The settlement follows a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling in Cooper’s favor that found USA Powerlifting violated the state’s Human Rights Act. “We celebrate this victory, but we also rem…
A lift too far: End of the road
We have covered the case of JayCee Cooper v. USA Powerlifting in several posts over the past two years. The case raised the question whether USAPL’s separation of men from women in USAPL’s Minnesota competitions violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act and must yield to Cooper’s self-identification as a woman. The case gestated for nearly a year at the Minnesota Supreme Court only to be delivered as Rosemary’s baby (the link is to the Court’s opi…
Trans Powerlifter Wins Discrimination Settlement Against Ban
JayCee Cooper. (Image: Courtesy of Gender Justice) A settlement has been finalised in trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper’s case against USA Powerlifting after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the organisation violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act by barring her from women’s competitions. The settlement was announced on 28 April by the Legal Director at Gender Justice, which represented Cooper, as per CBS News. They said: “We celebrate this victo…
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