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.
But Cooper is not of course a trans powerlifter, he’s a trans woman, i.e. a man. How is it a violation of human rights to bar a man from women’s competitions? How is it not a violation of women’s rights to force them to compete against men?
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 victory, but we also remain vigilant and ready to take action to ensure that all Minnesotans, including transgender Minnesotans, can participate in sports, schools, employment, and health care without facing discrimination because of who they are.”
But male transgender Minnesotans could compete against their own (stronger/faster) sex instead of insisting on competing against the other, not as strong or fast sex. They don’t have to compete against women; they want to, whether because they will win or because it’s fun to be shitty to women or both.
The dispute started when Cooper, a transgender woman, was barred from entering two women’s powerlifting competitions back in 2018.
A transgender woman is a man, therefore he should not be entering women’s competitions. End of story.
She sued, arguing that it was discrimination under Minnesota law. USA Powerlifting claimed its approach was based on what it described as “strength advantages” related to sex assigned at birth, rather than Cooper being transgender.
Yes, strength advantages, not “related to” but rooted in sex at birth (and until death). Those advantages are real. They’re not something that belongs in scare quotes.
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