MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court was expected to rule Wednesday on whether a transgender athlete should be allowed to compete in the women’s
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a Minnesota transgender athlete by prohibiting transgender women from participating in weightlifting events. The court, however, asked a lower
The Minnesota Supreme Court has sent the case of transgender weightlifter JayCee Cooper back to a lower court. Cooper wants to compete in the women’s division at powerlifting events. The court ruled that USA Powerlifting’s policy barring her is “facially discriminatory” under the Minnesota Human Rig…
The opinion determined that USA Powerlifting violated the public accommodations statute of Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, but left open the question of whether USA Powerlifting had a legitimate business reason to not allow JayCee Cooper to compete as a female.
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