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Any athlete who requires hormones as part of their medical treatment cannot compete in tested USPA meets, the organization's rulebook states.

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Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California’s leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.

We Must Ensure Fair Play for Female Athletes Commentary By Nicole Russell is a contributor to The Daily Signal. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, National Review, Politico, The Washington Times, The American Spectator, and Parents Magazine. As President Joe Biden takes office and begins implementation of controversial measures like the Equality Act, it’s clear one of the most important cultural arenas of 2021 will be ensuring fair play for female athletes at all level...

Trans athlete sues USA Powerlifting over its policy barring her from competing as a woman JayCee Cooper says the organizations ban on transgender competitors "violates...the very spirit of sports." 15SHARES JayCee Cooper – Photo: Instagram. A transgender powerlifter is suing USA Powerlifting, the sport’s biggest U.S.-based organization, for its policy prohibiting her from competing as a woman. The lawsuit, filed earlier this week in Minnesota state court by the Minnesota-based organization ...

15 Jan 2021 A man who is now living as a transgender woman is suing the largest U.S.-based powerlifting organization for not allowing him to compete in the women’s division. The Gender Justice group filed the lawsuit against USA Powerlifting on behalf of JayCee Cooper, citing that he is being discriminated against because of his “gender identity.” “It came as a surprise to me that when I applied to compete at my first competition, I was told that I couldn’t compete specifically becaus...

Transgender athlete JayCee Cooper has filed a lawsuit against USA Powerlifting after the nation’s premier powerlifting federation banned her from competition citing her sex assigned at birth.

Transgender athlete sues USA Powerlifting over competition ban Sakshi Venkatraman © Provided by NBC News Transgender powerlifter JayCee Cooper is suing USA Powerlifting, the sports biggest U.S.-based organization, after it barred her from competition on the basis of her gender identity. "It came as a surprise to me that when I applied to compete at my first competition, I was told that I couldnt compete specifically because Im a trans woman," Cooper said at a news conference T...

© Getty images USA Powerlifting (USAPL) will face a discrimination lawsuit brought by a transgender powerlifter who was banned from competing on the basis of her gender identity.  Minnesota-based advocacy group Gender Justice filed the lawsuit against the U.S.’s largest powerlifting organization on Tuesday on behalf of powerlifter JayCee Cooper, calling her competition ban a “blatantly transphobic policy” and “unacceptable.” “Trans athletes across the country deserve the same rig...