From Genevieve Gluck at Reduxx:
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has ruled that trans-identified male powerlifter Joel “Jaycee” Cooper experienced “sex discrimination” when USA Powerlifting barred him from competing in the women’s category. In a precedent-setting decision handed down on Wednesday, Chief Justice Natalie Hudson argued that USA Powerlifting’s policy prohibiting males who claim a transgender status from competing against female athletes constitutes discrimination on the basis of both sex and sexual orientation.
This is Minnesota though, and governor Tim Walz – yes, Kamala Harris’s prospective vice-president – is a big gender fan.
He’s pretty good at powerlifting, this Cooper guy – by women’s standards, anyway.
In 2019, Cooper was recorded as weighing 280 pounds, and by that time he had already won two titles in the women’s category despite having only entered the sport the year before. He has also set a new benchpress record in the female category with a 214.5-pound lift.
He’s also – essential in the business of stealing women’s podium places – a creepily unpleasant misogynist:
Mick Hartley 
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