Another selfish male tries to rationalize her cheating to steal sports from females. For Minnesota powerlifter JayCee Cooper, a trans woman who has been one of the prominent faces in an ongoing debate over inclusion and participation in sports, a four-year fight yielded a victory in court Monday.

A Ramsey County, Minn., District Court judge ruled that USA Powerlifting violated portions of the Minnesota Human Rights Act through continued efforts to keep Cooper and other transgender competitors out of their events. The initial actions of the governing body in 2019 led Cooper, alongside attorneys from Minnesota-based LGBTQ rights organization Gender Justice, to file a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. A lawsuit against USAPL was filed in January 2021.

“Trans athletes across the country deserve the same rights and protections as everyone else, and we deserve equitable opportunities to compete in the sports we love,” Cooper said. “I jumped through every hoop, cleared every hurdle to be able to compete with USA Powerlifting, but was met with a retroactive ban on trans athletes.”