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Anna Berdnik via Shutterstock The USA Powerlifting's ban on transgender athletes from competing as their identifying gender will be discussed in a sit-down meeting between the organization and members of the LGBTQ community, the latest chapter in a yearlong controversy. The ban was...

SourceCode Communications Boxer Patricio Manuel has been fighting for most his life, but not just against fellow pugilists. Before he began the transition from female to male in 2013, he spent many years fighting against himself. “I always saw myself as being a boy who would grow up as a man,”...

ESPN documents his journey in the new short, "Mack Wrestles" Mack Beggs is a two-time Texas state high school wrestling champion — but, he said, that distinction comes with an asterisk. Beggs won both championships in the female division, despite the fact he identifies as a male. That’s because...

Transgender and gender fluid powerlifter Janae Marie Kroc, born Matthew Raymond, recently announced on Instagram that she will return to competitive bodybuilding and pursue her IFBB pro card—in the men’s category. You can see her announcement below: Janae had a very successful...

Dan Mullan / Staff The issue of transgender inclusion in sports is once again a topic of discussion after a transgender woman won two gold medals at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand won the women’s 87kg (191-pound) category with a 268kg (590-pound) total...

Manuel Velasquez Recently, the issue of transgender inclusion in sports has made its way into the world of powerlifting, with both sides arguing over whether or not trans athletes should compete as the gender of their birth or the gender they identify as now. Everyone from athletes involved in...

Eric Nelson Advocacy group Gender Justice has lodged a formal discrimination complaint against USA Powerlifting with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, Outsports reports. The complaint is in protest of the USAPL’s January decision to ban transgender woman JayCee Cooper from competing in...

Joseph McNally / Getty USA Powerlifting announced last week that transgender women will not be allowed to compete as women, because a male transitioning to female poses a naturally high level of androgens, such as testosterone, which provide advantages, including “increased body and muscle...