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Powerlifting Changes Rules After Transgender Athlete Wins Women's Event

Fox News reported.Transgender athletes competing in sports have remained a controversial topic in recent months as part of the larger conversation about transgender rights—in particular, transgender women seeking to compete in female sports. The International Chess Federation recently announced a ban on transgender women competing in the female category of the competition.Last month, a cycling race organizer changed its rules to state that individuals who were born female are only allowed to compete in the female category, while transgender women will be allowed to compete in an "open" category.Newsweek reached out to the International Powerlifting Federation via email for comment.Shortly after Andres' victory, April Hutchinson, a professional powerlifter who is biologically female, spoke out against the sport's transgender policy."My boyfriend could basically walk in tomorrow, identify as female, compete, and then the next day, go back to being a man again.
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ban prohibiting transgender girls and women from competing on female-designated sports teams.As a result, the student, Becky Pepper-Jackson, will be allowed to continue competing with her friends as a member of the girls’ cross country and track teams.Lawyers for the now-13-year-old girl say she’s been welcomed by teammates and coaches, and is currently on puberty blockers to prevent her from gaining a competitive physical advantage over other runners. Whether she will be able to continue doing so, or whether she’ll be able to receive hormone therapy as she grows older, will depend on whether she complies with an exception for youth with “severe gender dysphoria” in West Virginia’s ban on gender-affirming treatments for minors.Last Friday, the Richmond-based 4th U.S.
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