Independent Council on Women’s Sports and USA Powerlifting Appeals Ruling in Transgender Case

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) and USA Powerlifting (USAPL) held a joint press conference earlier this summer to protest a recent district court’s ruling that USAPL must cease operations in Minnesota unless it permits male athletes to compete against women in powerlifting competitions. During the press conference, the USAPL announced it had filed an appeal to the Minnesota district court ruling in Cooper v. USA Powerlifting (https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/COAsp