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I'm going to suck you up and I spit you out and I'll play with your babies to the screaming shout. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need. Jessica here.

I'm joined today by J.C. Cooper, a trans powerlifter who lives in Minnesota. She is the co-director of Pull for Pride and an ambassador for athlete ally. J.C. was banned from the sport by USA powerlifting,

and so they have filed a lawsuit against the organization and its Minnesota affiliate. We will get into all of that and more. But first, if this is a topic that's of interest

to you, please go back into the Burned All Down archives and check out my discussion with Christina

Ginter in episode 89. Ginter is a trans woman, also in Minnesota, who won a discrimination suit

against a women's tackle football team

and league. In episode 95, I spoke to ESPN's Katie Barnes about the argument against including

trans athletes in sports, the sexism underlying this argument, and the harm these arguments do,

especially to trans kids. And finally, on powerlifting, check out Brenda's chat with Dr. Melissa

Forbis on episode 99. They talked about powerlifting, strength, and feminism. And now,

on to my interview with J.C. Cooper. J.C., will you please introduce yourself to our listeners?

Hi. Well, first of all, thanks for having me. I'm J.C. Cooper. My pronouns are she, her, and they, them. And I'm a competitive powerlifter. I'm also the co-director of an organization called Pull for Pride. We put on terrible powerlifting events that support local LGBT organizations and also do advocacy work.

I'm also a former curler, a DJ.

A DJ.

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