Hey, fam, it's me Amara.

Welcome to the TransLash podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.

Well, as we've talked about so many times on this show, trans athletes have been the target of an

onslaught of political attacks over the past few years. But we also know that for trans people,

that sports can be an empowering and liberating experience that is outside of the political realm.

And that's what we're going to focus on today. And it's why I'm so

excited to talk to you about something that you may not have spent a lot of time thinking about,

and that is trans powerlifting and the athletes who are participating in it. I personally have been

wanting to explore this issue for a really long time, and so I'm thrilled that we're

going to be able to do so. First, I'm joined by competitive power lifter and advocate, J.C. Cooper

to talk about her discrimination lawsuit against USA powerlifting. I didn't want to lose that.

It was, you know, another situation where cis people were trying to take away a piece of

my livelihood and enough was enough.

Then I'll chat with the world's strongest trans man, Scott Percy, about why he wants

to be a role model for others.

I didn't have someone to look up to see myself past 25.

I didn't have anybody that I could envision being in their shoes.

But before we get to these powerful conversations, see what we did there, this is a heads up

that these two conversations were recorded last year.

But as always, we're going to start out with some trans joy.

So let's do it.

So, let caring for it and connecting with our bodies is one of the most important things that we can do for our well-being.

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