Transgender Athlete Sues CrossFit After Being Blocked From Competition
A transgender athlete who was barred from prohibiting in a major CrossFit competition is suing the fitness company. Chloie Johnson is seeking 2.5 million in damages, CNN reports. The CrossFit Games are billed as deciding who is "The Fittest on Earth." Johnson argues that she is legally recognized by California as a woman. She had sexual reassignment surgery in 2006 and continues to be on female hormone therapy, according to her lawsuit. CrossFit argues that since Johnson was born as a male, she would have an unfair advantage over her competition. "The fundamental, ineluctable fact is that a male competitor who has a sex reassignment procedure still has a genetic makeup that confers a physical and physiological advantage over women," a CrossFit lawyer said in a letter obtained by CNN. Johnson's lawyer disagrees "Jonnson doesn't have an advantage over other women. She's been on estrogen for such a long time.", CNN