Canadian Powerlifting transgender policy

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The Canadian powerlifting Union have been told to stop self-ID and monitor the testerone levels of transgender women competitors or face suspension.

Well done April Hutchinson for speaking up so bravely against this unfairness.

The top 20 men's competitors lift over 2,000lbs. If Andres competed against them, Andres wouldn't even rank in the top 6,000

Just another cheating man.
If he thinks women are so crap at sport perhaps he should challenge himself by competing against other men.

It's a win, but nothing makes for fair competition in powerlifting. Putting a ceiling on testosterone doesn't do much to reduce male advantage.

April has now been banned by the Canadian Powerlifting Union for 2 years for speaking out about males competing as women in her sport. Feel free to vent!! https://x.com/lea_christina4/status/1721758084803019058?s=46&t=WBUCdrv9BwgG-lsI3-uNuQ

Instagram @ rawrlifts to see the male in question

I wonder if the international organisation (IPF?) would be able to intervene on her behalf? It really is shameful, though sadly not shocking in current climate.

Shameful. Banned for telling the truth

How can anyone really look at this and think it’s acceptable? It’s so far beyond my understanding it’s hard to believe how it’s been allowed to come to this madness

There's an article in Spiked about this, it must have been written before April was banned

https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/11/10/women-are-being-forced-out-of-their-own-sports/

The reporter uses all the correct pronouns. Andre seems to be an utter arse.

@IcakethereforeIam thank you for that link. Very interesting comment. The whole thing is outrageous. We have gone through the looking glass. With every statement and action they show they know exactly who are the women and who are the men.

It's disgraceful. I did find this bit rather odd, though, to say the least.

Hutchinson told DailyMail.com that she and Andres used to be friends, but claims she had no idea that she had been born a biological man - eventually transitioning after the age of 20.
One day the pair argued over New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard - the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games - when Hutchinson found out Andres was also transgender.
'I had no idea he was a man. I refused to compete against him,' she said.

Quite.

A woman banned from sport for refusing to stroke a male person's ego and suffer his cheating nicely like a good girl.

So they recognised that she was correct and still banned her for saying it? Disgraceful.

April H has now been erased from the Museum London's Resilient London exhibition (Ontario).

London powerlifter April Hutchinson (@Lea_Christina4) has been left “disappointed,” “embarrassed,” and “angry” after @museumLondon officials removed a display celebrating her story of overcoming addiction from the #ResilientLondon exhibition

Hutchinson, an outspoken advocate for women’s sport, was inspired to take up the cause after the Canadian Powerlifting Union allowed trans powerlifter Anne Andres to compete against women. The union’s president resigned this month after fallout from the controversy.

Hutchison's #ResilientLondon display celebrated her overcoming addiction and rise to the national team, and was marked by a #TeamCanada photo, her AA coin, and her one-year work pin. The display mentioned nothing about her women’s sports advocacy.

museumlondon.ca/exhibitions/resilient-london-meet-your-neighbours

On Nov. 10, Hutchinson was informed by @museumLondon that organizers removed her display because, as Hutchinson said museum officials told her, “she doesn’t coincide with their gender ideology and what their values are.”

“It’s unfortunate. I'm disappointed. At the same time, I’m still embarrassed and angry,” Hutchinson said. “The exhibit was about sharing strength and resilience. I shared my personal story, which had nothing to do with transgenders in women’s sport. I am just so heartbroken.”

Hutchinson, who also helped curators connect with other contributors in the exhibit, says the museum was aware of her women’s sports advocacy in advance of her selection, but she was told by organizers that It was not the museum’s job to “police” her activism.

Despite participation in the exhibition's opening gala on Oct. 26, Hutchinson has been removed from the physical exhibit and erased from the website.

O’Connor did not provide further requested context, including a reason behind the removal. The museum made no public announcement of the removal and took a week to reply to #GamedayLondonON questions about it.

“I pro-woman, pro-fairness in sport. My advocacy is not anti-trans. I am hurt by this because I have friends in the LGBTQ community who stand with me on what I am fighting for.”

Be sure to read Hutchinson’s inspirational story of overcoming addiction for yourself. It was one of the more open and honest conversations I have had with an elite athlete for #GamedayLondonOn.

https://twitter.com/Jason_Winders/status/1727684325531914440

I’d guess that in a gender busting field, a woman seeming surprisingly masculine is accepted more readily. And when you are in a women’s locker room or field, you are predisposed to see women.