🚨🚨🚨Police called on 19 women @ICFSport in Vancouver by Canadian Powerlifting Union Pres. Shane Martin
Women dressed in black to “mourn women’s sports” with “XY≠XX” stickers cheered female lifters forced to compete at CAN Nationals against trans identifying male, Anne Andres.
🏋🏽Trans identifying male powerlifter, Anne Andres has taken 3rd at the CPU Canadian National Women’s Championships and left a female lifter off the podium.
Sheraton hotel manager @SheratonYVR asks women to leave women’s sporting event because they were cheering on women athletes and holding signs.
“If you’re refusing to leave we are going to have to take it to the next step…Officers are waiting outside.”
🏋️Trans identifying male, Anne Andres is Alberta Canada's women's powerlifting record holder in bench
🚨competes next month in women's category at the 2023 CPU National Championships
🚩Recognizes no understanding of upper body strength differences btw males & females
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🎦Dr. Ross Tucker @Scienceofsport explains scientific data highlighting the profound upper body strength differences between males and females here ⬇️ 🧵
🏋️ Andres has won 8 of 9 competitions entered in the women's category over the course of the last 4 years 🧵 openpowerlifting.org/u/anneandres