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Mar 15 10 tweets 4 min read
🧑‍⚖️67 athletes & supporters in our network filed an amicus brief to #SCOTUS in support of WV’s law protecting women’s sports. This is the 1st case to come before the Supreme Court addressing today’s threat to women’s athletics.

Among the 67 female athletes...
...their family members, coaches, and sports officials who filed a brief are @Martina Navratilova, 59x Grand Slam Champion; Jennifer Sees, former NCAA track athlete, high school track coach, and parent of an NCAA soccer player; @SummerSanders_, Olympic gold medalist...
...Val Whiting @iamcoachval, National Champion, WNBA; and Jill Sterkel @jasterkel, an Olympic swimmer, former world record holder, and former UT head swim coach...
Women & girls deserve safe & fair competition at every age & every level. We will continue to bring their voices to the forefront in the battle for justice for female athletes.
#WomensSportsWednesday #SaveWomensSports

*Full brief⬇️
supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…
Thank you to the women willing to tell their personal & emotional stories.
And thank you to our donors & volunteers
🔹Your support helps to fund women in litigation & allows us to continue advocating for justice in the women's sport category
✨Join us⬇️ iconswomen.com/join-the-netwo…

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Feb 17
🚨🚨🚨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.
Original footage has been taken down by event organizers youtube.com/live/yVZIH0gaA…
🏋🏽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.
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🏋️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
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