{"id":9307,"date":"2023-08-16T05:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9307"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:14:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T10:14:12","slug":"will-the-canadian-powerlifting-union-give-into-pressure-to-change-their-transgender-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/will-the-canadian-powerlifting-union-give-into-pressure-to-change-their-transgender-policy","title":{"rendered":"Will The CPU Give Into Pressure To Change Their Transgender Policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/anne-andres.jpg\" alt=\"Anne Andres\" class=\"wp-image-9308\" style=\"width:300px\" width=\"300\" title=\"Will The Canadian Powerlifting Union Give Into Pressure To Change Their Transgender Policy?\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Canadian Powerlifting Union criticized&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Criticism started after transgender Anne Andres won gold at the Western Canadian Powerlifting championship&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top female athletes from other sports protest against transgender participation in women\u2019s sports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anne Andres<\/strong> entered the recently held Western Canadian Powerlifting &amp; Bench Press Championship full of confidence that \u2018<em>she<\/em>\u2019 would win the Females Master Unequipped category.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andres who is a man participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/live\">women\u2019s powerlifting<\/a><\/strong> as a transgender would go on to boast about &#8216;<em>her<\/em>&#8216; performance on Instagram as &#8216;<strong><em>she<\/em>&#8216; created a new national record in Canada<\/strong>. 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cv6hejNOD7Y\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Anne Andres (@rawrlifts)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"canadian-powerlifting-union-criticized\"><strong>Canadian Powerlifting Union Criticized&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many female powerlifters have either dropped out of competitions where transgender athletes like Anne Andres are competing or compete and feel completely demoralized as they feel they are being discriminated for competing alongside a man who is identifying as a woman on the basis of being trance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianpowerliftingunion.com\">Canadian Powerlifting Union<\/a> (CPU) allowed men who believe they are transgenders to compete in women\u2019s powerlifting events. The CPU policy does not require transgender athletes to produce any evidence of hormone replacement surgery or surgery. The CPU policy makes it clear that <strong>transgenders have the freedom to participate in whichever gender they choose to identify<\/strong> without having to feel the pressure to subject themselves to hormone therapy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CPU\u2019s policy is very similar to the policy guidelines outlined by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, which is an organization that receives the majority of its funding from the Canadian federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-draws-flak\"><strong>Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Draws Flak<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/april.hutchinson\/\">April Hutchinson<\/a>, a Canadian powerlifter has bashed Andres and the CPU for taking advantage of women powerlifters and making it unfair for women powerlifters to compete against transgenders who have an unfair advantage over Canadian women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;A lot of women yesterday dropped out of the competition because they knew that Anne [Andres] would be lifting.&quot;<br><br>Powerlifter April Hutchinson says the federation is &#39;doing nothing&#39; amid concerns over a trans woman competing in the female category.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lea_Christina4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lea_Christina4<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Roolockwood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RooLockwood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/otFLjpMllM\">pic.twitter.com\/otFLjpMllM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/1691174097760227328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Male powerlifter <strong>Avi Silverberg<\/strong>, a long-time coach of Team Canada showcased earlier this year how unfair it was to allow transgenders to participate in women\u2019s sports as he identified as a woman just for a short time to demolish a women\u2019s bench press record and prove a point!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hutchinson received support from other top female athletes including tennis great <strong>Martina Navratilova<\/strong> and <strong>Riley Gaines<\/strong> who is a top swimmer in the United States. Both of them have campaigned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/recent-study-reveals-disconnect-between-female-rugby-players-and-leaders-over-trans-women\">against allowing transgenders to participate in any women\u2019s sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaines went after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and said it was clear that the PM has a radical disdain for women by not doing anything to stop transgenders from competing against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> &#39;s radical disdain for women (and reality) in effect\ud83e\udd21<br><br>New national and unofficial world record for trans identifying male, Anne Andres <a 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