Female powerlifter suspended for standing up for women’s sports  

A female powerlifter is facing a two-year suspension from the sport after speaking out about the unfairness of biological males competing in women’s sports. 

“Breaking: I now face a 2-year ban by the CPU (Canadian Powerlifting Union) for speaking publicly about the unfairness of biological males being allowed to taunt female competitors and loot their winnings,” April Hutchinson posted on X. “Apparently, I have failed in my gender-role duties as ‘supporting actress’ in the horror show that is my #sport right now.”  

A complaint against Hutchinson was submitted Aug. 23, a few days after she publicly spoke out about biological male Anne Andres winning the gold medal at the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s women’s regional championship.  

Andres beat out the second-place finisher by 470 Ibs, and is now the women’s record holder in both the bench and deadlift, according to the New York Post.  

In April, Andres mocked women powerlifters in a social media post.  

“Why is women’s bench so bad?”  Andres said according to the Daily Mail. “I mean not compared to me, we all know that I’m a tranny freak, so that doesn’t count.” 

The CPU’s Discipline Committee finished its review of the complaint against Hutchinson on Oct. 23, recommending suspension: “Based on the information provided, the Discipline Panel is recommending that AH have her membership to the CPU suspended for 2 years.”  

“Two weeks ago, I received a letter from my federation stating that you cannot call Anne a biological male; that goes against the code of ethics,” Hutchinson said in an interview with broadcast personality Piers Morgan.  The organization’s policy, she added, asks – but doesn’t mandate – that competitors use preferred pronouns for each other. 

The federation changed its transgender policy in August following a backlash. The new policy requires testosterone testing for transgender athletes competing in the women’s division.  

However, Andres’ records still stand, and if testosterone levels remain below 2.4 nanomoles per liter Andres can still compete.  

“Those records will never, ever be broken by a biological female,” Hutchinson told Fox News. “That deadlift, for example … that is something that top athletes who have been training for 10 years and more have not yet achieved.”