Powerlifter April Hutchinson has been making the rounds lately discussing her two year suspension in Nov., 2023, by The Canadian Powerlifting Union which oversees the sport throughout this country. Her offense was to have insisted that transgender Anne Andres, who dominated the Western Canadian Championships that year, was actually a Man. Andres, apparently, in the various events included in the competition, lifted approximately 200 Ks more than the second place finisher. On a March appearance with Megyn Kelly, Hutchinson insisted biological Males have a significant advantage over Females in such a sport and that Andres’ validation by the powerlifting union was “completely unfair.” Never one to be shy about defending the truth, Kelly screamed into the camera: Anne, you’re a man. That this is biologically indisputable led her to wonder how anyone in a supposed liberal Democracy such as Canada could be punished for saying it. That others such as Jordan Peterson have been similarly demonized, she insisted, would suggest Free Speech is no longer respected up here. While she failed to point it out, I would suggest the same pandering to “woke” irrationality is evident throughout the States as well. But that’s not my concern at the moment.
Hutchinson informed Kelly that after an appeal, she had managed to get her sentence reduced, allowing her to compete again in Nov. of this year. At the same time she said she had received little support whatsoever from anyone in a position of authority, this in spite of the fact that Andres has been spewing hatred towards her on a fairly regular basis. Kelly lifted quotes from his various rants in which he referred to Hutchinson as “that fucking terrible human being from Ontario” and “that self-righteous bitch.” Andes has in fact said she fully deserves to die a painful death!
So a massive Trans individual whose appearance clearly suggests he is Male can now deprive Women of their rightful rewards in athletic competitions while spewing manic hatred towards a critic whose views are demonstrably rational, while inciting little negative reaction whatsoever from Canada’s mainstream media or the powers that be. Such is the insanity of the “woke” culture bequeathed us by those on the political Left whose numbers, mercifully, predictably, seem to be in decline.