Trans weightlifter mocks female competitors as 'vile evil bigots' — taunts women about 'p**sing next to them'

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A male who believes he is a woman lashed out at female weightlifters and organizers in Canada, mocking female competitors as "hateful" "bigots" ahead of the event.

The Canadian Strongman Nationals, October 22-23, 2023, will feature the "Strongest Woman in Canada" competition, the "Strongman National Championships," and more.

At least one male participant, transgender Audrey Yun, will be reportedly competing in a new category, according to Icons.

"Yun attacks competitors, reps and founders after Strongman Corp Canada changed eligibility guidelines for women’s category in record speed after [Maria Barwig],[April Hutchinson] and other female competitors spoke out against injustice in women’s strength competitions," the women's organization wrote on X.

"Yun is set to compete in a new third category established in the sport although recent vitriolic social media posts could have him banned for violating bullying and harassment policy," the post added.

Male Strongman competitor, Audrey Yun taunts female competitors about \u201cpissing next to them\u201d at the upcoming Strongman Corp Canadian Nationals Oct 21 in Winnipeg. \n\nYun attacks competitors, reps and founders after Strongman Corp Canada changed eligibility guidelines for women\u2019s\u2026
— ICONS (@ICONS) 1696789170

Icons pointed to social media posts by Yun that showed a high level of vitriol toward competitors and staff.

"Man I am so disgusted to go to nationals and be around vile evil bigots. Yea the competitors, the reps, founders, etc too many of them. Just downright hateful and evil. Absolute bullies the lot of them," Yun said on Instagram.

"I wonder if they'll have a problem with me pissing next to them at the venue," he continued. "(Yes they will they've already said so out loud)," the post added.

The Strongman Corporation notes on its website that it has a commitment to "inclusion" for "all gender athletes."

"The pursuit of sport is one of the purest and healthiest endeavors that humans have enjoyed since the dawn of time. As the premier Strongman sporting organization, Strongman Corporation is committed to the inclusion, pursuit, and excellence of fair sport for all gender athletes," the organization wrote, before detailing its transgender policy.

"Those who transition from female to male are eligible to compete in the male category without restriction. Those who transition from male to female are eligible to compete in the female category under the following conditions."

The conditions include identifying as a female for at least four years, testosterone limits, and documentation of up-to-date medical testing.

A male powerlifter who beat female competitors in August 2023 caused a stir in the weightlifting community, resulting in the International Powerlifting Federation changing its policy, seemingly in response to the outrage.

Anne Andres, 40, won the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship by lifting a combined score of 1,317 pounds (597.5 kilograms), blowing second-place finisher SuJan Gil out the water after she lifted 854 pounds (387.5 kilograms), according to RT.

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Transgender athlete wins two girls' state track and field championships, gets recruited to play women's college volleyball



An alleged transgender-identifying athlete from Nevada helped his high school girls' relay team win two state championships in track and field and has also been recruited to play women's sports at the collegiate level.

First reported by the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, a reportedly transgender-identifying male named Diamond Solorzano competed in, and helped the girls' team from North Valleys High School win, the state championship in the 4x200 meter and 4x400 meter relay races in May 2023.

"Almost half the @northvalleys girls Track & Field total 58 team pts can be attributed the male runner - jumping the team up 9 rankings over last year to finish 5th in the state," the post read.

\u201cTrans-identifying male, Diamond Solorzano has been recruited to play women's volleyball at @lassen_college this fall. https://t.co/BtMRTJvGAi\u201d
— ICONS (@ICONS) 1685577712

The May 19-20, 2023, competitions took place under the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, which records show had Solorzano participate in four events which included the 100, 200, and 400 meter relay races, as well as the individual 200 meter race.

Solorzano helped his team with the 4x200 meter relay with a time of 1:47.85. North Valleys HS dominated the event, winning by 2.93 seconds, while the difference between the second and eighth-place finishers totaled 3.11 seconds. There was less than a one-second margin between the second-place team and the fifth-place team.

In the 4x400 meter race, North Valleys HS also took home a gold medal in a less dominating fashion, winning by 2.49 seconds.

Solorzano's athletic prowess has helped the trans-identifying male secure a spot at the collegiate level. The athlete recently committed to playing volleyball at Lassen College.

"I didn't know I'd be able to," Solorzano told Nevada Sportsnet. "I'm really honored to play at the next level." The outlet also reported that this was the first time that North Valleys HS had four athletes sign commitments on National Signing Day.

"The male athlete made Nevada's 3A All-North Honorable Mention on the girls volleyball team earlier this year," according to a post by ICONS.

The NIAA declined to comment on the matter and deferred to a 2016 statement indicating that "a student shall be permitted to participate on a gender specific sports team that is consistent with the public gender identity of that student for all other purposes."

Each school is to make a determination of the student's gender based on "current school records," as well as the student's "daily life activities in the school and community at the time that sports eligibility is determined."

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\u201cThe male athlete made Nevada's 3A All-North Honorable Mention on the girls volleyball team earlier this year.\u201d
— ICONS (@ICONS) 1685577712
'You ruin women's sports': Trans skier wins girls' high school state championship, father of competitor speaks out — 'It's not fair'

'You ruin women's sports': Trans skier wins girls' high school state championship, father of competitor speaks out — 'It's not fair'

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A transgender girl who is a male teen won a recent California-Nevada high school state championship in skiing, prompting backlash from a parent of one the girls he competed against.

The high school sophomore, who goes by June Watterson and she/her pronouns, took first place in the High School State Champions women's slalom race at the California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski & Snowboard Federation state finals for ski athletes, according to the Daily Mail.

A father of one of the competing girls spoke to the British outlet on the condition of anonymity, out of fear of relentless backlash. "Hormones and drugs are just introducing drugs into sport. It's not fair on the girls. I'm all about being inclusive and accepting people, but they have men racing in women's sports,' the father said.

"It's pretty clear to me or anyone with a brain that if you are going through or have gone through male puberty then you should only race against people who have gone through or are going through male puberty," the parent added.

Watterson won the women's race on March 6, 2023, beating the second place finisher by 17 seconds. The event took place at Northstar California near Lake Tahoe, with about 200 athletes representing approximately 50 schools in the competition.

Watterson has previously spoken about Watterson's sex change on social media, remarking on how Watterson was on estrogen while still competing with men previously.

"There were a lot of factors this season that made it not the season I was hoping for, including being 6 months on estrogen in the men's field, but I'm still happy with how I did the whole season," the post read.

"I'm looking forward to next year and hopefully competing in women's varsity! The work isn't done though, and I still have the whole summer season and cyclocross until then! See you out there," the teenager explained.


\u201c\u26f7 Trans-identifying male, June Watterson wins CA girl's ski race - competitor's dad hits out \n\nDavis Blue Devil Principle @BGeigle @CIFState's @MartyTeambitter & @GavinNewsom continue to discriminate against female athletes in CA\nhttps://t.co/bFYJLtavMF\u201d
— ICONS (@ICONS) 1685151252

The father of Watterson's competitor said that he asked his daughter how she felt, and she responded that "she was supportive, and her team had 'come to terms' with it."

"These kids, they are kids [and] live in the world adults have created. I don't blame the winning athlete. This is a failure at the administrative level and higher," the parent continued. "I'll point out the obvious: You ruin women's sports by allowing males to compete in women's sports."

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports pointed out that this was the second male to win a women's skiing competition in March 2023, stating that "trans-identifying male skier, Wren Pyle won a 2nd consecutive women’s national title in the U23 Sprint Skimo event last weekend in Utah at [the USA Skimo] National Championships."

"Pyle also won in the U23 vertical event & in the individual rec women’s category," ICONS stated.

\u201c\u26f7\ufe0fTrans-identifying male skier, Wren Pyle won a 2nd consecutive women\u2019s national title \ud83e\udd47 in the U23 Sprint Skimo event last weekend in Utah at @PowKeg #USASkimo National Championships. \n\nPyle also won \ud83e\udd48 in the U23 vertical event & \ud83e\udd47 in the individual rec women\u2019s category. \ud83e\uddf5\u201d
— ICONS (@ICONS) 1679288429

ICONS also pointed out that Pyle "hopes to make the women's Olympic team in Ski Mountaineering's Olympic debut in Milano Cortina 2026."

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Lia Thomas calls his female critics 'fake feminists' in conversation comparing treatment of men in women's sports with historic mistreatment of black people

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Lia Thomas suggested on a recent podcast that women whose support for so-called "trans women" is conditional are "fake feminists" and cast his critics as bigots. He further stressed that real feminists should be interested in breaking down "patriarchal ideals of what a woman is," especially if those ideals link womanhood to biology.

Schuyler Bailar, the transvestite athlete who hosted the podcast on which Thomas appeared, raised the matter of a February 2022 letter written by Olympic champion Nancy Hogshead-Makar to the University of Pennsylvania and the Ivy League on behalf of 16 members of the school's female swim team.

The letter asked that the school not challenge the NCAA's new transgender athlete participation policies, as they would exclude men who experienced puberty, such as Lia Thomas, from competing against women in the March NCAA championships, reported CNN.

"We fully support Lia Thomas in her decision to affirm her gender identity and to transition from a man to a woman. Lia has every right to live her life authentically," said the letter.

It went on to say, "However, we also recognize that when it comes to sports competition, that the biology of sex is a separate issue from someone’s gender identity. Biologically, Lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women’s category, as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from #462 as a male to #1 as a female."

Thomas spoke on "Dear Schuyler" to the letter, saying it is "frustrating in the regard that they're like, 'oh we respect Lia as a woman, as a trans woman, whatever, we respect her identity, we just don't think it's fair.' And I think you can't really have that sort of half support where you're like 'oh, I respect you as a woman here but not here.'"

"You can't do that, you can't sort of break down me as a person into little pieces," added the former male athlete.

Bailar noted that the fight to protect women's sports has become a big movement, executed "under the guise of feminism. Oh, we're just feminists. We're just fighting for women."

Thomas agreed, later saying, "They're using the guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs. I think a lot of people in that camp sort of carry an implicit bias against trans people, but don’t want to, I guess, fully manifest or speak that out. And so they try to just play it off as this sort of half-support."

After arguing that feminists who sought to keep men out of women's sports were ideologically incoherent, Bailar likened the corresponding claim of seeking fairness on the basis of sex to the ambivalence of racists about black women competing in sports.

"Please tell me why are all these women, you know, in tears? Why are they crying? What is the pain that trans women are causing them? And the answer was something about opportunities being taken away," said Bailar, adding, "It was the same exact arguments that came up when black women began to be in sports. ... You don't want a woman who doesn't look like you, perhaps, or who is fitting your version of womanhood to win."

Thomas, having ostensibly agreed with Bailar's remarks, suggested that "transphobia in sports" should be contextualized more broadly in "patriarchal ideals of what a woman is and who can be a woman."

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports responded to the podcast, tweeting, "We agree with Lia Thomas on one thing: 'You can't really have that sort of half-support.' We do not in ANY way support the injustice of male participation in women's sports. We are all in for female athletes. Not half. ALL in."

\u201cWe agree with Lia Thomas on one thing:\n\u201cYou can\u2019t really have that sort of half-support\u201d\n\nWe do not in ANY way support the injustice of male participation in women\u2019s sports. We are all in for female athletes. Not half. ALL in.\u201d
— ICONS Women (@ICONS Women) 1682486917

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.) wrote, "There is nothing anti-feminist about saying that Lia Thomas, a man, should not be participating in sports with women. Feminists, and all women, should be outraged that a MAN has the nerve to tell them how they should feel about him invading their spaces and sports competitions."

"What a joke," wrote Piers Morgan. "There's nothing more 'anti-feminist' than trans athletes like Lia Thomas using the massive advantages of their male biology to beat women at sport."

TheBlaze previously reported Thomas was a middling performer on the University of Pennsylvania men's swimming team until he starting taking hormones in 2019 and competing against women.

He went onto crush records set by females in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA championships and tie with All-American all-female swim star Riley Gaines for fifth last April in the women's 200-meter. According to Gaines, it was around that time Thomas exposed his male genitalia in a women's locker room.

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Transgender 'woman' wins women's pro golf tournament: 'It was so special'

Transgender 'woman' wins women's pro golf tournament: 'It was so special'

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The Women's Professional Golf Association Tour Australasia crowned its latest tournament winner recently: 42-year-old Breanna Gill, who has been identified as a "Trans-identifying male golfer" by multiple women's advocacy outlets.

The Independent Council On Women's Sports and feminist publication Reduxx both report that Gill has been winning women's tournaments since 2018 and playing in women's tournaments since 2015.

The WPGA celebrated Gill's latest victory on the first weekend of April 2023, with a favorable review titled "Gill Basks in the Glory of Australian Women's Classic Win," with no mention of Gill's alleged transgender status.

“I always thought in my head if I ever got the opportunity to actually win a golf tournament and the girls happen to come running out on the green, I was going to stand there and take it. I wasn’t going to run away,” Gill told the outlet.

“If you get yourself in that position, you just take it. It was so special," the golfer added.

Additionally, the WPGA even published an article the same day about the "Cruel Beauty of Defeat" regarding the second- and third-place women in the tournament.

"The beauty of opportunity is that it means something different to each of those who seek to grasp it," the article reads, while profiling Gill further.

"42-year-old Breanna Gill works full-time and has let go of her dream of playing overseas," the WPGA explains, adding that "for Gill, her victory over Vasquez at the first playoff hole represented the realisation of a dream she thought would remain just that."

\u201c\ud83c\udfcc\ufe0fTrans-identifying male golfer, Breanna Gill just won the Australian Women's Classic.\n\nThis is one of several of Gill's professional wins in the women's category. The golfer has been playing in the ladies category since 2015...\u201d
— ICONS Women (@ICONS Women) 1680549047

Gill barely beat 224th-ranked Danni Vasquez, tying her on the final hole to force a playoff. Without Gill in the tournament, Vasquez, who has earned about $4,500 in all-time earnings, would have won the event. Gill, however, has earned $69,000 all-time, most of it recently, ranking fourth on the tour in the current standings with just under $35,000 before the recent victory.

Gill also beat out third-place finisher Stephanie Bunque and Momoka Kobori, the winner of the previous tournament. Both are also easily outranked by Gill in all-time earnings.

As previously mentioned, this is not Gill's first victory on the women's circuit. According to New Zealand Professional Women's Golf, Gill won the Qantas Golf Challenge and the New Caledonia Women’s Pro-Am in 2018.

The golfer also spoke in a Facebook video about winning the 2019 NZPWG Pro-Am.

“It feels good being the NZPWG Pro-Am champion .… I always thought I would get the job done here as the course really suits me visually off the tee," Gill said at the time.

\u201c\ud83c\udfcc\ufe0fGill has previously won women's tournaments like the New Zealand Pro Women's Golf @nzpwg Pro Am back in 2019... https://t.co/BFKFCnGl7n\u201d
— ICONS Women (@ICONS Women) 1680549047

The WPGA has turned its social media profiles to private since receiving backlash, including an image purportedly showing women showering Gill with champagne.

NCAA athlete and activist Riley Gaines remarked on the event, asking, "Who's surprised a male is being recognized as the 'winner' in the women's category?"

Commentator and host Megyn Kelly referred to Gill as a "biological man, a fact not even mentioned in much of the major press coverage celebrating 'her' win over the actual women in this tournament."

\u201cWho's surprised a male is being recognized as the "winner" in the women's category....you're right @WPGATour, real nerves of steel!\u201d
— Riley Gaines (@Riley Gaines) 1680532332

Gill's full celebration can be seen in the video below posted to the New South Wales, Australia, golf channel, for which comments have been turned off.

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Male powerlifting coach crushes female bench record previously set by male transsexual — just to prove a point

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Ann Andres is a biological male who claims to be a woman. He has placed first in multiple women's weightlifting competitions in Canada and holds the record for women's bench in the province of Alberta. He has gone so far in recent months as to ridicule the real women who compete against him.

Team Canada's male powerlifting coach Avi Silverberg has evidently had enough of noncompetitive men migrating to women's sports and gender self-identification policies in powerlifting. Over the weekend, he temporarily identified as a transgender and demolished Andres' record.

What's the background?

Andres is technically Alberta's powerlift record holder for bench and deadlifts in the women's category.

According to Open Powerlifting, Andres' personal bests are 440.9 pounds for squat; 275.5 pounds for bench; and 545.6 pounds for deadlift.

The transsexual athlete has won eight out of the nine female competitions he has entered since 2019.

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports, an advocacy group seeking to protect women's sports from male infiltrators, indicated that outrage mounted after Andres added insult to injury, having denigrated his competitors and claiming women's bench is "so bad."

Andres said in a video posted to Instagram, "Why is women’s bench so bad? I mean, not compared to me, we all know that I’m a tranny freak so that doesn’t count. And no, we’re not talking about Mackenzie Lee, she’s got little T-rex arms and she’s like 400 pounds of chest muscle apparently."

"Standard bench in powerlifting competition for women, I literally don’t know why it’s so bad," Andres reiterated. "My son, he weighs 45 pounds. His max bench is like 33, I’m legit seeing some women in competition who are doing something like 50 pounds, and I just don’t understand it."

\u201c\ud83c\udfcb\ufe0fTrans identifying male, Anne Andres is Alberta Canada's women's powerlifting record holder in bench\n\ud83d\udea8competes next month in women's category at the 2023 CPU National Championships\n\n\ud83d\udea9Recognizes no understanding of upper body strength differences btw males & females\n\ud83e\uddf5\u201d
— ICONS Women (@ICONS Women) 1672814490

Beaten at his own game

Avi Silverberg serves as head coach for Team Canada Powerlifting, beginning in 2012. He has since coached over 4,500 attempts in international competitions.

On March 25, Silverberg decided to temporarily identify as a woman — not to remedy possible dysphoria but as a means of protest. The newly minted transgender then attended the Heroes Classic Powerlifting Meet in Lethbridge, Alberta.

The meet reportedly adhered to the Canadian Powerlifting Union's gender self-identification policy, announced earlier this year.

The policy states, "Individuals participating in development and recreational sport ... should be able to participate in the gender with which they identify and not be subject to requirements for disclosure of personal information beyond those required of cisgender athletes. Nor should there be any requirement for hormonal therapy or surgery."

"Hormone therapy should not be required for an individual to participate in high-performance sport," added the document. "Individuals should not be required to disclose their trans identity or history to the sport organization in order to participate in high-performance sport."

Silverberg exploited this gender policy as Andres had, then tested the transsexual athlete's record with him watching.

Not only did the male coach beat Andres' record, he cleared it by nearly 100 pounds. Andres had previously lifted 275 pounds. Silverberg casually pressed 370 pounds.

The Independent Council on Women’s Sports noted on Twitter that "Avi Silverberg just broke the Alberta WOMEN's bench press record in the 84+ kg category at the 'Heroes Classic.'"

ICONS told the feminist publication Reduxx, "What Avi so obviously points out is that policies allowing men access to women’s sports completely remove any integrity in women’s competitions."

"It doesn’t matter how Avi expresses himself or perceives himself. He clearly does not belong in women’s sport, and neither does any other male regardless of their motivation for wanting to participate," added the women's advocacy group.

\u201cA male powerlifting coach self-identified as a woman and broke a women's benchpress record in protest of gender self-identification in sport.\n\nAvi Silverberg performed the defiant act while the current record holder, a transgender male, watched.\n\nREAD: https://t.co/MXiyiGMgWQ\u201d
— REDUXX (@REDUXX) 1680023763

Canadian weightlifter and YouTuber Greg Doucette lauded Silverberg's weighty protest, stating, "How long before the powers that be suddenly wake up and smell the coffee and understand that if you're born a female, you're not going to be as powerful, as strong, as tall, as big ... as if you were born a male."

"To me, the answer is simple: We add a separate category, a new category, the trans category," said Doucette.

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