Sheraton hotel manager @SheratonYVR asks women to leave women’s sporting event because they were cheering on women athletes and holding signs.
“If you’re refusing to leave we are going to have to take it to the next step…Officers are waiting outside.” pic.twitter.com/hl8lE0MhSE— ICONS Women (@icons_women) February 17, 2023
- The police were called on 19 women in Vancouver by Canadian Powerlifting Union President Shane Martin after they dressed in black to “mourn women’s sports”. The women wore “XY≠XX” stickers and cheered female lifters forced to compete at the Canadian Nationals against trans identifying male, Anne Andres. ICFS founder Linda Blade said, “We were there because there has been a policy capture across Canada allowing people born male to self-identify into women’s sports.” The Canadian Powerlifting Union’s “trans inclusion policy” says athletes can self-identify into the category of their choosing.
- UK coaches and parents are raising alarm after a middle-aged man who identifies as a “transwoman” was allowed to compete in cricket against girls as young as 12. The player, who one coach said “hits the ball harder than any other I have seen in the league,” reportedly has injured people, including an umpire and another player who was unable to play for months after the incident. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rules currently state that “trans women may compete in any female-only competition, league or match and should be accepted in the gender in which they present.” In response to complaints, the ECB says they are currently reviewing their policy on transgender players.
- Janayh Wright, the mother who witnessed a man walking around naked in the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre women’s change room, wearing a wig and a mask, who then allegedly went into a stall close to the one her nine-year-old daughter was changing in, is demanding changes to safety policies.