Women's Sports Gives Support

For the most part, women in Canadian powerlifting have supported his participation in the sport, he told The Epoch Times in an Instagram message.

At the North American Powerlifting Federation, women wore transgender flag socks to support him, Mr. Andres said.

"I highly recommend ignoring me entirely and focus on the women who I have been allowed to share the platform with," Mr. Andres said. "My opinion is worthless. The women who want me there are the ones who matter."

Ms. Gill, who got second place, agreed.

"My view is that everyone is forgetting that Anne Andres is a human being with emotions, and a desire to be accepted, as we all are," she told The Epoch Times in an Instagram message. "As a fellow human being, I chose to support her, as she chooses to support me and all of our fellow lifters."

Qualifying the statement, Ms. Gill added that she doesn't know "the science behind transgender athletes and if they have biological advantages."

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