Aug 18, 2023 07:14 AM
Powerlifter reacts to biological male taking women’s national record: ‘Completely unfair’
https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/canadian-p...al-record/
EXCERPTS: A competitive female powerlifter responded to a record-breaking win from a transgender athlete who lifted 200 kilograms more than the second-place winner, calling it “completely unfair.”
April Hutchinson discussed Anne Andres, a 40-year-old trans woman setting all-time records at the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship Sunday.
Hutchinson has been a powerlifter with the Canadian Powerlifting Union for about four years. She said on Talk TV that has been fighting her federation to ban trans women in powerlifting, stating that many other female lifters do not agree with it and have been complaining.
“My boyfriend could basically walk in tomorrow, identify as a female, compete, and then the next day, go back to being a man again. No proof, no ID required, just basically going on how you feel that day or whatever gender you want to it,” she said.
[...] The powerlifter has previously been accused of mocking women... (MORE - missing details)
(UK) 37% of us play more board games since covid, data suggests
https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/pos...ats-survey
INTRO: It’s no secret that our favorite tabletop treats – board games, Warhammer 40k, DnD, Magic: The Gathering, and so on – all enjoyed a huge sales boost during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now a customer survey by UK-based nerdy collectibles maker Merchoid suggests that trend has stuck, with 37% of respondents saying they spent either “a little more” or “a lot more” of their free time tabletop gaming since the end of lockdowns.
The recently published survey, which gathered data from 1,479 Merchoid customers in June 2023, found that 25.5% of them spent “a little more” free time on tabletop games post-covid, while 11% were spending “a lot more”. Only 8.7% said they played “a lot less” of the time, and 6.9% said they were spending “a little less” free time tabletop gaming.
This tallies with leading tabletop games companies’ own reports of ongoing healthy sales, which Merchoid includes to back up its point – including 54% revenue growth at Games Workshop, and 46% at Wizards of the Coast between 2020 and 2022.
Many firms that benefited from sudden sales booms during the lockdown year of 2020 – including tabletop game makers – were wary of things crashing back down when society re-opened.
But data like these suggest that many folks who started spending way more time tabletop gaming during lockdown, far from snapping back afterwards, are still spending significant time (and presumably money) on it in 2023... (MORE - details)
RELATED: UK indie board games are booming thanks to Covid – but can they keep up momentum?
https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/canadian-p...al-record/
EXCERPTS: A competitive female powerlifter responded to a record-breaking win from a transgender athlete who lifted 200 kilograms more than the second-place winner, calling it “completely unfair.”
April Hutchinson discussed Anne Andres, a 40-year-old trans woman setting all-time records at the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship Sunday.
Hutchinson has been a powerlifter with the Canadian Powerlifting Union for about four years. She said on Talk TV that has been fighting her federation to ban trans women in powerlifting, stating that many other female lifters do not agree with it and have been complaining.
“My boyfriend could basically walk in tomorrow, identify as a female, compete, and then the next day, go back to being a man again. No proof, no ID required, just basically going on how you feel that day or whatever gender you want to it,” she said.
[...] The powerlifter has previously been accused of mocking women... (MORE - missing details)
(UK) 37% of us play more board games since covid, data suggests
https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/pos...ats-survey
INTRO: It’s no secret that our favorite tabletop treats – board games, Warhammer 40k, DnD, Magic: The Gathering, and so on – all enjoyed a huge sales boost during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now a customer survey by UK-based nerdy collectibles maker Merchoid suggests that trend has stuck, with 37% of respondents saying they spent either “a little more” or “a lot more” of their free time tabletop gaming since the end of lockdowns.
The recently published survey, which gathered data from 1,479 Merchoid customers in June 2023, found that 25.5% of them spent “a little more” free time on tabletop games post-covid, while 11% were spending “a lot more”. Only 8.7% said they played “a lot less” of the time, and 6.9% said they were spending “a little less” free time tabletop gaming.
This tallies with leading tabletop games companies’ own reports of ongoing healthy sales, which Merchoid includes to back up its point – including 54% revenue growth at Games Workshop, and 46% at Wizards of the Coast between 2020 and 2022.
Many firms that benefited from sudden sales booms during the lockdown year of 2020 – including tabletop game makers – were wary of things crashing back down when society re-opened.
But data like these suggest that many folks who started spending way more time tabletop gaming during lockdown, far from snapping back afterwards, are still spending significant time (and presumably money) on it in 2023... (MORE - details)
RELATED: UK indie board games are booming thanks to Covid – but can they keep up momentum?