Powerlifter removed from Museum London exhibit after comments on trans athletes

Powerlifter April Hutchinson is shown next to her story at the Resilient London exhibit in the southwestern Ontario city. (Submitted/April Hutchinson)

Powerlifter April Hutchinson is shown next to her story at the Resilient London exhibit in the southwestern Ontario city. (Submitted/April Hutchinson)

Powerlifter April Hutchinson is shown next to her story at the Resilient London exhibit in the southwestern Ontario city. (Submitted/April Hutchinson)

The story of a champion London, Ont., powerlifter has been removed from a months-long exhibit at Museum London amid controversy over her comments about transgender athletes.

Team Canada member April Hutchinson was among more than 70 Londoners taking part in the exhibit, Resilient London: Meet Your Neighbours, which launched in October and runs until May, and details each participant's experience overcoming adversity.

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"I'm highly disappointed and very hurt. My exhibit was me telling the whole world my personal struggle with alcoholism, and how I beat that and I became a Team Canada powerlifter…. It had nothing to do at all with transgenders."

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