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Fencer Stephanie Turner kneels to a fencing official in the United States. (Courtesy of the icons)

USA Fencing addressed the controversy with an audience on Thursday, protecting its trans-inclusion policies.  

“U. S. Fences remain committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful network for all in our sport. We believe in the precept of creating safe communities where all athletes and network members have a place,” he said.  

“While we perceive that there is a diversity of perspectives, U. S. fences are not very different. “U. S. They will continue to have interaction in respectful, research-based, and review-based discussion as politics evolve in the Olympic and Paralympic movement, as well as national law, hate speech of any kind is appropriate: on the user or on the user, remain the respectful verbal exchange and the Gang of all time. ” 

The organization first enacted its existing transinclusion policy in 2023. allows transgender athletes to compete in the women’s category at the Point Junior and Senior after completing a calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment. You will need to provide the compatible hormone treatment before the competition, however, the organization has taken extra steps to prioritize its trans competitors.  

In November 2022, it announced a preference policy by setting up host cities for national tournaments to states without legislation that “harm members of LGBTQ communities” and states that do not have legislation that undermines women’s reproductive health. “This policy went into effect here in the 2023 season, in the same year that replaced its gender policy.

“We’ve listened to a confident number of members, adding Board of Trustees members and members of our elite athlete network, asking if legislation on anti-LGBTQ legislation or anti-abortion legislation aligns with our core values as an organization,” Fences Through USA CEO Phill Andrews said on the policy page. “After a falsified discussion with our Board of Trustees and our staff team, the U. S. U. S. Fencing to prefer those states without that legislation. “

In November 2023, the organization released a list of states that it intended to “avoid as much as possible” and states would allow major occasions to be held. The states on the “non-authors” list were Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.  

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The states on their “Avoid Where Possible” list come with Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, South, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

This mixture of policies preceded an influx of biological male shooters who sometimes compete with fencing of women and girls in the US. Uu. For more than two years. Some of these competitions have already competed in the category of men. In September 2023, 4 male biological shooters, which in the beyond the competition in the category of men, achieved the final podiums of the United States in the category of women.  

Turner told Fox News Digital that the amount of trans competition is even higher than that.  

“In fencing, personally, I see it often,” Turner said. I’ve witnessed transgender shooters in women’s tournaments and girls’ tournaments in other age categories, especially Y-14 (the youngest age group). ” 

The Trans Turner athlete refused to compete with last weekend, Redmond Sullivan, participated on male occasions until June 2023, according to Sullivan’s profile page on the fencing tracker. The page does not show Festival for Sullivan from June 2023 to September 28, 2024, the first athlete festival in the women’s category, an occasion on Newtown, Connecticut. They then won two gold medals, one to the Junior Olympic qualifications of the Department of Connecticut on December 8 and another to the national summer grades of the Department of Connecticut on March 16.

Last December, a non -profit fencing organization, the organization of fair fencing, wrote an open letter to the members of the Board of the United States. UU. Using a reevaluation of its position on several issues, the transgender inclusion.

“Leaving politics aside, it is a moderate request to shape a working group to immerse yourself more deeply in this fencing factor and create an area where the voices of all women are heard without ridicule and abuse,” said the letter.

A few days later, however, the members of the Board of Administrators voted in opposition to several applications to approve a completely feminine career organization to think again and review the existing transgender policy, an 8-3 vote. From now on, after taking the siege of dismissing women who seek coverage opposite to trans inclusion, US fences immerse themselves in the global controversy after Turner’s viral protest.  

USA Fencing provided a Fox News Digital sending the incident.  

“American Fences enacted our existing transgender and nonbinary athletes in 2023. The policy was designed to gain greater access to the game of fencing and create inclusive spaces and.

“We respect the perspectives of all sides and inspire our members to continue percentage with us as the factor evolves. It is for the surrounding network to have interaction in this dialogue, however, we hope that this verbal exchange will be carried out respectfully, either in our tournaments or in online spaces. The future is out of respect for the evidence -based discussion. ” 

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A fencing spokesperson in the U. S. U. S. He also said Fox News Digital Turner did not penalize for his stance against trans inclusion, but only for refusing to shut down.  

“In the case of Stephanie Turner, its disqualification is not related to any non -public statement, but only the direct result of its resolution to refuse to close an eligible opponent, that the regulations of the FI obviously prohibit,” said the spokesman.

“According to the technical regulations of the FIE (Fénération des Fences Internationals), in the specific article T. 113, a shooter cannot refuse to close some other closure entered for any explanation why any. According to those regulations, said refusal leads to disqualification and the corresponding sanctions. This policy exists to maintain the criteria of the fair and the celebration of the integrity of the sport. ” ” 

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