The female female Stephanie Turner spoke out against American fences during an interview on “American Report” by PK Press Club Channel Thursday after a video of his Agnoun to protest against a trans opponent became viral.
“There is really no option to get around this when there are extremists who occupy positions in positions authoritative to [USA Fencing]So I have very little option but to be forced to close, “said Turner.
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Turner’s decision to kneel and refuse to face the Trans Redmond Sullivan competitor to the Open of Cherry Blossom last weekend led to the transmission of Turner A black card – the most serious penalty, leading to the expulsion of the tournament or the event for offenses of serious rules or without sports.
“It is possible that transgender women have a physical advantage over their cisgenres opponents after the transition,” wrote Lehfeldt. “There is also a possibility that they do not do it. In fencing, there is no data to support one or the other point of view. Giving athletes a feeling of belonging and a desire to live is more powerful than the medals and competitive glory.
“Transgender women are women and sex is not sex,” he insisted, adding: “Transgender titles deserve the right to compete with the sex with which they identify.”
Who is Stephanie Turner? Fencer of women who knelt to protest against the trans adversary and inflamed the global conscience
USA Fencing promulgated its current trans-inclusion policy in 2023. It allows transgender athletes to participate in the female category at the junior and senior level after finishing a calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment.
But the organization also uses a policy This gives preference during the selection of host cities of national tournaments to laws without laws which “harm members of LGBTQ communities”.
In November 2023, the organization published a states list that he intended to “avoid as much as possible” and the states that it would not allow accommodation of major events.
Last December, an organization of non -profit fences, the organization of fair fences, wrote an open letter to Escorification of the United States The members of the board of directors urging the reassessment of its position on several questions, in particular transgender inclusion.
Days later, however, Board members voted against Several requests to approve a fully female working group to reassess and revise the current transgender policy, during a vote of 8-3. From now on, after taking the siege of firing women who seek protection against trans inclusion, American fences are plunged into global controversy after the viral protest of Turner.
Saber Fencing Gear at the National Championships in the United States’s closing I at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on April 11, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia. (Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
Thursday, the organization defended its current trans-inclusion policies in a public declaration.
“American fencing remains determined to promote an inclusive and respectful community for everyone in our sport. We believe in the principle of creating safe communities where all athletes and community members have a place,” the statement said.
“Although we understand that there is a range of perspectives, American fences will continue to engage in a respectful dialogue and based on research and examination as politics evolves in the Olympic and Paralympic movement as well as domestic law, hate speech of all kinds is not acceptable – in person or in person. Let us keep the respectful conversation and the band of all time.”
