USA Fencing recognized a federal investigation to come on an incident that occurred during one of its events where a female shooter was punished for refusing to deal with a transgender competitor.
The investigation, which will be conducted by the newly formed title IX inquiry team, jointly with the United States Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice, was announced on Friday by the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
The incident, which occurred at the opening of Cherry Blossom in Maryland on March 30, saw the female shooter Stephanie Turner take a knee to protest against the competitor Trans Redmond Sullivan. Turner was then disqualified from the event and escorted outside the site.
USA Fencing provided a statement to PK Press Club Digital saying that it will cooperate with the investigation.
“American fences will respond and cooperate with any investigation as required by law,” the statement said.
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The incident involving Turner quickly attracted national attention after a video of his knee to protest against Sullivan became viral. The images have triggered generalized awareness and a counter coupling against fencing eligibility policies in the United States.
Turner told PK Press Club Digital that she had made the decision to make the knee the day before the event, when she checked the competition pools and saw that she would compete Sullivan.
“I saw that I was going to be in a swimming pool with Redmond, and from there, I said:” Ok, let’s do it. I’m going to take the knee “, said Turner. “I knew what I had to do because the American fences had not listened to the objections of the women concerning [its gender eligibility policy]. “”
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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. Proof of compliant hormone therapy must be provided before competition, but the organization has taken other measures to prioritize its trans competitors.
In November 2022, he announced a policy Prefer during the selection of host cities for national tournaments to laws without laws which “harm members of LGBTQ communities” and to states which do not have “laws undermining the reproductive health of women”. This policy came into force during the 2023 season, the same year, it changed its gender policy. He then released a states list that he intended to “avoid as much as possible” and the states that he would not allow major events to be organized.
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.
Now, after taking the siege of firing women who are looking for protection against trans inclusion, American fences are facing potential federal sanctions.
This investigation into title IX will be one of the first missions of the newly trained title IX inquiry, which was officially trained last week. The initiative was announced last Friday with the mission of “protecting female athletes, pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities”.
