USA Fencing offers to ban transgender competitors
- Stephanie Turner, a female fencer, protested against competing with Redmond Sullivan, a transgender woman, leading to her disqualification and a 12-month probation from USA Fencing.
- Chairman Damien Lehfeldt defended USA Fencing's transgender policies during a DOGE subcommittee hearing, following criticism after Turner claimed to have been 'defrauded' by the organization.
- Turner stated, 'I felt betrayed by USA Fencing,' highlighting a culture of intimidation and silencing women within the organization regarding transgender policies.
- USA Fencing announced potential policy updates to ensure 'the women’s category will be open exclusively to athletes of the female sex,' depending on future legislative requirements.
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USA Fencing Gives New Excuse For Allowing Males In Female Competitions
Damien Lehfeldt, the Chairman of the USA Fencing Board of Directors, testified at a DOGE House Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday about the organization's policy that allows any male who "identifies" as a woman to compete in female events.USA Fencing came under fire last month when Stephanie Turner, a woman, refused to face Redmond Sullivan, a "transgender woman" and biological male, in a women's fencing bout. Turner took a knee in protest rather…
Female fencer who refused to be bullied into getting maimed by trans opponent gives powerful Congressional testimony
One day, the left decided that women are no longer worthy of their division in sports and must prove their worth by competing against the opposite gender. And even though cavemen knew how foolish and deranged that concept would have been, progressives don’t really care about this thing called “biology.” Thus, women are fighting every day to uphold the integrity of the game. Stephanie Turner, a fencing player who was recently forced to forfeit ag…
Female fencer who took a knee rather than face trans athlete recalls ‘betrayal’ by sport’s boss: ‘I cried the whole night’
Stephanie Turner, 31, took a knee instead of fencing against Redmond Sullivan, a 20-year-old who was born biologically male, at USA Fencing’s Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland on March 30.
MTG skewers fencing chief over his daughter losing to a man * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Wednesday chaired a hearing of the House DOGE subcommittee lambasted the chairman of USA Fencing, Damien Lehfeldt, one of the witnesses who testified. Lehfeldt was there to justify his organization’s inclusion of biological males in female categories of fencing competition. Quoting from a blog post of Lehfeldt’s, Greene noted his feelings on his daughter hypothetica…
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