US EditionTrans athletes have no advantage in strategy or technique, sports exec says
- USA Fencing Chairman Damien Lehfeldt testified at a May 6 hearing titled 'Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports' before the DOGE Subcommittee in Washington, D.C.
- The hearing arose from disputes over USA Fencing's policy allowing over 200 biological males to compete in women's events, despite criticism that it violates equal athletic opportunity rules.
- Lehfeldt defended transgender participation, arguing gender provides no advantage in strategy or technique, while opponents cited body size, reach, and strength as inherent physical benefits that testosterone suppression does not erase.
- Lehfeldt acknowledged that gender participation in sports is complex and that safety and fairness are paramount but declined to change policies unless legally compelled, amid controversy over his social media remarks comparing concerned parents to extremist groups.
- The hearing highlighted ongoing legislative efforts to ban trans athletes from women’s sports, potential policy shifts at USA Fencing, and activists’ call to protect female competitors’ rights amid polarized political and social debate.
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House Committee Hearing: “Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” | CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
Yesterday, on Capitol Hill, the DOGE subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) held a hearing titled “Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” Witnesses include fencer Stephanie Turner, USA Fencing board chair Damien Lehfeldt under subpoena, and former high school volleyball player Payton McNabb.In a letter to the committee, Concerned Women for America Legisl
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