The president of the Doge Subcommittee, Marjorie Taylor Greene, announced on Tuesday an audience that is aimed at the US gender eligibility policies. UU. That allow biological male transgender athletes to compete in the women’s category.
The audience is scheduled for May 7.
The announcement occurs weeks after the Stephanie Turner female corner was punished for kneeling in protest of a trans competitor in a widely publicized incident.
Turner has been invited to the audience along with Damien Lehfeldt, president of the USA Fencing Board, to testify.
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“Female sports are only for women. Radical leftists who push to allow biological men to compete against women are destroying fair competition and putting female athletes in physical danger. Stephanie Turner had the courage to call this madness, and is a hero for women throughout the United States,” Greene said in the announcement.
“The Fencing of the United States must be responsible for degrading women and deny them for the opportunity to succeed in their own sport. It is beyond compliance with the executive order of President Trump and should not be recognized as the National Government Body for Fencing if he continues to challenge the law.”
The Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, announced a newly formed on Friday Title IX research The team will investigate the incident that involves Turner and the Trans Redmond Sullivan competitor.
USA Fencing previously provided a statement to Pak Gazette Digital saying that it will cooperate with the investigation.
The Stephanie Turner feet is kneeling in front of a Fencing official from the United States. (Courtesy of the icons)
“USA Fencing will respond and cooperate with any investigation as required by law,” said the statement.
The incident that involved Turner quickly caught national attention after a video of her knelt to protest Sullivan went viral. The footage lit the generalized consciousness and the reaction against the Gender Eligibility Policies of USA Fencing.
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Turner told Pak Gazette Digital that he decided to kneel the night before the event when he reviewed the competition groups and saw that he would be competing against Sullivan.
“I saw that I was going to be in a pool with Redmond, and from there I said: ‘Ok, let’s do it. I’m going to take the knee,” Turner said. “He knew what he had to do because the Fencing of the United States had not been listening to women’s objections regarding [its gender eligibility policy]”
Fencing of the USA. He previously provided a statement to Pak Gazette Digital that directed the incident.
“USA FENCING promulgated our current transgender and non -binary athlete policy in 2023. The policy was designed to expand access to the sport of the fence and create inclusive and safe spaces. Politics is based on the principle that everyone should have the ability to participate in sports and was based on the available investigation of the day,” the statement said.
A Fencing spokesman for US also told Pak Gazette Digital Turner was not penalized for his position against trans inclusion. She was penalized for refusing to compete.
“In the case of Stephanie Turner, his disqualification was not related to any personal statement, but was simply the direct result of his decision to refuse to fence an eligible opponent, which the Fiesto governs clearly,” said the spokesman.
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Use Fencinging then addressed the controversy with a public statement on Thursday, defending its transinclusion policies.
“The Fencing of the United States remains committed to promoting an inclusive and respectful community for all in our sport. We believe in the principle of creating safe communities where all athletes and community members have a place,” said the statement.
“While we understand that there is a variety of perspectives, the Fencing of the United States will continue to participate in a dialogue and a respectful review based on research as the policy evolves in the Olympic and Paralympic movement, as well as the domestic law. The hate discourse of any kind is not acceptable, online or person. We maintain the respectful conversation and the strip welcomed.”
The First Organization promulgated its current transinclusion policy in 2023. It allows transgender athletes to compete in the category of women at a junior and senior level after completing a calendar year of treatment with testosterone suppression. A hormonal therapy test that meets the competition must be provided, but the organization has taken even more measures to prioritize its trans competitors.
In November 2022, he announced A policy Give preference to selecting host cities for national tournaments to states without laws that “damage members of LGBTQ communities” and states that do not “have laws that undermine women’s reproductive health.”
That policy entered into force during the 2023 season, the same year in which its gender policy changed. Later he launched a States list that he intended to “avoid its possible place” and the states that would not allow to house important events.
In December, the non -profit organization Fair Fencing wrote an open letter to Fencing of the USA. Members of the Board, urging the reevaluation of its position on several issues, including transgender inclusion.
Only a few days later, however, Board members voted against Several motions to approve a female working group to reassess and review the current transgender policy, in an 8-3 vote. Now, after the side of women seeking protection against trans inclusion, USA Fencing finds a global controversy after Turner’s viral protest.
