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The Minnesota division of the Fencing of the United States announced plans to sanction only mixed gender events in response to new policies that prevent biologically male trans athletes from competing in female competitions.
USA FENCING changed her policies to ensure that only biological women can compete in the women’s category last month after the entire Olympic and Paralympic Committee of the United States (USOPC) updates their athlete security policy to suggest compliance with the executive order of President Donald Trump “keeping men out of women’s sports.”
Now, Minnesota’s fencing division in the United States is doing everything possible to ensure that each event that sanctions allows biological men to compete against women in response. The announcement of the division criticized the new US policy. Uu. Fencing as “harmful.”
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“The Minnesota Division wishes to confirm our commitment to inclusion and recognize the harmful effects of the new EE wound policy. UU. Order by the useful guidelines,” the announcement began. “Recent changes in the Fencing policy of the USA. UU., In line with the useful guidelines, have caused pain and confusion throughout the fencing community.”
The announcement continued to insist that the division must follow the Minnesota Human Rights Law, which protects gender identity.
“We are currently looking for guidance on how to advance without violating or [the USA Fencing policy or the Minnesota Human Rights act]. Because of this, only mixed events will be sanctioned at this time, “said the announcement.
Lauren Scruggs, on the right, competes against Alice Volpi in the Gold Medal match of the female aluminum team during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. (Katie Goodale-USA Today Sports)
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Pak Gazette Digital has communicated with USA Fencing to obtain an answer.
Monitoring of sports controversies of the high school of the high school of Trans athletes shaking the nation during the last year
The Fencing of the US has been possibly the most scrutinized government governing body in its 2025 controversies chain.
The Fencing of the United States has been under a national microscope for its gender eligibility policy since April 2, when the images of the female speaker Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest against a trans opponent in a competition in Maryland became viral. Turner was disqualified and gave him a black card for his refusal to face the Trans opponent, which caused a massive reaction against the Fencing of the USA. UU.
The controversy was then subject to a federal hearing on May 7. Government Efficiency Department (Doge) “Uncomiting game: Keep men out of women’s sports” he saw Turner testify against the president of Ee. Uu. Damien Lehfeldt.
At the beginning of June, the US Fencing Board of Directors voted to amend its previous policy that prioritized states with friendly laws with LGBTQ for host sites for competitions and a policy that may have avoided the game of the national anthem in some events. Both policies were also very criticized after Turner’s viral protest.
Then, next week, two members of the Board of Directors of the US fences. UU. They filed a lawsuit against the other six members in general, claiming that Lehfeldt made false statements to Congress at the May 7 hearing. The plaintiffs, Andrey Geva and Abdel Salem, each has long ties with sport and organization, which previously train or compete for the US team.
USA FENCING responded to the lawsuit in a statement to Pak Gazette Digital, saying that “this demand derived from misrepresenting our organization, and we will strongly defend the organization in court; any attempt to contempt them will be approached properly.”
Meanwhile, Minnesota has been one of the most resistant states in the country for Trump’s executive order to protect women’s sports.
The Department of Health and Human Services of the United States and the Department of Education have launched research from Title IX to the State for their policies that allow Trans athletes in women and girls sports. The Doe investigation rose to the federal research team of Title IX, which operates together with the Department of Justice, on June 12.
The State is also dedicated to a couple of demands on the subject, one presented by state attorney general Keith Ellison against the Trump administration, and another presented by three anonymous softball players against Ellison and the State for having to compete with a transgender pitcher in the 2025 season.
