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The US Board of Directors of Fencing voted to amend its current policy that prioritized the states with the friendly laws with LGBTQ for host sites for competitions and a policy that prevented the national anthem game in some events.
The decision is produced after months of criticism for punishing a nearby woman who refused to fence a trans opponent, which included the scrutiny of federal legislators at an audience of the Congress in early May.
The changes were voted in force at a meeting of the Board of Directors on Saturday.
An official announcement establishes that the Fencing of the United States. “Adopted a simplified policy that applies criteria that prioritize the cost, security and convenience for each offer of national events in the 50 states.” The new policy “guarantees that host cities comply with strict security standards for members and profitability.”
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Meanwhile, the new national hymns policy of the Board will enter into force in summer nationals 2025 and will be reviewed annually by the tournament committee.
“On the recommendation of the Tournament Committee, the Board adopted a uniform national hymn policy that governs all national events of the United States.”
In December, the Board made a vote to play the national anthem at the beginning of the tournaments before “all the NAC and National Championships”, but voted against 8-2 with one abstention.
The previous policy of the host site, which was announced in November 2022, gave preference when selecting the host cities for national tournaments to states without laws that “damage members of LGBTQ communities” and states that do not “have laws that undermine the reproductive health of women.”
That policy entered into force in 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.
The states on the list of “not allowing” were Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.
The States on its “Avoid Where Possible” List Included Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisian Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.
The previous policy became one of the most important critic points of the organization after the Faithmark Stephanie Turner lit a global reaction against the organization when he recorded a video of his kneeling in protest of a Trans opponent during a competition in Maryland at the end of March.
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The images became viral in the middle of the news that Turner was disqualified from the event and treated a black card to refuse the fence.
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.
Lehfeldt received harsh criticism from Republican legislators for transgender inclusion policies of the organization and the selection policies of the host site.
The representative of the president of the Doge Subcommittee, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of G-GA., Asked for the organization of her host city policy.
“When selecting sites for their national fencing events, for example, the Board’s policy is to avoid states whose laws and policies on LGBTQ rights and abortion oppose. Use ‘Equality Maps’ to determine which states for the blacklist of its competitions and which ones favor,” Greene said.
“This ends up favoring many blue states and damaging many reds. Therefore, it creates politically determined winners and losers, but it has absolutely nothing to do with fences. And it contradicts the legal duty of the fencing of the United States as a NGB to ‘develop interest and participation throughout the United States’ in the fence.”
USA Fencing also announced that he is preparing to change his current policy that allows Trans athletes to compete in the women’s category in April.
“In the event that the Fencing of the United States is forced to change its current position in accordance with the supervision organisms or federal legislation, the new policy establishes that the athletes that compete in the tournaments sanctioned by near the US. UU. They must compete according to their biological sex,” reads the announcement.
The updated proposal policy ensures that the category of women “is open exclusively to female athletes.” The male category “will be open to all other athletes that are otherwise eligible for competition.”
