Fencing Stephanie Turner complained that her opponent, Redmond Sullivan, is transsexual And it was excluded from the continuation of the championship at the University of Maryland in the USA.
Its organizers showed the black card in Turner and excluded her without a fight against her transsexual opponent, as the rules of the International Fencing Federation (FI) forbid any frenzy from refusing to swell with anyone else.
The policy for transsexuals and non -dual fencing in the US changed in 2023, so Sullivan’s participation was allowed, resulting in the incident that went viral on social media. “Politics is based on the principle that everyone should be able to participate in sports and was based on the available research of the time,” the organizing authority said.
For her part, Turner said of the move to kneel across Sullivan: “I knew what I had to do because USA Fencing had not heard women’s objections about her sexual sexuality policy. When I kneeled, I looked at the referee and said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t do that. I am a woman, and he is a man, and this is a women’s tournament. And I will not fight against this person. “
Female fencer took a knee in protest against her biologically male opponent during a fencing match.
She was then expelled from the tournament for doing so
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It is worth noting, however, that recently US President Donald Trump has signed an executive decree that prevents transgender women from competing in women’s sports.