Fanner Stephanie Turner of the women took off his mask and kneeled in front of his transgender rival.
In the weekend, a 31 -year -old Turner decided not to compete against the trans athlete Redmond Sulivan in front of a bout at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland. And the Turner also wanted to ensure that his refusal was caught on the video to see the world.
The Turner came to the night’s decision before the incident when he examined the competition pool and noticed that she would compete against Redmund, which she had read in an article last year.
“I saw that I was going into a pool with Redmund, and from there I said,” Okay, let’s do it. I am going to kneel, “Turner told Fox News Digital.
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Fensor Stephanie Sulivan kneels in front of a USA fencing officer (Courtesy of icon)
The Turner went through all his warm-ups on that day and went to the fence in four matches before his matchup with a trans athlete. When it came, she was “nervous and unstable”, but was certain about her decision.
Turner said, “I knew what I had to do because USA fencing was not listening to women’s objections (its gender eligibility policy),” said the Turner.
“I kneeled immediately at that time. Redmund was under the assumption that I was going to start fencing. So I looked at the referee and I said, ‘Forgive me, I can’t do that. I am a woman, and it’s a man, and it’s a male, and it’s a female tournament. And I will not fade this person.”
“Redmund didn’t hear me, and he comes to me, and he thinks that I can get hurt, or he can’t understand what is happening. He asks, ‘Are you okay?” And I said, ‘Forgive me.
And immediately after that, the Turner’s sentence began by USA fencing.
“Redmund says to me,” well you know, here is a member in the board of directors who support me, and a policy that accepts me as a woman, so I am allowed to fence, and you will be blackcaged, “and I said,” I know, “I know,” I know, “said,” said the Turner.
After minutes, the referee dealt with a black card to the turner, representing the most severe punishment, leading to a violation of a tournament or severe rule or expels from the event for unnatural behavior.
Turner said that he was then taken to the bout committee, where he had to explain what he did. She says that the members handed her a copy of the Association’s transgender policy and signed a document accepting the black card. The Turner said that he signed the document under the objection.
Then, the turner was thrown out of the site, he said.
Women’s fans Stephanie Turner succumbed in front of transgender athlete Redmond Sulivan (Courtesy of icon)
USA Fencing made a statement addressing Fox News Digital.
“USA fencing implemented our current Transgender and non-binary athlete policy In 2023. The policy was designed to expand access to the game of fencing and create an inclusive, safe place. The policy is based on the principle that everyone should have the ability to participate in the game and was based on the day -to -day research, “read the statement.
“We respect the attitude of all the parties and encourage our members to share with us because the case develops. It is important for the fencing community to engage in this dialogue, but we hope that this conversation will be held respectfully, whether in our tournament or in online places. The method of progress is a respectable discussion on the basis of evidence.”
A USA fencing spokesperson also told Fox News Digital that the Turner was not punished for his stand against Trans Inclusion, but simply to deny the fence.
The spokesperson said, “In the case of Stephanie Turner, his disqualification was not related to any personal statement, but only a direct result of his decision to fencing a qualified rival, which the FIE rule clearly prohibits,” the spokesperson said.
“FIE (International Fencing Federation) According to the technical rules, especially Article T.113, a fanner is not allowed to deny the fence to another properly recorded fence for any reason. Under these rules, the disgraceful disqualification and this restrictions are involved in the same restrictions as a result of such a rejection. This policy existing to maintain the honesty and maintain the honor of the game and maintain the honor of the game. Is.”
Fensor Stephanie Sulivan kneels in front of a USA fencing officer (Courtesy of icon)
Turner said that he had not heard anything from the organization since the incident.
This was an incident that he actively tried to avoid prior events. Turner said that he had earlier refused to enter several past fencing events that included other transgender fans, which she knew about. This is an issue that he tried to stay on top for his awareness and safety.
“In the previous years when I knew about the presence of transgender fans, I wouldn’t register right now, but for this one, Redmund would have signed up after me,” said Turner.
“I was so,” you know if I am going to give it to God. If this person shows my incident and is on my script, I will take a knee, and that will be God’s will. “
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It was not a decision, although he came lightly.
Redmond focused on the “Sports” movement that emerged in recent years, and backlash and harassment faced by women participating in it. He held the relay Gains hostage and attacked in April 2023 at San Francisco State University.
The idea of the backlash’s untouched turner, but was not enough to stop him from taking knees.
Turner said, “This probably, for at least a moment, will destroy my life. I don’t think it’s going to be easy for me when going to the fencing tournament. I don’t think it is going to be easy for me in practice.” “It is very difficult for me to do so.”
For the Turner, one of the sacrifices he is most concerned with is disrupting the friendship with the people of the LGBT community, which he said that he does not know about his stance on the present issue.
As a lifetime Democrat, Turner insisted that he never opposed LGBTQ people. But the issue of including women’s sports has distanced her away from supporting the party, and now she recognizes as a “New Republican orthodox”.
Turner said, “I voted for the ticket this year.” “It was like waking up for the lies of the mainstream media … just to see so many friends that many of my friends are eyeing this glass eye because their minds cannot manage the possibility that their party or their position is wrong on it, and perhaps it is not a civil right movement, and they are misled.”
Turner said that she fully supports Funding to President Donald Trump that allows trans athletes to compete in women and girls’ games.
“Some need to do something, and there are workers who have embedded themselves on official positions in sports bodies.”
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