Fencer DQ’d by Governing Body Over Trans Forfeit: ‘Not OK’

Stephanie Turner, the woman disqualified from a regional tournament by USA Fencing over her refusal to compete against a transgender opponent, is speaking out over the outcome and the governing body’s trans policy, telling NewsNation on Friday that it’s “not OK.”

Further, she called USA Fencing’s trans policy “ridiculous.”

Turner told NewsNation she cried when she saw Redmond Sullivan, a man, on the participant list of the March 30 competition at the University of Maryland.

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