Female fencer refuses to compete against male athlete: 'I am a woman, and this is a man'



A female fencer who refused to compete against a male athlete was disqualified from a competition under USA Fencing.

Stephanie Turner of the Fencing Academy of Philadelphia was set to take on a male athlete, Wagner College's Redmond Sullivan at the Cherry Blossom, a fencing event held at the University of Maryland.

As the match began, however, Turner refused to participate against the male and took a knee in protest.

An official immediately approached Turner and eventually gave the fencer a black card, a penalty typically issued for egregious behavior that can result in the expulsion from a competition.

"I knew what I had to do because USA Fencing had not been listening to women's objections," Turner told Fox News about the ordeal. "I took a knee immediately," she continued.

"Redmond was under the impression that I was going to start fencing. So when I took the knee, I looked at the ref, and I said, 'I'm sorry, I cannot do this. I am a woman, and this is a man, and this is a women's tournament. And I will not fence this individual.'"

According to Turner, Sullivan approached her and asked if she was OK. When Turner explained she did not want to compete against a man, Sullivan said that he was supported by board members and is allowed to fence against women.

"Redmond says to me, 'Well you know, there is a member on the board of directors here who supports me, and there is a policy that acknowledges me as a woman, so I am allowed to fence, and you will get black-carded,' and I said, 'I know,'" Turner recalled.

Video of the event showed Sullivan seemingly confused by Turner's response before walking away.

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Turner was expelled from the event over her refusal to fence, according to a USA Fencing spokesperson.

"In the case of Stephanie Turner, her disqualification was not related to any personal statement but was merely the direct result of her decision to decline to fence an eligible opponent, which the FIE [International Fencing Federation] rules clearly prohibit."

Turner's participation was erased from the event results and does not appear as one of Sullivan's opponents.

'I'm just going to give it to God.'

Sullivan began competing in the women's category in the 2024-2025 season after competing in the men's category from 2021-2023. Against men, Sullivan's best finish was third place at a May 2023 event. Against women, however, Sullivan already has two gold medals in just six competitions.

Turner revealed that she typically does not register for events with "transgender fencers" and figured Sullivan had signed up after her for the latest event.

"I was like, 'You know what, I'm just going to give it to God. If this person shows up to my event and is on my script, then I would take a knee, and that would be God's will,'" Turner explained.

"It will probably, at least for a moment, destroy my life. I don't think that it's going to be easy for me from now on going to fencing tournaments. I don't think it's going to be easy for me at practice," Turner added.

The fencer even said she has begun to vote "red down the ticket" after "waking up to the lies of the mainstream media."

Turner explained that many of her friends have displayed a "glassy-eyed look" while trying to defend the idea of men in women's sports and have yet to come to terms with the reality that their position on the issue may be wrong. She added that some of her colleagues may have realized they were misled on the idea that men in women's sports is a "civil rights movement."

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DHS updates policy to recognize only two genders: 'There are only two sexes — male and female'



The Department of Homeland Security announced it would update its U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy manual to recognize only two genders.

The USCIS Policy Manual, which is described by the agency as a centralized online repository for immigration policies, said in a press release that it is returning to its historical policy of recognizing two biological sexes.

"There are only two sexes — male and female," DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin declared. "President Trump promised the American people a revolution of common sense, and that includes making sure that the policy of the U.S. government agrees with simple biological reality."

'Our immigration system is ... not a place to promote and coddle.'

DHS said it was remaining consistent with one of the president's first executive orders from January, titled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.

The order stated that ideologues across the country have denied the "biological reality" of sex through increased legal battles, as well as social coercion. The goal, the executive order continued, is to stop men's access to single-sex spaces and activities designed for women. This includes domestic abuse shelters, prisons, and even "workplace showers."

McLaughlin added, "Proper management of our immigration system is a matter of national security, not a place to promote and coddle an ideology that permanently harms children and robs real women of their dignity, safety, and well-being."

USCIS will henceforth determine sex by what is labeled on a person's birth certificate, or failing that, by using secondary evidence. Secondary evidence is defined as evidence that may demonstrate a fact is more likely than not to be true but does not derive from a primary, authoritative source.

Examples of secondary evidence would be supplemental documentation, or sometimes, testimony alone.

The department also noted it would not issue documents that have a blank sex field or have a sex different than what is labeled on a person's birth certificate.

This issue becomes more complex as it pertains to immigration due to the vast number of countries that allow one's sex to be changed on official documents. These countries include many in the European Union, such as: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, and Sweden.

Canada and most South American countries are included in this list, but changes remain illegal in Russia, most African countries, and several Central American countries as well.

According to Equaldex, which maps the legality of legal gender changes across the world, 60 countries allow such changes, with 29 requiring gender surgery in order to gain recognition.

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Lia Thomas says he was 'devastated' over ban on men in women's swimming: 'It has to be the athletes deciding for themselves'



Former NCAA swimmer Lia (William) Thomas said athletes should be able to decide which gender category they compete in.

The former swimmer was infamously ranked 554th in the 200-yard freestyle for men before achieving fifth in the nation against women. Thomas was also the top-ranked swimmer in the country for the women's category for the 500-yard freestyle, with the distinct advantage of being a man.

Thomas was the keynote speaker at this year's HiTOPS Trans Youth Forum, a gender activist group aimed at children that describes its mission as "empowering youth with sex education, social support, and affirming communities."

During an hour-long session, Thomas claimed athletes should self-determine which gender category they compete in, implying that it could be discriminatory if done based on an athlete's actual biology.

"It has to be the athletes deciding for themselves where they feel most affirmed and most comfortable," Thomas said, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian. "Having routes that are safe and non-discriminatory, that allow them access to that."

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022, Thomas said he was "devastated" when World Aquatics barred transgender athletes from competing in elite events, including the Olympics.

"I felt so devastated and [felt] grief over losing this access to my sport," Thomas recalled. "There was no doubt in my mind that I was going to fight this, that this is my sport too, and I'm not just gonna give it up to trans folks."

Lia Thomas (left) and Riley Gaines (right), March 18, 2022. Gaines became America's most recognizable advocate for female-only sports. Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

'I just wanted to step away and be able to transition and be myself.'

While at UPenn, Thomas explained that he felt declaring himself a woman might prevent his continued competitition in college athletics and claimed that he initially did not want to continue in sports.

"I looked up … the NCAA transgender policy [during freshman fall] and knew it might be technically possible. ... I didn't think that I could do it."

Thomas then said the idea of having to confront that he might not be able to compete as a woman contributed to his gender dysphoria, because he had to "pick one," either swimming or posing as a female.

"I didn't want to swim. I just wanted to step away and be able to transition and be myself," Thomas claimed. "But my love of swimming kept me going. ... When I had transitioned, I felt more comfortable, and I said, 'I can do this. I could do both.'"

The former swimmer said he felt more confusion seeing his name or image on social media as part of news stories, stating that he knew what was happening on "a conceptual level," but was still confused because "on a personal level," he felt he was "just another college woman competing."

The HiTOPS organization called for activism following President Trump's executive order to keep men out of women's sports. The group said the president does not support the "science and the lived experiences of trans people" because he allegedly wants to remove access to gender procedures and hormones to minors.

The group called the president cruel, ignorant, and guilty of intentionally marginalizing transgender people.

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New York college defies executive order on men in women's sports with male athlete on female rowing team



Ithaca College has a male athlete competing on its women's rowing team for the second straight year.

As reported by the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, Ithaca College defied President Trump's executive order to keep men out of women's sports by allowing a sophomore male, Juniper (Tyler) Gattone, to compete in the women's Cayuga Duals over the past weekend.

Gattone was listed on the Ithaca women's rowing Instagram page in an image for the third varsity squad.

Gattone is also listed on Ithaca's official online roster for women's rowing, and at 5'10" he shares the honor of being the tallest athlete on the team. Under his biography, the rower is credited with helping the women's team "capture their sixth consecutive Liberty League women's rowing crown" and was named to the conference Women's Rowing Novice Crew of the Year.

The athlete is also referred to using "they" pronouns.

Ithaca featured Gattone in a recent TikTok video in which the rowing team participated in a social media trend where one person, facing away from a group, attempts to identify his friends by voice only after each person repeats the same phrase. The athlete who was doing the guessing was able to correctly identify Gattone's voice.

'Men are still competing in women's NCAA sports.'

ICONs also reported on Gattone's participation in women's athletics in 2024, when he was noted as the second male athlete to be competing in women's sports in the conference.

Ithaca College competes in the NCAA's Division III in the Liberty League conference, the same conference as Camden Schreiner (who goes by Sadie), a male athlete competing against women for the Rochester Institute of Technology. Schreiner set records in January by winning the women's 200-meter dash in 24.50 seconds and the women's 400-meter dash in 55.91 seconds. The times were also program records, according to RIT.

RIT later named Schreiner female athlete of the week but has since removed the page that showcased the honor.

Former NCAA athlete and women's sports activist Riley Gaines reacted to Gattone's inclusion in women's rowing by saying the NCAA "purposefully deceived the public" with its new policy.

"Wait a minute...I thought the NCAA had a new policy that was in full compliance with Trump's EO? Nope. Men are still competing in women's NCAA sports," Gaines wrote on X.

Gaines had previously complained that the NCAA's new policy had glaring loopholes, including that it allowed men to participate in women's practices and still be listed on their rosters.

Former gymnast and pro-women's sports entrepreneur Jennifer Sey claimed the NCAA's policy does not hold up.

"The NCAA’s new policy does nothing to protect women's sports," Sey wrote.

The Department of Education also recently declared that the NCAA must return and restore any women's records that had been taken by men to their rightful owners. At least one former athlete, a national hurdling champion, has demanded that the NCAA award her a first-place finish after being beaten by a man in 2019.

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Trans student arrested after ATTACKING Turning Point USA president



America may be back on course toward normalcy after President Trump's victory, but that's not stopping the left-wing crazies from acting, well, crazy. If anything, it's emboldened them.

Most recently, a conservative student at a Texas university was allegedly assaulted by one of these left-wing crazies — a transgender student who used a bike lock as a weapon. The incident was caught on video by the victim, Turning Point USA chapter President Paige Neumann.

The footage shows 20-year-old Liam Thanh Nguyen — who identifies as “Alyssa” — grabbing his bike before swinging a bike lock at Neumann. Nguyen was arrested and booked into Collin County Jail the same day.


“Timmy Tam the man decided to take a bike lock and assault somebody,” Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein” comments. Stein’s booth at the campus was also reported to be damaged in the incident.

“I hate to just lump them and overgeneralize them, but when it comes to school shootings, when it comes to a lot of issues in sports, these trans people are very violent,” he continues.

“I don’t know enough to determine if all of the drug treatments that they do and hormone treatments they do contribute to that,” President of the Conservative Caucus Jim Pfaff responds.

“But what I do know is one of the arguments for accepting this lifestyle is, ‘Oh, well, there’s going to be lower suicide,’ and suicide rates are going up like crazy,” he continues. “So there’s an emotional, psychological component in this, and so it seems obvious that it would come out in anger like that.”

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Democrat Jasmine Crockett says men invading women's sports is not an issue: 'Since when?!'



Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) says the idea of males participating in female sports is a distraction and was an election issue that "allowed" Americans to be "divided."

Speaking with Errin Haines, editor at large for outlet the 19th, Crockett talked about "getting back to basics" and focusing on what is impacting the populace while ignoring distractions.

The first issue Crockett brought up was why there was so much focus on transgender athletes during the 2024 election cycle: "What are we doing?!" Crockett asked.

"In this election, we allowed ourselves to be divided. We allowed them to distract us, and we allowed them to talk about the trans folk," the Democrat began. "According to them, the trans kids, they want to play sports. That is the biggest issue that we've had. Since when? Since when?! Find the little trans child that is ruining your life. I mean, I'm just like, what are we doing?! Like, what are we doing?!"

Interestingly, the interview with Crockett was recorded just days before several international stories broke regarding transgender athletes, in addition to the plethora of stories that led up to, and continued through, election season.

A former NCAA hurdler recently spoke out about her championships being taken by a male athlete and asked for the results of her races against the male to be overturned. Days later, a high school male won two gold medals in girls' track and field in Portland, Oregon, for the second straight year. This prompted a federal investigation from the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

At the same time, World Athletics announced it would begin mandatory gender testing for female athletes in order to protect the integrity of women's sports.

Crockett, and Democrats as a whole, seemingly ignoring this large wedge issue has massively benefited Republicans; polling has showed an increasing swing across political lines in favor of protecting women's spaces.

A New York Times/Ipsos survey of 2,128 people showed that 79% of respondents believed males who identify as female should not be allowed to participate in women's sports. This included over 1,000 Democrats who agreed at a rate of 67%.

A national exit poll from the Concerned Women for America found 70% of moderate voters saw the issue as important to them, as well.

"Truth matters. Men aren't women," Jennifer Sey, CEO of XX-XY Athletics, told Blaze News. "This is bigger than trans-identified men playing women's sports. We're defending truth and women’s right to fairness and privacy."

'Undocumented folk contribute billions ...'

Crockett's diatribe continued by downplaying the issue of illegal immigrants lowering wages and not paying taxes.

The congresswoman justified illegal labor by rhetorically asking the audience, "How many of you are raising kids to go and work on the farms?"

She then asked, "How many of you are looking to send your kids into hospitality after this college education so that they can go and make the beds at the hotels?"

Crockett then claimed illegal immigrants contribute "billions" to tax revenue but do not receive Social Security benefits and therefore are a net benefit to the country.

"They're not talking about the fact that undocumented folk contribute billions in, I think it was a hundred billion dollars in tax revenue that we got."

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Portland school district under federal investigation for allowing teen boy to dominate girls' track and field



The Department of Education announced it has notified the Portland Public Schools district that it has opened an investigation for possible Title IX violations.

The federal agency said it sent a letter to Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong notifying her of an investigation by the Office for Civil Rights after a male high school student was allowed to compete in a girls' track and field competition and use the female locker room while female athletes were changing.

A male competing with and changing in front of females would be a violation of President Trump's executive order to keep males out of women's sports.

'OCR will use every lawful means to ensure that no female athlete is denied equal athletic opportunities ...'

On March 19, a male athlete who identifies as a girl was able to win the girls' 400-meter varsity race and even finished more than seven seconds ahead of the competition. Aayden "Ada" Gallagher, an 11th-grade sprinter from McDaniel High School in Portland, also won the girls' 200-meter race, marking the second straight year he dominated the two girls' categories at the regional level. Gallagher also won the girls' 200-meter sprint at the Oregon state finals in 2024.

"We will not allow the Portland Public Schools District or any other educational entity that receives federal funds to trample on the antidiscrimination protections that women and girls are guaranteed under law," Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a press release. "President Trump and Secretary McMahon have been steadfast in their commitment to protect the rights of women and girls. OCR will use every lawful means to ensure that no female athlete is denied equal athletic opportunities or robbed of her rightful accolades."

The Department of Education cited the Gender Participation Policy of the Oregon School Activities Association, which is followed by the Portland school district and allows student athletes to compete under their "consistently asserted gender identity."

The state entity said it bases its rules on the understanding of gender identity and expression, "evolving law, and societal norms."

The policy has also determined that once a transgender student has notified a school of the student's gender identity, the student shall be "consistently treated as that gender for purposes of eligibility for athletics and activities."

However, "nonbinary or intersex" students are to be treated as "either gender."

The governing body even described "sexual orientation" in the document, despite this having no effect on athletic activities.

The Office for Civil Rights said it had previously made it clear that federal discrimination law pre-empts state law and that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

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World Athletics federation announces mandatory gender testing for female athletes: 'Absolutely the way to go'



World Athletics announced it will begin mandatory gender testing for female athletes in order to protect the integrity of women's sports.

The organization formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations revealed at a press conference that after a comprehensive review, it was ready to move forward with gender tests in order to ensure female athletes at their events are indeed female.

World Athletics holds a plethora of annual events in track and field, covering sports like indoor/outdoor running, decathlons, and racewalking.

'The process is very straightforward.'

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said during the press conference that "over 70 individual groups" were involved in an "exhaustive review" that determined administering the tests was "absolutely the way to go."

"The process is very straightforward, frankly, very clear, and it's an important one," Coe explained to reporters.

The executive was directly asked if swab tests would be the testing method used to determine gender, which Coe confirmed, along with a "dry blood test."

The latter involves the simple analysis of a blood sample or "dried blood spot," which can be used as an alternative to a swab test to find endocrine, genetic, and/or epigenetic markers, according to Science Direct.

World Athletics announced genetic testing days after its Indoor Championships in Nanjing. Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images

Coe revealed that the tests were not only not invasive but also "necessary."

"They will be done to absolutely international medical standards," he continued.

Coe remarked that the most difficult part of the endeavor will be to find an international provider that has the capacity to deliver large-scale tests, given that World Athletics holds events all over the world.

The governing body also said the testing would be a "once-in-the-career" type of test for a female athlete.

A reporter asked Coe if the parameters around differences of sexual development — which deals with the classification of gender — would be updated to reflect the new rules. Coe appeared to agree that the parameters should be changed.

"It's important to do it because it maintains everything that we've been talking about and particularly recently, about not just talking about the integrity of female, women's sport, but actually guaranteeing it," Coe replied. "And this, we feel, is a really important way of providing confidence, and maintaining that absolute focus on the integrity of competition."

When asked if he was prepared for any legal or media resistance, Coe said he indeed is ready to take on criticisms and that he would not have set down the path to "protect the female category in sport" almost a decade ago if he were not prepared.

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Male athlete dominates HS girls' track and field in Portland — wins 2 golds for second straight year



A young male who identifies as female outran his competition at a Portland regional high school track meet last week.

Aayden "Ada" Gallagher, who is reportedly an 11th-grade sprinter from McDaniel High School in Portland, Oregon, was captured on video crushing the competition at a Portland Interscholastic League meet.

In the girls' 400-meter varsity race, Gallagher beat his competition by more than seven seconds as crowd members cheered him on at the finish line.

In a video posted about an hour later, Gallagher was shown winning the girls' 200-meter race, as well.

This marked the second straight year that Gallagher dominated both the 200-meter and 400-meter events at the regional level; Blaze News reported on an event in May 2024, where the sprinter left his female competitors in the dust at the Portland Interscholastic League Championships.

That event garnered massive media coverage, with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) calling the event "disgraceful" after Gallagher took the podium for the two events.

Former NCAA athlete and women's sports advocate Riley Gaines placed blame on the parents, schools, and the Biden administration at the time.

"Let's call this what it is: encouraged AND celebrated cheating at the hands of the 'adults' in the room. So many fingers to point, but shame on the parents, the schools, the boy, our weak administration," Gaines said.

A parent of one of Gallagher's competitors also called the results "disappointing and frustrating" and said their daughter's seven years of work was "taken away by a boy that cannot get attention any other way than to run against girls."

About 10 days later, Gallagher competed at the state finals and won the girls' 200-meter sprint, crossing the finish line to loud boos at the championship event.

It was reported at the time that Gallagher sought out "extra security" at practice and for competitions, and the high school student was quickly escorted off the track after his state win and did not shake hands with his female competitors.

Outsports spoke to one attendee, who said there was an air of "blatant transphobia that was circulating around the stadium."

Female athlete Aster Jones should not be forgotten amid this mockery of female sports. Jones placed second to Gallagher in last year's state finals, but she has outperformed the cheating athlete with better times but in a different heat at a regional event.

Jones is highly touted and has raced across the country, including at Nike-sponsored events.

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