Minnesota Fencing eliminates ALL WOMEN’s events to protest new anti-trans policy

The Minnesota division of USA Fencing has announced a dramatic response to recent policy changes regarding transgender athletes, declaring it will only sanction mixed-gender competitions moving forward. This decision comes…

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@transworld

For a sport like fencing it might be more fair to segment competitions by height.

@alienghic @transworld or anyway arm length, or let’s actually say “reach”, however achieved, which would presumably be applicable in seated fencing too. (They don’t actually use wheelchairs, which seems like a missed opportunity to me 😉)

@StrangeNoises

Now that makes me wonder if bicycle fencing is possible.

@alienghic well, sabre is specifically descended from a cavalry weapon…
@transworld I imagine some mid-tier epee and foil blokes will get a nasty shock here.