Fencing in the United States of America adjusts policies on the locations of the friendly host of LGBTQ and the national anthem table

Fescing in the United States of America voted to amend its current policy Bald countries With LGBTQ laws that are friendly to the host sites and a policy that prevented the playing of the national anthem in some events.

The decision comes yet Months of criticism To punish a woman from the fencing that rejected a transient opponent fence, which included auditing from federal legislators in a hearing in Congress in early May.

The changes were voted into force at the Board of Directors meeting on Saturday.

The official announcement states that the fence in the United States “adopted a simplified policy that applies the criteria that define the priorities of cost, safety and comfort for each national offer in all fifty states.” The new policy “guarantees that host cities meet strict criteria for member safety and cost efficiency.”

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At the same time, the new national anthem policy in the board of directors will enter into force in the citizens of summer 2025 and will be reviewed annually by the championship committee.

The advertisement said: “On the recommendation of the championship committee, the Board of Directors adopted a unified policy for the national anthem that governs all the national events of fencing in the United States of America,” adding that the new policy “will provide the minimum consistent and respectful to honor science and the anthem through nine annual championships.”

Again in December, the Council Voting To play the national anthem at the beginning of the championships before “all NACS and national tournaments”, but it was voted against 8-2 with abstinence of one.

The previous host site policy, which It is announced In November 2022, he gave preference when choosing the host cities for the national championships of the states that are not consisting of laws of “LGBTQ Communities” and countries that do not “have laws that undermine the reproductive health of women.”

This policy entered into force in the 2023 season, and in the same year it changed its gender policy. Later a List of states It aims to “avoid where possible” and the states that do not allow it to host the main events.

The states in the “Do not allow” list were Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.

The states in the “Avoid wherever you can” Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idahu, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Idahu, Indiana, Kentucky, Luisiana Dakota, Tenese, Texas and West Virginia.

The previous policy became one of the largest criticism points of the organization after the fencing Stephanie Turner ignited a global violent reaction against the organization when it recorded a video of its rak’ah in protest against a opponent through a competition in Maryland in late March.

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The shots became a viral, amid news that Turner was excluded from the event and dealt with a black card for rejecting the fence.

The controversy was then the subject of a federal hearing on May 7. Ministry of Governmental efficiency (Doug) saw a sub -committee, “The Fair theatrical: Keeping Men from Women Sports” that Turner is witnessing against the head of the fencing in the United States of America, Damian Livelt.

LaVelt has taken harsh criticism from Republican lawmakers for the policies of the insertion of the sexually transformed organization and the hosting site selection policies.

The Chair of the Sub -Committee, Dog, Margori Taylor Green, RR Tom Ga, called the city’s host city policy.

“In choosing sites for the events of national duel, for example, the Board’s policy is to avoid the countries whose bars and policies on LGBTQ rights and abort their opposition. It uses” equality maps “to determine the countries that reach a basic list of their competitions, and which is in their favor,” Green said.

“This ends with the preference of many blue countries and hurting a lot of red. Therefore, it creates two political and losers-but it has absolutely unrelated to the fencing. It competes with the USA’s duty to fence as NGB to develop interest and participate throughout the United States.”

USA Fencing has also announced that it is preparing to change its current policy that allows converted athletes to compete in the women’s category in April.

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“In the event that the United States of America’s fence is forced to change its current position in accordance with federal supervision or legislation, new athletes in countries competing in the United States championships must compete according to their biological sex,” as stated in the announcement.

The proposed updated policy guarantees that the woman’s category “will be open exclusively to athletes in female sex.” Men’s category “will be open to all other athletes who are qualified to compete.”

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