Female Fence Stephanie Turner was honored as a against winner master of his decision to take a knee instead of competing against a biological man during an event earlier this month.
XX-XY ATHLETICS announced Turner as the award winner on Monday.
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Women’s Fence Stephanie Turner knees in protest in front of the transking athlete Redmond Sullivan (Courtesy of icons)
“By taking a knee, she became more powerful than any man. She stood her land to fight for women’s sports,” said XX-Xy Athletic’s founder Jennifer Sey in a news message. “She’s a hero.”
Turner will receive $ 5,000 and be included in a leadership program.
SEY announced the award of Pakinomist Channel’s “America Reports.”
“We aim to take the sting out of monetary cancellation and platform these women and bring them on board,” she said. “They have communities. They have support. They won’t stand alone.”
Turner refused to compete against Trans -Competition Redmond Sullivan at Cherry Blossom Open. Turner received a black card for her decision to take a knee, which led to her expulsion from the tournament for serious violations or unsportsmanlike behavior.
Stephanie Turner on Pakinomist Channel (Pakinomist)
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“I knew what I had to do because USA fence hadn’t listened to women’s objections about [its gender eligibility policy]”Turner told Pakinomist digital in an interview last week.” I immediately took a knee at the time. Redmond was under the impression that I was going to start fences. So when I took my knee, I looked at the judge and I said, ‘I’m sorry I can’t do this. I am a woman and this is a man. And this is a women’s tournament. And I don’t want to fence this person. ” ”
The United States fence defended its trans-inclusion policy in the wake of the protest.
“The US Fence remains obliged to promote an inclusive, respectful society for everyone in our sport. We believe in the principle of creating safe communities where all athletes and members of the community have a place,” the statement reads.
Stephanie Turner was honored when the courage wins master (Xx-xy athletics)
“While we understand that there are a number of perspectives, US hencing will continue to engage in respectful, research-based dialogue and review as the policy develops in the Olympic and Paralympic movement as well as domestic law, hatred of any kind is not acceptable-in personal or personal. Let us keep the conversation respectful and strip.
