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The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USAPC) has announced that it will comply with President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.
The USOPC’s Policy Policy Policy policy page now contains a note that reads, “As of July 21, 2025, refer to the USOPC Athlete Safety Policy.”
This policy does not lay any clear guidelines for trans -cluttering in women’s sports. However, it includes a section that directly cites President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.
“The USOPC will continue to cooperate with various stakeholders with supervisory responsibility … to ensure that women have a fair and secure competition environment that complies with executing order 14201,” the policy reads.
Pakinomist Digital has reached the USOPC for comment.
The United States fence was one of the first US Olympic organizations to publicly announced that it has updated its gender eligibility policy after months of criticism for having allowed biological men to compete in the women’s category.
The organization seemed to update its policy last week to include the following requirements to compete in domestic women’s competitions: “Athletes who are of the female gender provided that all other access criteria are met.”
The new policy will take effect from next month.
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Lauren Scruggs competes against Alice Volpi in Women’s Foil Team Gold Medal Match during the Paris Olympic Games. (Katie Goodale-usa Today Sports)
The previous politics stated: “To participate in a US-fence-sanctioned event, athletes must register with US fence as the gender they identify,” adds that biological men “can only compete in women’s events after completing a calendar year (12 months) of testosterone oppression treatment.”
At the end of April, the United States fence announced that it was preparing to change its gender eligibility policy to ensure that the women’s category would be “open exclusively to athletes of the female sex.” The new official policy does not include the “exclusively” language used in April’s proposal.
The US Fence has refused to clarify for Pakinomist Digital if the new policy explicitly prevents all biological men from competing in women’s events. The US Fence also refused to specify how it will enforce the new policy, whether mandatory sex testing will be implemented or whether it will accept changed birth certificates as evidence of birth sex.
The United States fence concerned the new policy in a public statement and claimed that the change came in response to new guidelines released by the USAPC.
“On July 18, 2025, the U.SOPC released new guidelines for athlete security that all national governing bodies must follow under a federal executive order issued by the president earlier this year. 2025, for each sanction that was participated, “the decision,” The Retay, “The Retay to be read.
“We remain firmly obliged to respect, justice and the well -being of the athlete. This update, which is a mandate of USAPC, adapts our sport with current national standards while keeping the support of society at the forefront.”
Who is Stephanie Turner? Women’s fences that kneeled to protest against opponent and ignited global consciousness
The United States fence has been under a national microscope for its gender eligibility policy since April 2, when footage of women’s fence Stephanie Turner kneeled to protest against a trans opponent at a competition in Maryland became viral. Turner was disqualified and got a black card for her rejection of meeting the Trans opponent, which led to the massback against USA hencing.
The controversy was then the subject of a federal consultation on May 7th. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Under Committee’s “InJourly Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Then Witness Witness Against US fence chair Damien Lehfeldt.
At the beginning of June, the USA hencing’s board voted to change its previous policy that Priority States With LGBTQ-friendly laws for host sites for competitions and a policy that may have prevented the game by National Anthem at some events. Both of these policies were also very criticized in the wake of Turner’s viral protest.
Then, the next week, Two USA hencing board of director members filed a lawsuit against the other six in large members, claiming Lehfeldt made false statements to Congress during the hearing on May 7. The applicants, Andrey Geva and Abdel Salem, each have long ties to the sport and the organization, former coaching or competing for Team USA.
US Fence recognized the trial in a statement to Pakinomist Digital.
“The United States fence proudly serves its members – athletes, coaches, judges and clubs – across our community with absolute transparency and integrity. This derived trial mistakenly represents our organization, and we will vigorously defend the organization in court; any attempt to separate them will be treated appropriately,” the statement reads.
“Because litigation is in progress, we cannot discuss details. Our focus remains unshakable: to promote fence nationwide, support each member’s success and maintain the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement.”
