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US gymnastics appeared to be removed Transgender Eligibility PolicyY website page. If the page was officially filmed offline, it is currently unknown.
The organization has been undergoing intense public scrutiny since Friday after Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles caught fire Feud Riley Gaines on social media with former NCAA swimmer and conservative activist Riley Gaines over the issue of trans-athlete inclusion.
Previous links to the organization’s three pages that outline transgender eligibility policies are currently offline.
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One link has made the November 2020 announcement, with the organization no longer requiring transathletes to receive sexual assignments, legal gender recognition and hormone therapy. The page still appears in the search results, but the link is a 404 error page.
Another link previously arrived in a three-page PDF brochure in the US Gymnastics Guidelines for Transgender and Non-Binary Sleepers. Wayback Machine Archive. The link is currently unaccessible, but it is still the biggest result for search engines.
Another link was previously sent to a 9-page PDF US gymnastics brochure entitled “Transgender Athlete Inclusion Resources: Support for Transgender and Non-Binary Sleeves.” The link is no longer accessible either.
The governance documentation page of the official US gymnastics website features recent transgender and non-binary guidelines and resources pages, as seen in April. Wayback Machine Archive. However, these links are not found on the governance documentation page.
The Wayback machine cannot be accurately identified when a web page is deleted or changed.
Fox News Digital has reached out to USA gymnastics for comment.
The feud between Biles and Gaines has become one of the most viral topics on social media in the last three days, spurring fierce debate and controversial media coverage while dominating X’s top trending section.
Gaines said in a social media video on Saturday that multiple team USA athletes reached out to her and agreed to their attitude towards allowing men in women’s sports.
The feud began when Biles called out to Gaines and had trouble Minnesota High School The softball team won the state championship on Friday as a transgender pitcher.
Transgender athlete Marissa Rothenberger threw a shutout to allow Champlin Park High School to win the state title.
Gaines, host of outkicks “Gaines for Girls” The podcast noted that comments about X were turned off in the Minnesota State High School League post with photos of the team on social media.
“You’re expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines wrote.
Biles responded, calling Gaines “really sick” for her comments, and saying Gaines should “excite” trans athletes. Biles sent X a second post saying to Gaines that he was “bullying someone of his size.” This is ironically going to be a man.”
Biles has been the subject of widespread criticism by conservatives and women’s sports rights activists.
President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined the criticism in a pair of X’s posts.
Other major team USA Sports governing bodies have quietly revised their transgender policies amid rising opposition to transporting women and girls to sports.
American Athletics (USATF) Official Transgender Eligibility Policy Currently, we refer to the World Athletics Guidelines on our official website.
The USATF previously referred to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) policy as seen via archives Wayback Machine.
The IOC allows biological men to compete in the female category, and athletics around the world bans athletes who competed as females during male adolescents.
USA Fencing announced in April that it is preparing to change its gender eligibility policy after a viral protest by female fencers Stephanie Turner Protesting against trans opponents has sparked a massive backlash and federal intervention.
The organization said it was preparing to fix it. Current policy This allows biological men to compete with women and girls if they “force” them to change it.
“If US fencing is forced to change its current stance in accordance with watchdogs or federal law, the new policy must compete in US fencing-approved tournaments according to biological gender,” the announcement.
The proposed updated policy ensures that the female category is “open to female sex athletes only.” The male category is “open to all other athletes who otherwise qualify for competition.”
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Trump signed an executive order in February to ban trans athletes from women and girls’ sports. The majority of Americans have proven against biological men being allowed to compete with women and share locker rooms.
a New York Times/Ipsos Survey The vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, have discovered that they do not believe that trans athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports.
Of the 2,128 participants, 79% identified as women, biological men, said they should not be allowed to participate in female sports. Of the 1,025 people identified as Democrats or leaning towards Democrats, 67% said trans athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
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