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USA Gymnastics (USAG) could become the next major American sports governing body that will change That policy To enable trans athletes to compete with women.
The organization has provided a statement to Fox News Digital, which handles website pages for transgender eligibility policies and resources It has been deleted.
“In May, USAG removed the policy to assess compliance with the current legal landscape,” the statement said.
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president Donald Trump On February 5, signed an executive order to ban trans athletes from women’s sports, and US fencing is already facing federal scrutiny over rules that allow men to compete with women.
The previous policies of the USAG were very tolerant for biological men who wanted to compete in the women category.
One of the deleted webpages was an announcement in November 2020 that showed that the organization would no longer require transathletes to receive sexual assignments, legal gender recognition and hormone therapy to compete in gender categories of choice.
The organization previously had transathlete resources and guidelines on its website, but these pages have also been removed.
USAG was in the spotlight this weekend this weekend after Olympic legend Simone Biles won a massive backlash after attacking former NCAA swimmer and conservative influencer Riley Gaines. Called Gaines, Villes suggesting Gaines is male size, is male size after Gaines pointed out. Minnesota High School That softball team won the state championship with transgender pitcher on Friday, and the Minnesota High School League has impeded comments in an announcement X post.
Since then, Biles has issued a public apology for her comments on Gaines.
In general, Americans have become more universally opposed to enabling trans athletes to participate in women’s sports last year.
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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Other major team USA sports governing bodies have quietly revised their transgender policies amid rising opposition to transporting women and girls into 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.
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From left, Simone Biles, Jordan Chile, Hezley Rivera, Jade Carey and Team Sunisa Lee of Team USA won the gold medal after the 2024 Women’s Team Finals in Artistic Gymnastics at the Bercy Arena in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Tom Weller/Voigt/GetTyimages)
“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.”
Currently, US gymnastics is riding on a wave of change. Because the entire team can have very different rules in time for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics compared to the past.
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