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Rethinking The Woman Fencer And The Trans Guy

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When I first posted about this on Thursday, I looked at the available links, did what I could to read between the lines, and surmised, I think correctly, that women’s fencer Stephanie Turner had already gamed out her potential encounter with the trans male, to the extent of having a friend on hand to videotape it. But I still had the feeling I was missing something. In my post, I cited a link that quoted Ms Turner saying she'd already protested men posing as women fencers on other occasions. But what about USA Fencing? What did they have planned in advance of the event? In my post, I had another link quoting Ms Turner saying, "I was not aware Mr. Sullivan was registered until the night before the tournament." I begsn to wonder if the whole encounter was in fact set up by USA Fencing, and Ms Turner was simply planning a response to a scenario that had already been planned -- to wit, she would encounter Mr Sullivan and either compete or be forced to concede -- and eve...