USA Fencing disqualified a fencer from a women's tournament in Maryland after she refused to face an opponent whom she says is transgender.

Looking for trans people in the bushes with a magnifying glass.

  • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    32·
    4 days ago

    geordi-no Splitting fencers up by gender

    geordi-yes Splitting fencers up by height and arm reach length

    Granted I’ve never paid too much attention to professional fencing so I have no idea if those factors are as dominant there as they were in the amateur stuff I did a while back

    • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      29·
      4 days ago

      Even reach is only part of the equation. Tall dudes have more surface area you can poke, while fencing a tiny woman can be like trying to swat a fly.

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        13·
        4 days ago

        I remember fencing a short woman. What was normally a shot to someone’s heart was my stabbing her mask. Not a legal shot in foil fencing, to be sure.

        I did a lot of apologizing whenever we matched up.