USA Fencing Chair Damien Lehfeldt two years ago published a lengthy pro-transgender manifesto, which was flagged by a source to The Daily Wire following the athletic organization’s decision to disqualify a female fencer from a tournament for refusing to compete against a transgender-identifying male opponent.
Lehfeldt, who calls himself “the fencing coach,” published a lengthy blog post on August 30, 2023, outlining why he wants male transgender-identifying athletes to compete against females.

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The post claims that “transgender women are women” and that “no” athlete “transitions with the intention of gaining a physical advantage over their cisgender peers.”
Lehfeldt also explains that if his daughter has to one day fence against a male who claims to be female, he would hope his daughter “doesn’t care about the outcome and that both…