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Transgender Exclusion: Lawsuit Filed Against USA Fencing

10/17/2025

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Dinah Yukich filed a New Jersey suit against USA Fencing and the U.S. Olympic Committee for excluding her.
She says the groups updated policies in response to a Trump executive order barring transgender women.
The suit contends the organizations conspired to exclude transgender women and seeks damages and a jury trial.
The updated policy restricts women's competition to those assigned female at birth, while men's categories remain open.

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Story summary

Dinah Yukich filed a New Jersey suit against USA Fencing and the U.S. Olympic Committee for excluding her.
She says the groups updated policies in response to a Trump executive order barring transgender women.
The suit contends the organizations conspired to exclude transgender women and seeks damages and a jury trial.
The updated policy restricts women's competition to those assigned female at birth, while men's categories remain open.