Trump admin comes to agreement with school of trans fencer seen in viral protest video

Women's fencer Stephanie Turner speaks to Fox News Digital about the change to the USOPC's policy on trans athletes nearly four months after her protest of the issue went viral.

The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday it came to an agreement with Wagner College on the issue of biologically male trans athletes in women's sports. The agreement cites a viral incident where female fencer Stephanie Turner kneeled to protest a trans fencer who competed for Wagner, at a USA Fencing event.

Wagner has agreed to apologize to all of its female athletes who competed against the trans athlete, Redmond Sullivan, per the DOE announcement. The school will also adopt new biological definition for male and female in its sports programs, per the announcement. 

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Stephanie Turner kneels in front of Red Sullivan at a fencing event in April 2025. (Courtesy of ICONS)

Footage of Turner kneeling toward Sullivan at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland went viral in early April. Turner was given a black card, the harshest penalty in the sport, for her refusal to fence Sullivan, disqualified from the event and dealt a 12-month probation. 

Sullivan did not represent Wagner at the event.

Wagner later told Fox News Digital that Sullivan was no longer on the fencing team. The NCAA had changed its gender eligibility policy to comply President Donald Trump's executive order on the issue in early February.

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But now Wagner is complying directly with Trump's administration to address the incident. 

The agreement comes just weeks after the University of Pennsylvania came to a similar