Everyday Allyship

Note -- this post is the third in a series by the WFencing Allies Committee. Each post will feature a different guest author. Check out the Allies Committee page for more.

I am the head coach and owner of a small club in a small town in Western Massachusetts. I am a middle-aged, cis-gendered, hetero-sexual, Asian-American male with 30+ years in fencing. My club has a total membership of about 45 fencers, at the moment, with a gender split of about 44% male, 56% female. (The USA Fencing membership, as of Jan 2023, is about 65% male, and 35% female.)