Trump addresses boys dominating CA HS track...in the girls division

Actually, the federal court did not just give an injunction. They have decided on the substance of the case in favor of BPJ. Unless SCOTUS overturns this decision, she has the legal right to compete.

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B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education | American Civil Liberties Union

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Link:www.aclu.org/cases/bpj-v-west-virginia...

And since the 4th circuit specifically mentioned the fact that BPJ never went through male puberty, this case law does not apply to a hypothetical case in CA regarding AB Hernandez. If you take the 4th circuit decision literally, the court in CA is likely to decide against ABH.

That's the difference between the two situations. One is a closed case unless it is overturned. The other is an open case that requires a stopgap measure.

Damn! This kid is turning the country red. I’m thinking the Republicans are behind this and paid her to transgender and win a bunch of field events.

i see how none of you are eagerly over in the "should girls be cops" thread defending women there.

fakes.

The left has really taken a deep dive into the abyss. They're out there rallying for a man who's decided to play dress-up as a woman, for God's sake. We're talking about the obliteration of women's rights here, pure and simple. The left was once about freedom, about standing up for the people. Now? They've morphed into a lunatic fringe that's one bad day away from a mental breakdown. This isn't your grandfather's party anymore, and that's bloody terrifying. What I'm seeing is so screwed up, so beyond saving, that I truly worry about the future for my democrat friends. It's like they've turned into this hate-spewing monster and God help anyone who gets in their way.

I don’t why these types of posts get upvotes. I don’t think anyone is rallying around the kid and certainly not the entire left. You say they’re “ out there” rallying for him. Please provide a link that shows these rally’s and who’s attending them.

Lunatic fringe like Red Rider and near a mental breakdown? Get a grip.

On another topic, Trump has offered Canada $61B (in savings) to become our 51st state. Trump ain’t nobody’s grandfather’s Republican Party.

Could anyone expand on this statement (from the link below):
Gov. Gavin Newsom's office clarified that the CIF's pilot policy also means events at the Track and Field Championships on May 30-31 in Clovis will score separately for transgender students. So there could now be three first place winners in the Long Jump competition, for example: One biological boy, one trans athlete, and one biological girl.

As I interpret it, this is implying that the trans athlete(s) will compete with the biological girls (not in a separate section of the event), but that in terms of (biological) girls' team scoring and individual awards, the trans athlete(s) will effectively be skipped over, i.e., shifted to a separate category. Is this accurate?

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Calif. changes high school track & field championship rules amid Trump threats over trans athletes

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As California continues to face threats from President Donald Trump's administration over state policies allowing trans athletes in girl's sports, the state organization that oversees high school sports announced a change tha...

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I mean… the statement LITERALLY didn’t say: “any biological female who would have earned the next qualifying mark, BUT DID NOT DUE TO A TRANS ATHLETE PLACING HIGHER”…

I do understand that, obviously, this was intended for the trans situation. But semantically, the wording seems to imply that any biological girl who would have earned the Section’s next qualifying spot, without achieving the state auto mark, would be allowed to compete… REGARDLESS of whether it was a trans or cis athlete placing higher than that athlete who otherwise WOULD HAVE qualified.

Ex: if a section allows three qualifiers to state, and both the third and fourth place finishers did not achieve the state auto Q mark… the wording IMPLIES the fourth place girl would then compete. Because if not for the three BIOLOGICAL girls placing ahead of her, the fourth place biological girl “WOULD HAVE EARNED THE NEXT QUALIFYING MARK”.

Again, I understand this was not the INTENTION… But due to dancing around saying the word “trans” athlete, THIS is the correct literal interpretation of the statement.

Unless I am missing something?

When you are an incredible simpleton unable to comprehend logic it would make sense that you beleive POTUS is picking on a teenager. The reality is his comments are about the policy of CIF, or more importantly the State, and not the individual athlete. But hey Sparky, you keep up the effort to change reality.

As far as I can tell, KRCA TV Channel 3, a Hearst-owned station based in Sacramento that's affilated with NBC, is the only news outlet in California so far to report that "Gov. Gavin Newsom's office clarified" the CIF pilot policy in the particular way you've pointed out.

Reuters has picked up and repeated what KRCA TV reported about the clarification supposedly made by Newsom's office, but Reuters has been careful to name KRCA TV as its source for this bit of info.

If it's really true that CIF has decided to score AB Hernandez (and any other boys with trans gender identities competing in girls' events) separately at the 2025 state track & field championships, then in my view that's major news which warrants big headlines and deserves mention in the lede or at least near the top of the news reports.

The fact that no other CA-based news outlet other than KRCA TV Channel 3 has reported this info has me really confused. I hope and expect that as the day goes on, clarification of Newsom's office's supposed clarification will be forthcoming. But as of right now, it's not even 9 am on the West Coast of the USA yet, so I think it will be a while before there's more news about this from Sacramento or other places in CA.

"Rallying" doesn't necessarily mean attending the group gatherings known as rallies.

Rallying for AB Hernandez means coming together to show support for him. Or in some cases, it means making public statements or taking actions supporting, defending or praising him and other boys and men like him who are using gender identity claims to muscle in on and clean up in girls' and women's sports competitions.

Yesterday, Equality California - which bills itself as "the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization" and says it "bring[s] the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States" - joined together with a couple of other groups to issue a public statement supporting AB Hernandez.

The statement from Equality California et al accuses Donald Trump of "bullying" AB Hernandez and asserts that allowing Hernandez and other boys to use gender identity claims to compete and clean up in girls' sports is not only lawful, it's fair and for the good of all student-athletes, too.

The statement starts off claiming that AB Hernandez - a healthy, strapping, cocky and conceited 16/17 year-old boy who currently ranks as the top or near-top athlete in three different girls' high school track & field events in California - is

a teen who earned her spot through grit, talent, and determination.

The statement goes on to say:

To suggest that there is an “unfair advantage” is not only inaccurate—it’s dangerous. It fuels harassment, invites discrimination, and demonizes a young person.

The same administration that claims to protect women and children is, in reality, bullying a child. Let’s call it what it is: bullying—from the highest levels of government. And when that happens, the consequences are far-reaching—for the safety of those competing and for transgender youth across the nation.

For more than a decade, organizations like CIF have upheld inclusive, evidence-based policies that ensure fairness for all athletes, regardless of their gender identity. These policies not only ensure a fair level playing field and a safe, supportive environment for students, but also comply with California law. Undermining that now for political gain is a transparent attempt to scapegoat a child and distract from real national challenges Americans are facing.

Our state’s anti-discrimination laws are clear—and transgender youth are protected under them. Threats and blatant intimidation tactics do not erase those rights. Our community is watching, and we are counting on the CIF to uphold its policies, adhere to California law, protect its athletes, and reaffirm that everyone deserves to compete safely and authentically.

Transgender athletes are not ruining sports.

Fairness and inclusion are not mutually exclusive.

Transgender youth are not political pawns.

We will not allow the transgender community to be erased, and that starts by protecting transgender youth. No matter how relentless their attacks, our resolve is unwavering.

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LGBTQ+ Advocates Condemn Trump Administration’s Attack on Transgender Student-Athletes, Urge CIF to Uphold Inclusive Sports Policies

Shane Stahl

Equality California, TransFamily Support Services, and Our Schools USA released the following joint statement in response to the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal funding from California over the participation...

Link:www.eqca.org/trump-cif-trans-athletes/

I think this qualifies as "rallying."

Please, Please, and Please explain why and how ANYONE thinks or believes that having male athletes compete against female athletes in track and field is "Fair". Am I missing something here? Why are the male times in ALL running events faster? Are females being denied access to the same training males are? Is there some kind of conspiracy among male coaches floating around that secretly dumb down quality training of females so as they can't develop like males athletically? I've heard arguments from the trans community that trans women just want to be part of the team and train with their female friends and that there's only a small percentage of trans women competing, and that they have little interest in actually winning. At it's core, there's nothing wrong with that, unfortunately, athletics doesn't work that way and for anyone to not understand that is being selfish and self centered to their needs and wants only while disregarding the spirit of competition amongst biological female athletes.

Ultimately, none of this matters. We're talking about high school sports. Kids compete, it's over, they graduate. Except the old people decide that 5-10 people nationally are worth targeting and de-valuing.

Pile everyone into one race and hand out ribbons. It doesn't matter.

I sure hope THAT BARRON TRUMP GOES AHEAD WITH HIS TRANSITION.

If anyone actually reported that AB is competing "with' the girls but not "against" the girls people wouldn't be able to be outraged. What would they do then?

Trump ordered local authorities to prevent one teenager from competing. It’s a joke to think Trump is thinking anything more than that. He hates Newsome and California that’s what’s behind the most powerful man in the world going after the kid.

Regardless of your opinion on Trump, it is strange to me that any athlete or former athlete would support allowing biological boys to compete against girls in a division for girls.

It's clear that they don't, but they're consumed by Trump derangement syndrome and will go to any lengths to oppose the right, even when it's the right thing to do. Even when the right is correct.

It doesn't have to be fair. Sports aren't fair. If you compete for a small school in Alabama and run 4:30, you may be state champion. If you run that same time in a division on Long Island, you may not make it out of your local section.

Should the LI runner cry "unfair!" and get to call himself state champ? No.

We don't separate genders to give female athletes better chances of winning. If you think that, then you need to get it straight before you start spouting nonsense.

This doesn't do jack. Its like admitting there are dopers in the race, but don't worry we will create a few extra qualifying spots for those were knocked out by dopers. However, if a doper beats you in the final, so sorry tough sh$t. Sounds like it was drafted by an employment attorney.