Donald Trump has been in office for about four months and he has made his opinion on Transgender Athletes very clear: he won’t stand for it. He has already taken serious action against Maine for allowing a Transgender Athlete to compete, and now there may be another state facing some major repercussions.
Donald Trump Threatens New State For Allowing Transgender Athlete To Compete (Breaking)
In advance of a controversial track and field postseason meet that will feature a biologically male transathlete competing in the girls’ category, the Trump administration is putting California and Governor Gavin Newsom on notice:
The U.S. Department of Education called out Newsom, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and Jurupa Valley High School over the upcoming meet and previous reporting that CIF officials made competitors at last Saturday’s postseason event remove their “Protect Girls Sports” shirts throughout the day.
“CIF’s and Jurupa Valley High School’s apparent flouting of federal civil rights law by allowing a male athlete to compete in a female California track and field [Southern Sectional Division 3 Final] this Saturday, and the alleged retaliation against the girls who are protesting this, is indefensible,” Julie Hartman, a Department of Education spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital.
The CIF is already under a federal Title IX investigation over the state’s trans inclusion practices.
“California Governor Gavin Newsom, who in a startling moment of moral clarity, recently remarked that it was ‘deeply unfair’ for men to compete in women’s sports,” Hartman continued. “Where is Governor Newsom now? With or without the Governor, the Trump Administration’s Department of Education’s commitment is unwavering: we will not allow institutions to trample upon women’s civil rights. OCR’s investigation into CIF continues with vigor.”
California’s high school sports league was one of the first in the nation to openly announce its defiance of President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order. Now, the state is facing growing unrest from its own residents over the issue in addition to the federal investigation.
A trans track and field athlete for Jurupa Valley High School will be competing in the high jump, triple jump and long jump after advancing in the prelims last Saturday. The athlete took a top-9 spot in those events, keeping three female athletes from advancing, while taking first in the triple jump.
Brea Olinda student Julia Teven, 17, is one of the athletes set to face the trans competitor on Saturday. Teven is also one of the few female athletes to have beaten Jurupa Valley’s athlete this year, tying for first place in the high jump at the prelims last Saturday, while the trans athlete finished eighth.
However, Teven also claimed she has seen the trans athlete jump much higher in social media posts, and acknowledges that the athlete could still beat her this upcoming Saturday, noting the scoring system of the final is different than the prelims.
“He could beat me, for this one he didn’t, but looking forward he could,” Teven said,
Still, Teven doesn’t blame the athlete for the issue, she blames the institution allowing it.
“I genuinely believe he doesn’t have a harmful intent towards girls sports. I think it’s the kind of like, CIF allowing him that’s kind of put him in his position,” Teven said. “I think genuinely, he’s just, like, being enabled by the CIF, and he’s just taking his opportunity presented to him.”
Crean Lutheran student Reese Hogan, 16, also finished ahead of the trans athlete in high jump, at fifth place. But it was a different story during triple jump.
The trans athlete dominated the event, winning by more than four feet over the runner-up.
Hogan finished third, and would have placed one spot higher were it not for the trans athlete.
“It’s just kind of sad just watching. He’s obviously a really talented athlete, we’ve all seen him jump and stuff, and I wish him the best of luck, but in a boys’ division,” Hogan said. “It’s pretty obvious the certain advantages that he has, and it’s obviously just sad as a woman to watch that.”
The competitors had to wait through an hours-long delay on Saturday to finish the competition after temperatures exceeded over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, putting the meet in a heat danger delay.
The heated nature of the event extended into the temper’s of the spectators.
The meet was overshadowed by controversy and protest, as activists held a live press conference that saw students, parents and even public education officials bash the CIF and state government for allowing what was happening that day.
The CIF has acknowledged that its officials made athletes at the meet take off the “Protect Girls Sports” shirts that they wore in protest, claiming it was due to standard apparel policy.
“Per the CIF Southern Section Playoff Bulletin, all athletes must be dressed in proper, school issued, track uniforms. The student-athletes were asked to comply with this while in the on-field event area, as they were wearing said shirts over their school-issued uniform,” the CIF said in a statement.
However, witnesses allege that the officials did not give the same orders to athletes wearing non-school-issued gear that didn’t include the “Protect Girls Sports” message.
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