After President Donald Trump threatened on Truth Social to withhold “large-scale funding” from California if the state continued to allow trans athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports, the state seems to have found a solution: give awards in the boys’, girls’, and transgender competition.
Amid Trump threats, California changes rules for upcoming Track & Field Championships.
Under those rules, there could now be three 1st place winners in Long Jump, for example. One in the Boys competition, one in Girls, and one transgender student.https://t.co/9ecrx14QrG
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) May 27, 2025
Ashley Zavala reports for KCRA:
The California Interscholastic Federation on Tuesday announced a new pilot entry process for the upcoming Track and Field Championships, allowing a “biological female” student-athlete to compete who may have otherwise been displaced from gaining entry to the competition by a trans athlete.
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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 potentially be three first-place winners in the Long Jump competition, for example: One biological boy, one trans athlete, and one biological girl.
“CIF’s proposed pilot is a reasonable, respectful way to navigate a complex issue without compromising competitive fairness,” said Izzy Gardon, a spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The Governor is encouraged by this thoughtful approach.”
The governor’s thoughtful approach does appear reasonable … he must really be gearing up for that 2028 run.
What dressing rooms, showers and bathrooms will the transgender students use? Will they be provided separate facilities to correspond with the separate winners?
— Rob Smith (@RobSmith_Munich) May 27, 2025
Good question.
Still a joke.
— John Hamblin (@JohnDHamblin) May 27, 2025
Communism is alive and well in America. This only makes sense if transgenders run only against other transgenders. They should not be running against biological females period, especially if the bio boys don’t have to compete against trans or girls
— flacalgal (@Lanalou52) May 28, 2025
@GavinNewsom made sure the one-off gets a participation trophy. Can’t have anyone’s feelings hurt, can we governor. I mean except for girls.
— SGrove (@SGrove324) May 27, 2025
“Transgender” is a health condition, not a sports category.
— Tim Castleman (@aztc) May 27, 2025
Speaking of track and field in California, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has launched an investigation into the CIF for allowing boys to dominate girls’ sports.
JUST IN: U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli has launched an investigation into the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for allowing boys to dominate girls’ sports.
The investigation comes as male track athlete AB Hernandez continues to steal wins from girls.
“Today, my office… pic.twitter.com/DYWx5XunrP
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 28, 2025
The post continues:
… along with Harmeet Dhillon, is taking action to combat California’s practice of allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports,” Essayli said.
“We are launching a Title IX investigation into CIF and Jurupa Unified School District for allowing a boy to dominate on the track team and take first place in competitions.”
“We are also getting involved in an ongoing lawsuit against the Riverside Unified School District for allowing a boy to displace a girl on the cross country team.”
The investigation comes one day after President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from California for allowing boys to play in girls’ sports.
Good. Let every district know, if you bench girls for boys in lipstick, you’re getting sued. No more hiding behind activism.
— The Undercurrent (@NotTheirScript) May 28, 2025
It’s insane that this is even controversial.
This should be a bipartisan issue.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 28, 2025
Long overdue. California needs to be held accountable for actively destroying women’s sports
— CartierFamily (@cartierfamilyZ) May 28, 2025
Finally, some action being taken to protect the integrity of women’s sports. It’s about time we address these fairness issues.
— Soni Mishra🇮🇳 (@Trendswithsoni) May 28, 2025
Finally, someone is standing up for fair play in girls’ sports. About time we put an end to this nonsense.
— VJT (@KelvinCold1234) May 28, 2025
Good, this nonsense has to be stopped.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 28, 2025
This is what the American people voted for.
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