Sacramento, California (AP)-California Sports Sports Board is changing its competition rules to state-owned tracking and fields this weekend to allow more girls to participate in the background of a transitional-athletic dispute.
The California Federation of the Inter -S -Holiday Federation said it was expanding access for more “biological female” athletes to participate in the Championship Summit. The group announced the change on Tuesday after President Donald Trump posted on his social media website for the involvement of a trance athlete in the competition.
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“According to this pilot process of entry, any biological student-athlete of women who would win the next qualified assessment for one of the automatic qualification appearances of their section in the CIF State meeting and did not achieve in the CIF state at the finals of their sections,” CIFs and field championships were expanded. ” “CIF believes that this pilot process of entry is achieving the opportunities for participation that we strive to afford our athletes.”
This move comes against the backdrop of a national battle for the rights of transgender young people, in which countries have limited transgender girls from participating in sports teams for girls, banned gender confirming underage operations and requires parents to be notified if the child changes their pronouns at school. At least 24 states have laws that block transgender women and girls to participate in certain sports competitions. Some of the policies are blocked in court.
A recent AP-Norc poll has found that about 7 in 10 adults in the United States believe that women’s athletes of transgender women should not be able to participate in sports for girls and women of high school, college or vocational levels. This opinion was shared by about 9 in 10 Republicans and approximately half of the Democrats.
The Federation did not specify whether the change applied to all events or only events where a trance athlete was ranked for the final. Change only applies to competition this weekend. The organization did not say how many students would be affected by change.
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Changing the rules may be the first experience on a national scale by a sports body at the high school to expand competition when trance athletes participate.
Trump threat to withdrawal of federal funding
Trump threatened on Tuesday to withdraw federal funding in California if the state has not banned students from participating in sports girls. The publication refers to AB Hernandez, a trance athlete, who is planned to compete in the triple jump of the Varsity girls, a height jump and a debt jump in the state finals. She won the Division 3 girls for long jumps and a triple jump girls and ranked seventh in the height of the Southern Division Finals on May 19, according to CIF results.
“This is not fair and completely humiliating for women and girls,” Trump wrote about Truth Social.
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Trump also criticizes Maine’s democratic governor after she said the state would take the president to court because of his efforts to prevent the trans girls from competing in sports for girls.
The Trump administration has launched an investigation earlier this year under California’s law, which says that the regions cannot force teachers and employees to notify the parents if the student changes his or her sexual identity at school.
Newsom praised the changes
California governor Gavin Newo recently said in his podcast that it was “deeply unfair” to girls to participate in sports girls. Charlie Kirk, the conservative commentator and guest of the podcast, refers to Hernandez when he asks Newsom about the problem.
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Trump said he plans to talk to Newsom about it on Tuesday. The governor’s service did not confirm the call, but said the change in the rules of the California Federation of the International Federation was a “thoughtful approach”.
“The proposed CIF pilot is a sensible, respectful way to navigate a complex issue without compromising competitive justice – a model worth pursuing,” said Newsom spokesman Ozi Gardon.
Sofia Lori of the Conservative Family Council of California, who protested against Hernandez, competing in sports for girls, said the change of rules was “damage control”.
“The girls who were unfairly eliminated are suddenly returning to the country this weekend,” Lori said. “This is a step in the right direction, but let’s be real: this should never happen. The boys do not belong in sports for girls.”
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Democratic MPs blocked the bills last month that would ban transgender girls from participating in sports girls.
The California equality, the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, said the Trump administration was “harassed a child” and called on CIF to maintain its “inclusive, evidence -based policies”.
“Our community is watching and we rely on CIF to maintain our policies, to adhere to the California Law, to defend our athletes, and to confirm that everyone deserves to compete safely and authentically,” says the group in a joint statement with several other organizations.
Athletes’ answers and area
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Parents and conservative defenders opposed to transgender girls competing in the sports for girls criticized Hernandez’s participation and encouraged her during meetings after the season.
After losing to Hernandez in a leap on the debt of the sectional finale, student Katie McGines called on CIF to change her policy during an interview with Fox News.
“I have nothing against this athlete as a person and I have nothing against the trans community,” McGines said. “My message today is really specific to CIF and for them to act quickly and in a timely manner, because it is really sensitive to the time.”
Hernandez told the publication Capital & Main earlier this month in response to verbal attacks from adults that “there is nothing to do for people’s actions” so it focuses on what it can control.
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“I’m still a child, you’re an adult and you act as a child shows how you are as a person,” she said.
In the email, Hernandez’s mother declined to comment on changing the rules on Tuesday.
The Unified Yurupa School Quarter, which includes the Hernandez High School in South California, said it would continue to follow state law, allowing trans-students to compete in sports teams that are aligned with their sexual identity.
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Associated Press journalists Gianni Har in San Francisco and Darlin Superville in Washington have contributed.
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