Title IX only governs federal funding. The Democrats running California will refuse federal funding before they cave on allowing boys in girls sports.
And if the Democrats ever again have control of the House, Senate, and POTUS, they will pass the Equality Act, which would overrule Title IX by redefining "sex" as "gender identity". Biden's Ed Dept tried to do that by fiat, and was turned away by the courts, but Congress clearly has the authority to define what "sex" means in law. SCOTUS would have no legal basis for overturning that definition.
I understand CIF is only following CA law but they have some influence as the largest sports org in CA over legislature. I am as befuddled and frustrated as the next person because voters, including a solid majority of Democratic voters, don't want boys in girls sports—what could have such a vise-like grip on legislators that they vote in lock step for something that is a gigantic lie, that everyone knows is a gigantic lie, and,as AB Hernandez has pointed out, is a massive fail for the very people it's supposed to benefit. No one, NO ONE is accepting him as a girl, least of all CIF, and the harder they try to make that happen, the more obvious and hideously cartoonish it becomes. This is a girl dammit. The truth has outed—celebrating a "trans girl" is a sideshow. It's vulgar carnival. But with cataclysmic results for girls' sports. Could this really be the end game legislators want?
It’s not federal lawsuits it’s women in a class Action suit against CA, which will win and noncompliance ends in receivership of the entire educational system.
For instance in 2006 the entire prison system in CA was put into federal receivership.
I suspect that should enough women come forward, it would be fast-tracked.
Men can’t really drive it I think except as fathers.
Title IX is funding, but there are many angles which can be pursued, also compliance agreements and Special Masters. There are numerous cases in title IX where this has happened.
No CA school (university level) can afford to lose federal funding, and middle schools can’t afford endless IX lawsuits from parents.
Cowardice comes in many shapes and sizes. The definition of cowardice (and stupidity) is CIF. When you try to strattle a fence you will likely lose a nut. CIF is nutless. Your heart has to hurt for all the California girls who are so disgusted with organized high school athletics that they have either quit or will not go on to compete in college. Because they already know the NCAA is CIF on steroids, so what's the point.
CIF is following California law, passed by Democrats. They do not have any choice about that. If CIF did not follow the law, the California Attorney General (a Democrat) would sue them, and he would win. Because the law is very clear that any male claiming to be female IS female for all legal purposes.
Don't like that law? Then get those Democrats out of office, and replace them with Republicans. There is no other meaningful option for change.
California lawmakers pick and choose which laws they feel like following. They chose their own interpretation of the law. Not the EO, not Title IX, not the Ted Steven's Act. For ONCE I would love to hear a lawmaker say they protect women because its the right thing to do and not because of their political stance.
California CIF is violating Title IX. Bonta can sue them and he might win in the corrupt CA courts. (Yes, they are corrupt. I have personal experience.)
CIF is violating Title IX as interpreted by the Trump administration. The Biden administration had the opposite interpretation, as will the administration of any future Democrat POTUS.
"Cowardice comes in many shapes and sizes. The definition of cowardice (and stupidity) is CIF. When you try to strattle a fence you will likely lose a nut. CIF is nutless."
What's more disturbing is the possibility that the girls sharing that podium are NOT humiliated, that they are so brainwashed as to think this is normal
We need to see a winning female athlete, who got first place, then refuse to stand on / share that podium. It might cost her a lot... but the effect would be powerful.
As much as males are already being centered in these lapses in courage, judgement, responsibility, and basic common decency, can we spend another minute talking about AB Hernandez? Not only has the CIF set him up for continued public rebuke, how would a kid in this position ever walk this back? They have coronated him king (queen?) of "transgirls." He's been feted in the NYT. What chance does he have of being able to ease into the realization that this was just a terrible mistake. A reaction to the chaos of puberty, a difficult childhood, and a world that now says a boy who likes pretty things is a girl who better get on hormones before he's doomed to an adult body directed by testosterone. Everyone who "affirmed" this boy has harmed him now and in the years to come. And they've sent this same celebratory, enabling message of "affirmation" to every other kid who is distressed about their sex. They cast a wide net of harm with their destructive "inclusion."
CIF has given the trans lobby what they want. Yes, they set Hernandez up as a sideshow, which he appears to enjoy. It's possible he's so used to performing he doesn't realize the nature of his show. A mentally healthy boy would in no way have gone this far--done all the interviews, accepted all the awards. That's why these displays are so cringe—we're watching the destruction of healthy girls by one unhealthy boy. It's grotesque
He's an athlete (of sorts). What happens when he starts developing illnesses due to what's been done to him, illnesses that get in the way of athleticism? As his body starts to fall apart, and he can't win any awards in any category, perhaps he WILL be able to see that this was a terrible mistake. Perhaps he will once more go for the money, and sue the doctors who did this to him?
They have absolutely no idea how to get themselves out of the mess they have created. And Ca will fight this tooth and nail for as long as they possibly can. I honestly don't see a light at the end of the tunnel , let alone the tunnel itself. With the Ca governor's race coming up , you can be assured the trans idiocy will become a major factor. Who ever the Dem candidate is they had best start practicing their bobbing and weaving act now.
Kowtowing to the delusions of one young male takes priority over fair competition for every female athlete. The trans "emperor" must be propitiated - it's a sacred caste that otherwise reasonable and intelligent* people feel compelled to worship.
It's not even in the interests of AB Hernandez (not that he cares): his very public cheating has made him infamous. Demonstrating athletic prowess in high school can be enjoyable and validating part of life, but there is no achievement here that can be respected.
* Incurably (?) afflicted by Trans Derangement Syndrome
There’s a comment on here that commends you Sarah for sticking with sports for the whole article “because folks like you usually don’t”! In the same vein I’d like to congratulate you for sticking with the issue of male ‘inclusion’ in female sports for the many years I’ve been reading this excellent Substack. When I first subscribed to it, which was years after being peaked by Laurel Hubbard’s Olympic qualification, I thought this issue was so stupid that - with a bit of exposure - it’d be over by Christmas. Yet here we still are, dealing with the fallout of these dumb as shit sporting federations’ policies, just trying to convince people that actually, no, men aren’t women and that when sporting bodies enact policies that claim they are, everyone loses.
I feel your pain. From the very first absurdity in 2009—people claiming Caster Semenya was getting hate for being "too fast" and that "she" was the victim of racism and sexism—I slapped my forehead thinking what the holy heck?! Ross Tucker was as available to me as to any journalist but none of them availed themselves of the facts. ALL journalists went immediately to the victim narrative which is how I knew 1) that Semenya was male, and 2) that this was absolutely predictive of what was going to happen with men who claimed to be women. And it did. From where I sit, if journalists had done their job from the very beginning, used accurate language, we would not be here now.
Yes, sporting federations and the media double teamed women on this one. I mentioned Semenya (and the whole 800m Rio Olympic debacle) a few years ago on my socials and people said, “I’ve never heard of this, are you sure? She’s a woman with high testosterone.” And I’m like 🤦♀️ man.
Yes, the CIF tried to appease everyone and Be Kind and it just ended up looking like a woke clown show. Look at the podium from the high jump competition. Hernandez is about 6" SHORTER than all the other female medal winners. Why is that? How can a "girl" who is 6" shorter than all the others out jump them in an event where height is a critical advantage? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/trans-athlete-california-track-meet.html
When are sex realist defenders of women's sports going to start a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience at athletic events where boys who claim to be girls are competing against girls?
So you stuck with sports for the whole article. And that's good, because folks like you usually don't. And we all know you are deeply concerned about sports. But of course you had to put the drag queen-ish person with the pink hair at the end of the article. Which is not representative of most trans women. Which makes me question what you're really concerned with. And that's how you folks operate. Why don't you go after the gay men that practice much of this drag in the first place. L&G seems untouchable. But it's open season on trans people (and yes I'm fine with pink hair by the way -- or no hair).
I still don't know what kind of folx I am. Explain. I would have used the photo of Hernandez girl posing on the podium but I don't have photo rights. Tell me how the photo I used is different, more insulting?, than the photo of the drag queen
Oops, I left, at breakfast, and came back to this and in between, lost my train of thought. I menat to write, how is the photo of the drag queen different, a crutch, than using a photo of Hernandez on the podium?
I went through the trouble of reading your article again. Keep in mind I did not contest anything you said. But in review can see you clearly have a problem with any trans teen. And trans people themselves. Wearing make up won't get anyone a better score. But you take the shots anyway. So your article goes beyond sports. The photo you used, once again does not look like a trans teen competing in high school. So yes, it is a crutch already. That is the kind of person you are.
Personally, I do not take much interest in the “sports issue” because it is just an excuse by many to trash all trans people. I mean hey, they flew an air plane over the high school with a message in tow about no boys in sports. This is the sentiment. Which seems more like an obsession to me. OK then. No surprise, because here in FL it is worse. Way worse. Same goes for bathrooms. More exclusion. Where are the solutions? Or discussion. But hey, "we" do not need any. Usually it is just tough luck tr@nny. Well, I do not used the men's room. Got denied access to the dirty men's room one time actually, when the line was long for the ladies room. I did take an interest in Becky Jackson and SCOTUS, since she was the only trans kid athlete in West Virginia I believe. Here is a link for your readers. But you will have to hold your nose, since it is from the ACLU website:
I really do not know, and do not have an answer regarding trans exclusion in sports at the high school level. As for the case regarding Becky Jackson, she is now entering high school. SHE transitioned in the from the 3rd grade. Still a boy? I am more interested in kids being able to play than medals (but understand that is not everyone). How do we determine who should compete in what groups? (oh, wait, that is right... we don't -- ever). But we are taking the hits week in and week out, so you should be delighted.
Next time include the numbers of AB's high jump or long jump against the girls who lost. Talk about hormones levels maybe. My Testosterone got so low a while back, that my doctor had to cut back on one of my meds. I went from being underweight to now bordering on fat. Body changed. But yes, that is what I signed up for. My labs are female. So we can go into all that, but it would not matter to you or your followers. I can see you want to do battle.
Here is an article from Sports Illustrated, which I think is fair to offer. About the high jump scores for Hernandez. All these skinny lean girls are a long way off from Javier Sotomayor's 8' .25". The women's record is 6' 10.5" Big difference.
I give you a photo of AB Hernandez (of that horrible trans freak!). Becky is easier on the eyes — she offers the better CIS conformity to avoid the trans “ick”. Lovely girl. But is that what is important?
We are done. I foolishly ventured out of my usual trans ghetto. Sorry for the imposition. And go MAGA! Make America Divided Again even more so.
Hey AB and Becky, I am a fu*ckin’ freak too. Or at least that what they had me believe way way back.
CIF is FOLLOWING THE LAW in California. If they didn't, AB Hernandez would sue them, and he would win.
Don't like that law?
Then VOTE REPUBLICAN. That is the ONLY way these laws will ever be changed.
EVERY Democrat in office favors those laws.
In the US Congress, EVERY Democrat, both House and Senate, is a CO-SPONSOR of a bill that would make gender self-ID unquestionable under FEDERAL law, which would apply nationwide.
You stated the key. At this stage, everyone knows these people are male. Everyone all officials; the school, the person.
Only legal claims against schools and organizations will shake them out of their stupor.
Legal claims are governed by state law, which in California (and most other blue states) fully backs boys in girls sports.
Unless challenged in Title IX. Legal challenges have to go to SCOtUS which won’t waver.
Title IX only governs federal funding. The Democrats running California will refuse federal funding before they cave on allowing boys in girls sports.
And if the Democrats ever again have control of the House, Senate, and POTUS, they will pass the Equality Act, which would overrule Title IX by redefining "sex" as "gender identity". Biden's Ed Dept tried to do that by fiat, and was turned away by the courts, but Congress clearly has the authority to define what "sex" means in law. SCOTUS would have no legal basis for overturning that definition.
I understand CIF is only following CA law but they have some influence as the largest sports org in CA over legislature. I am as befuddled and frustrated as the next person because voters, including a solid majority of Democratic voters, don't want boys in girls sports—what could have such a vise-like grip on legislators that they vote in lock step for something that is a gigantic lie, that everyone knows is a gigantic lie, and,as AB Hernandez has pointed out, is a massive fail for the very people it's supposed to benefit. No one, NO ONE is accepting him as a girl, least of all CIF, and the harder they try to make that happen, the more obvious and hideously cartoonish it becomes. This is a girl dammit. The truth has outed—celebrating a "trans girl" is a sideshow. It's vulgar carnival. But with cataclysmic results for girls' sports. Could this really be the end game legislators want?
It’s not federal lawsuits it’s women in a class Action suit against CA, which will win and noncompliance ends in receivership of the entire educational system.
For instance in 2006 the entire prison system in CA was put into federal receivership.
I suspect that should enough women come forward, it would be fast-tracked.
Men can’t really drive it I think except as fathers.
Title IX is funding, but there are many angles which can be pursued, also compliance agreements and Special Masters. There are numerous cases in title IX where this has happened.
No CA school (university level) can afford to lose federal funding, and middle schools can’t afford endless IX lawsuits from parents.
Cowardice comes in many shapes and sizes. The definition of cowardice (and stupidity) is CIF. When you try to strattle a fence you will likely lose a nut. CIF is nutless. Your heart has to hurt for all the California girls who are so disgusted with organized high school athletics that they have either quit or will not go on to compete in college. Because they already know the NCAA is CIF on steroids, so what's the point.
CIF is following California law, passed by Democrats. They do not have any choice about that. If CIF did not follow the law, the California Attorney General (a Democrat) would sue them, and he would win. Because the law is very clear that any male claiming to be female IS female for all legal purposes.
Don't like that law? Then get those Democrats out of office, and replace them with Republicans. There is no other meaningful option for change.
California lawmakers pick and choose which laws they feel like following. They chose their own interpretation of the law. Not the EO, not Title IX, not the Ted Steven's Act. For ONCE I would love to hear a lawmaker say they protect women because its the right thing to do and not because of their political stance.
Amen to that!
California CIF is violating Title IX. Bonta can sue them and he might win in the corrupt CA courts. (Yes, they are corrupt. I have personal experience.)
CIF is violating Title IX as interpreted by the Trump administration. The Biden administration had the opposite interpretation, as will the administration of any future Democrat POTUS.
Biden administration was batsh*t crazy in its "interpretation". This is the law signed in 1972.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/title-ix-education-amendments-1972
"Cowardice comes in many shapes and sizes. The definition of cowardice (and stupidity) is CIF. When you try to strattle a fence you will likely lose a nut. CIF is nutless."
Oh, god but this made me laugh! Thank you.
They are literally teaching these girls to step aside and let the boys win. Standing up there on the podium with him has to be absolutely humiliating.
What's more disturbing is the possibility that the girls sharing that podium are NOT humiliated, that they are so brainwashed as to think this is normal
Yeah, there's a lot of that too I'm sure.
We need to see a winning female athlete, who got first place, then refuse to stand on / share that podium. It might cost her a lot... but the effect would be powerful.
As much as males are already being centered in these lapses in courage, judgement, responsibility, and basic common decency, can we spend another minute talking about AB Hernandez? Not only has the CIF set him up for continued public rebuke, how would a kid in this position ever walk this back? They have coronated him king (queen?) of "transgirls." He's been feted in the NYT. What chance does he have of being able to ease into the realization that this was just a terrible mistake. A reaction to the chaos of puberty, a difficult childhood, and a world that now says a boy who likes pretty things is a girl who better get on hormones before he's doomed to an adult body directed by testosterone. Everyone who "affirmed" this boy has harmed him now and in the years to come. And they've sent this same celebratory, enabling message of "affirmation" to every other kid who is distressed about their sex. They cast a wide net of harm with their destructive "inclusion."
CIF has given the trans lobby what they want. Yes, they set Hernandez up as a sideshow, which he appears to enjoy. It's possible he's so used to performing he doesn't realize the nature of his show. A mentally healthy boy would in no way have gone this far--done all the interviews, accepted all the awards. That's why these displays are so cringe—we're watching the destruction of healthy girls by one unhealthy boy. It's grotesque
He's an athlete (of sorts). What happens when he starts developing illnesses due to what's been done to him, illnesses that get in the way of athleticism? As his body starts to fall apart, and he can't win any awards in any category, perhaps he WILL be able to see that this was a terrible mistake. Perhaps he will once more go for the money, and sue the doctors who did this to him?
They have absolutely no idea how to get themselves out of the mess they have created. And Ca will fight this tooth and nail for as long as they possibly can. I honestly don't see a light at the end of the tunnel , let alone the tunnel itself. With the Ca governor's race coming up , you can be assured the trans idiocy will become a major factor. Who ever the Dem candidate is they had best start practicing their bobbing and weaving act now.
Girls are now being "included" in their own sports category! Doublethink has triumphed.
George Orwell must be spinning in his grave.
Kowtowing to the delusions of one young male takes priority over fair competition for every female athlete. The trans "emperor" must be propitiated - it's a sacred caste that otherwise reasonable and intelligent* people feel compelled to worship.
It's not even in the interests of AB Hernandez (not that he cares): his very public cheating has made him infamous. Demonstrating athletic prowess in high school can be enjoyable and validating part of life, but there is no achievement here that can be respected.
* Incurably (?) afflicted by Trans Derangement Syndrome
How did so many misogynistic morons make it to the top of a California bureaucracy?
Natural talent
Complete lunacy!
There’s a comment on here that commends you Sarah for sticking with sports for the whole article “because folks like you usually don’t”! In the same vein I’d like to congratulate you for sticking with the issue of male ‘inclusion’ in female sports for the many years I’ve been reading this excellent Substack. When I first subscribed to it, which was years after being peaked by Laurel Hubbard’s Olympic qualification, I thought this issue was so stupid that - with a bit of exposure - it’d be over by Christmas. Yet here we still are, dealing with the fallout of these dumb as shit sporting federations’ policies, just trying to convince people that actually, no, men aren’t women and that when sporting bodies enact policies that claim they are, everyone loses.
I feel your pain. From the very first absurdity in 2009—people claiming Caster Semenya was getting hate for being "too fast" and that "she" was the victim of racism and sexism—I slapped my forehead thinking what the holy heck?! Ross Tucker was as available to me as to any journalist but none of them availed themselves of the facts. ALL journalists went immediately to the victim narrative which is how I knew 1) that Semenya was male, and 2) that this was absolutely predictive of what was going to happen with men who claimed to be women. And it did. From where I sit, if journalists had done their job from the very beginning, used accurate language, we would not be here now.
Yes, sporting federations and the media double teamed women on this one. I mentioned Semenya (and the whole 800m Rio Olympic debacle) a few years ago on my socials and people said, “I’ve never heard of this, are you sure? She’s a woman with high testosterone.” And I’m like 🤦♀️ man.
Yes, the CIF tried to appease everyone and Be Kind and it just ended up looking like a woke clown show. Look at the podium from the high jump competition. Hernandez is about 6" SHORTER than all the other female medal winners. Why is that? How can a "girl" who is 6" shorter than all the others out jump them in an event where height is a critical advantage? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/trans-athlete-california-track-meet.html
Abomination.
When are sex realist defenders of women's sports going to start a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience at athletic events where boys who claim to be girls are competing against girls?
So you stuck with sports for the whole article. And that's good, because folks like you usually don't. And we all know you are deeply concerned about sports. But of course you had to put the drag queen-ish person with the pink hair at the end of the article. Which is not representative of most trans women. Which makes me question what you're really concerned with. And that's how you folks operate. Why don't you go after the gay men that practice much of this drag in the first place. L&G seems untouchable. But it's open season on trans people (and yes I'm fine with pink hair by the way -- or no hair).
What kind of folx am I?
The kind that needs a crutch to make your points. That's all. The photo is a crutch.
I still don't know what kind of folx I am. Explain. I would have used the photo of Hernandez girl posing on the podium but I don't have photo rights. Tell me how the photo I used is different, more insulting?, than the photo of the drag queen
Oops, I left, at breakfast, and came back to this and in between, lost my train of thought. I menat to write, how is the photo of the drag queen different, a crutch, than using a photo of Hernandez on the podium?
I went through the trouble of reading your article again. Keep in mind I did not contest anything you said. But in review can see you clearly have a problem with any trans teen. And trans people themselves. Wearing make up won't get anyone a better score. But you take the shots anyway. So your article goes beyond sports. The photo you used, once again does not look like a trans teen competing in high school. So yes, it is a crutch already. That is the kind of person you are.
Personally, I do not take much interest in the “sports issue” because it is just an excuse by many to trash all trans people. I mean hey, they flew an air plane over the high school with a message in tow about no boys in sports. This is the sentiment. Which seems more like an obsession to me. OK then. No surprise, because here in FL it is worse. Way worse. Same goes for bathrooms. More exclusion. Where are the solutions? Or discussion. But hey, "we" do not need any. Usually it is just tough luck tr@nny. Well, I do not used the men's room. Got denied access to the dirty men's room one time actually, when the line was long for the ladies room. I did take an interest in Becky Jackson and SCOTUS, since she was the only trans kid athlete in West Virginia I believe. Here is a link for your readers. But you will have to hold your nose, since it is from the ACLU website:
https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/live-coverage-west-virginia-v-b-p-j-scotus-arguments
I really do not know, and do not have an answer regarding trans exclusion in sports at the high school level. As for the case regarding Becky Jackson, she is now entering high school. SHE transitioned in the from the 3rd grade. Still a boy? I am more interested in kids being able to play than medals (but understand that is not everyone). How do we determine who should compete in what groups? (oh, wait, that is right... we don't -- ever). But we are taking the hits week in and week out, so you should be delighted.
Next time include the numbers of AB's high jump or long jump against the girls who lost. Talk about hormones levels maybe. My Testosterone got so low a while back, that my doctor had to cut back on one of my meds. I went from being underweight to now bordering on fat. Body changed. But yes, that is what I signed up for. My labs are female. So we can go into all that, but it would not matter to you or your followers. I can see you want to do battle.
Here is an article from Sports Illustrated, which I think is fair to offer. About the high jump scores for Hernandez. All these skinny lean girls are a long way off from Javier Sotomayor's 8' .25". The women's record is 6' 10.5" Big difference.
https://www.si.com/high-school/national/transgender-track-athlete-wins-two-california-state-titles-in-girls-triple-high-jump-01jwksvfa8jh
I give you a photo of AB Hernandez (of that horrible trans freak!). Becky is easier on the eyes — she offers the better CIS conformity to avoid the trans “ick”. Lovely girl. But is that what is important?
We are done. I foolishly ventured out of my usual trans ghetto. Sorry for the imposition. And go MAGA! Make America Divided Again even more so.
Hey AB and Becky, I am a fu*ckin’ freak too. Or at least that what they had me believe way way back.
CIF is FOLLOWING THE LAW in California. If they didn't, AB Hernandez would sue them, and he would win.
Don't like that law?
Then VOTE REPUBLICAN. That is the ONLY way these laws will ever be changed.
EVERY Democrat in office favors those laws.
In the US Congress, EVERY Democrat, both House and Senate, is a CO-SPONSOR of a bill that would make gender self-ID unquestionable under FEDERAL law, which would apply nationwide.
Every one, no exceptions! Bernie too!
Again, WHY? What's in it for Democrats? Money? Not rhetorical question. If someone has theories, I'd like to hear em.