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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump threatens to cut California's federal funding over transgender athlete controversy
The Brief AB Hernandez, an openly transgender junior from Jurupa Valley High School, is set to compete at the CIF State Track and Field meet. Her participation has sparked controversy, with the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and President Donald Trump opposing her. Hernandez has achieved significant success, including top state rankings in triple jump and long jump, despite the ongoing debate. RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - AB Hernandez, a junior at Jurupa Valley High School, is preparing to compete as the only openly transgender athlete at the CIF State Track and Field meet this weekend. Despite her athletic success, including top state rankings in the triple jump and long jump, her participation has become a focal point of controversy. The president of the Chino Valley Unified School District board, a state Assembly member, and President Donald Trump have all voiced opposition, with Trump even threatening to withhold federal funding from California over the issue. A new CIF policy was revealed Tuesday, stating biological female student athletes won't be displaced in field events while still allowing transgender athletes to compete and medal. What we know Hernandez is set to compete in the CIF State Track and Field meet on Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis. She is currently ranked No. 1 in California for the triple jump and No. 2 in the long jump by Hernandez previously won the girls invitational portion of the Mt. SAC Relays in April and the CIF Southern Section Division 3 titles in the long jump and triple jump in May. She also qualified for the CIF State meet in both the triple jump and long jump after finishing first in both events at the Masters Meet. SUGGESTED: Redlands Unified school board votes in favor of rule targeting transgender athletes Her participation in girls' high school track and field has drawn significant opposition from Sonja Shaw, the president of the Chino Valley Unified School District, who has been attending meets to protest Hernandez's involvement. Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez, a Republican, introduced Assembly Bill 89 in January, which aimed to ban biological males from competing in girls sports within the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), but the bill failed in committee on April 2. President Donald Trump posted on social media Tuesday, threatening to withhold federal funding from California if transgender athletes are allowed to compete in girls sports and called on local authorities to prevent Hernandez from competing in the CIF State meet. Dig deeper The new CIF policy, which officials said was decided prior to Trump's post on Tuesday, states that biological female student athletes won't be displaced in field events while still allowing transgender athletes to compete and medal. "CIF's proposed pilot is a reasonable, respectful way to navigate a complex issue without compromising competitive fairness - a model worth pursuing," said Izzy Gardon, director of communications. What they're saying Hernandez addressed the controversy, stating, "I leave the controversy out at the meet. I just relax and... do what I can do, hone in, and leave it all out on the (field) and just focus. Do what I can do and just leave the controversy out." Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified School District, expressed her strong opposition: "We will keep fighting, and our girls will win. Our district has already sent a letter to President Trump asking him to intervene because one daughter hurt is one too many. This is the hill we are willing to die on, and we are not standing alone. I will continue to file claims with the Office of Civil Rights, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education. Advocates for Faith & Freedom already has a lawsuit in motion, and California Family Council has launched a petition." Shaw also publicly tore up a cease-and-desist letter from Hernandez's mother, stating, "I ripped up the cease-and-desist letter in front of the board and I'd do it again. That letter was nothing more than an intimidation tactic designed to silence truth and protect an agenda that's hurting our girls. I'm not here to cower to threats or political theater. I'm here to stand for reality, fairness, and the rights of young women who are being erased in real time." SUGGESTED: CA lawmakers introduce bill protecting girls from trans athletes after state refuses to follow Trump's order President Trump, in his social media post, stated: "California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newsom, continues to ILLEGALLY allow MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.' This week a transitioned male athlete, at a major event, woneverything,' and is now qualified to compete in the State Finals' next weekend. As a male, he was a less than average competitor. As a female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable. THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS. Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to. The Governor, himself, said it isUNFAIR.' I will speak to him today to find out which way he wants to go??? In the meantime I am ordering local authorities, if necessary, to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals. This is a totally ridiculous situation!!!" Nereyda Hernandez, AB's mother, expressed pride in her daughter: "I couldn't be any prouder regardless of all the noise. She's successful. She is first place, and it's her third year. I couldn't be any prouder." Daisy Gardner, a friend of the Hernandez family, highlighted the severity of some of the online backlash: "Some of the scariest people are coming out of the woodwork saying they wish harm on this family and this kid. I cannot tell you how impressive it has been to see a child compete and focus on her sport." Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez stated at a committee meeting that her bill "simply requires California Interscholastic Federation to align with federal policy ensuring that high school girls competitive sports are reserved for biological females. Let's be clear. It is not about hate, it is not about fear, and it's not about right-wing talking points. This is entirely about fairness, safety, and integrity in girls competitive high school athletics." SUGGESTED: Charlie Kirk discusses conversation with Newsom on trans athletes The backstory Hernandez has been a part of the Jurupa Valley High School track and field team for three years. In 2024, as a sophomore, she placed third in the triple jump at the CIF State Track and Field meet. She also played on the Jurupa Valley High School girls volleyball team in the fall, which reached the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 8 girls volleyball playoffs. SUGGESTED: Debate over transgender athletes in California The controversy intensified after the CIF Southern Section finals on May 17, where Hernandez won the long jump and triple jump. Photos and videos of a competitor, Reese Hogan, stepping onto the first-place podium after Hernandez had stepped off, circulated online, drawing more attention and mixed reactions to Hernandez's participation. What's next Hernandez will compete in the CIF State Track and Field meet on Friday and Saturday, aiming for the top spot in her events. Meanwhile, the legal and political challenges surrounding transgender athletes in high school sports are expected to continue. SUGGESTED: Lawsuit filed after transgender athlete joins girl's cross country team The Source Information for this story is from FOX News and City News Service.
American Military News
21-04-2025
- Politics
- American Military News
Video: 'HAIL SATAN': Pro-trans protesters chant at school board meeting
Protesters advocating for transgender male athletes to continue participating in girls' sports chanted 'Hail Satan' at a California board meeting last Thursday. According to Fox News, last week's Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) board meeting in San Bernardino County, California, included multiple speeches by protesters on opposite sides of the transgender sports issue. The outlet noted that police officials escorted one woman out of the board meeting who opposed the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls' sports and cited the Bible to support her position. On the other hand, protesters supporting the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls' sports used graphic language and chanted 'Hail Satan' during the school board meeting. In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, by CVUSD School Board President Sonja Shaw, one protester can be heard saying, 'Y'all are all a bunch of transphobic pieces of sh-t. I hope y'all burn in hell. Hail Satan b-tches' as they walked out of the meeting. Another protester can be heard saying, 'Y'all are really afraid of authenticity and people being their own true selves. You're afraid of love. You're afraid of solidarity. Y'all are crazy… absolutely crazy.' Christina Salazar, a parent of one of the students who spoke at Thursday's meeting, told Fox News that her daughter's speech was interrupted by the protesters' chants. Salazar told the outlet, 'There was even a teacher from my daughter's school who was interrupting the meeting yelling and said 'Hail Satan' as he walked out and flipped everyone off.' READ MORE: Trump transgender military ban denied by judge On Friday, Shaw told Fox News that the school board passed 'several pro-parent and pro-female athlete resolutions that provide measures that protect girls sports and uphold the fundamental rights of parents to raise and guide their children without government interference or radical agendas.' 'In response, a small but loud group of outside agitators descended on our meeting, screaming, cussing and even chanting phrases like 'Hail Satan' all in front of families and children,' Shaw said. The school board president told Fox News that the protesters allegedly tried to have outside groups rally at the school board meeting to 'overwhelm' the school district. Shaw described the protester's movement as a 'complete embarrassment' that only succeeded in a 'handful of angry, disruptive individuals trying to bully a community that's working to protect kids and ensure that education remains focused on learning, not divisive ideologies.' The school board president also told Fox News that she received a 'violent and graphic death threat' prior to Thursday's meeting due to her position against transgender athletes competing in girls' sports. 'This is the level of hatred and evil we're up against,' Shaw said. 'But no threat, no mob and no political machine will scare me into silence.' WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT: Warning: graphic language. These are the people who want your kids. They can scream all they want, but we'll never surrender our parental rights or compromise our daughters' safety! Heck no! — Sonja Shaw (@realSonjaShaw) April 18, 2025
Fox News
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Pro-trans athlete protesters chant 'Hail Satan!' at girls during California school board meeting
A school board meeting in California Thursday night included protesters chanting "Hail Satan!" in support of transgender athletes in girls sports. The Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) board meeting in San Bernardino County featured opposing protesters delivering impassioned speeches on the issue, and many speeches cited biblical scripture. At one point, police escorted a woman who was there to oppose trans inclusion, citing the Bible. Footage from the meeting shows several protesters there to support trans inclusion, chanting "Hail Satan!" "Yes, public comments did include speakers saying, 'Hail Satan,'" the school district said in a statement. CVUSD school board President Sonja Shaw condemned the protesters's chants. "At last night's board meeting, we passed several pro-parent and pro-female athlete resolutions that provide measures that protect girls sports and uphold the fundamental rights of parents to raise and guide their children without government interference or radical agendas," Shaw told Fox News Digital. "In response, a small but loud group of outside agitators descended on our meeting, screaming, cussing and even chanting phrases like 'Hail Satan' all in front of families and children. "According to what was shared with me from their own social media posts, they tried to rally tons of outside groups to overwhelm our district, but what a complete embarrassment. That's all they got? A handful of angry, disruptive individuals trying to bully a community that's working to protect kids and ensure that education remains focused on learning, not divisive ideologies." Shaw added that she received a death threat via email in the days leading up to the meeting in response to her stance opposing trans inclusion in girls sports. "Just a few days before this meeting, I received a violent and graphic death threat in my email. This is the level of hatred and evil we're up against. But no threat, no mob and no political machine will scare me into silence," Shaw said. Multiple parents who attended the meeting told Fox News Digital what they witnessed. "What we witnessed was deeply unsettling — adults behaving in a sadistic and hateful way, all in the name of equality," said Christina Salazar, who's daughter Isabel's speech at the meeting was interrupted by the chants. "There was even a teacher from my daughter's school who was interrupting the meeting yelling and said 'Hail Satan' as he walked out and flipped everyone off." Fellow San Bernardino County mother Nichole Vicario claims some of the opposing protesters identify as "Satanists." "I also witnessed extreme and inappropriate behavior from the opposing side. Some individuals shouted "Hail Satan," identified themselves as Satanists and used vulgar, aggressive language throughout the meeting, even with children present," Vicario said. "Despite the chaos, the board remained composed and strong, clearly committed to protecting girls sports, not just for Chino Valley, but as a stand for girls across California and potentially the entire country." The state has seen multiple chaotic occurrences at school board meetings in recent months related to debates over trans athlete inclusion. During a Lucia Mar Unified School District (LMUSD) board meeting Wednesday, a high school junior track athlete at Arroyo Grande High School named Celeste Diest cried during a speech recounting her experience of having to change in front of a biological male trans athlete before practice while that athlete allegedly watched her undress. But her speech was interrupted when she was told to "wrap it up" by the board president. After her speech, the audience erupted in a roaring applause, and the board president began slamming her gavel down to try and temper the growing applause, but the cheers only got louder after that. In December, a Riverside Unified School District board meeting drew national attention and massive opposing protests outside the meeting. Multiple witnesses from the meeting previously told Fox News Digital pro-trans activists at the event were harassing the anti-trans protesters on the other side and disrupting a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting. The prayer group, Young Women for America (YWA)'s Inland Empire chapter in California, alleged pro-transgender activists showered them with insults. "Members of the pro-LGBTQ groups started heckling and harassing the people in line who were speaking in opposition of their values. Some of these adult protesters were even coming up to the young girls that were going to be speaking and were yelling at them close to their face," YWA Inland Empire Chapter President Tori Hitchcock alleged. A new bipartisan survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found the majority of California residents oppose biological male trans athletes competing in women's sports. That figure included more than 70% of the state's school parents. "Most Californians support requiring transgender athletes to compete on teams matching the sex they were assigned at birth," the poll stated. "Solid majorities of adults (65%) and likely voters (64%) support requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with. An overwhelming majority of public school parents (71%) support such a requirement." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
California school official warns blue states won't go down without fight over Trump's gender orders
President Donald Trump has thrown down the gauntlet against progressive gender ideology in public schools since taking office last month, signing a series of executive orders that some say could change the ideological landscape of education across the U.S. But, while conservatives celebrate, one school board leader warns that deep blue states like California are not only prepared, but determined, to fight back. "While I'm excited about what he's doing, I also know in places like California and Colorado and other states, we have to armor up and fight harder than we ever have because they are going to push more state laws to diminish what Trump is saying and trying to do," Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) school board President Sonja Shaw said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I think this is an amazing step forward. But, you'll see in California our Department of Ed, Tony Thurmond, our state superintendent, [Governor] Newsom, they're all buckling down and saying they absolutely will not do that. They're 'protecting all students.' They're forgetting about the girls that have had injuries on sports teams and have had their opportunities ripped away." School Board President On Being Sued By California Ag Over Parental Rights Policy: This Will 'Embolden' Others For Shaw, the fight hits close to home. In 2023, state Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against her district over a policy requiring staff to notify parents if their child expresses a "gender identity" different from their biological sex. The state argued the policy violated students' privacy rights and that it could potentially harm LGBTQ+ students. Read On The Fox News App Trump's recent executive orders have taken aim at progressive gender ideology and Title IX changes that occurred during the Biden administration. One Trump executive order signed on the first day of his second term rolled back Biden-era guidance that offered Title IX protection based on gender identity by requiring federal agencies to implement policies based on the biologically-defined understanding of the male and female sexes. Another, signed Wednesday, barred biological male athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. The Trump White House has also urged lawmakers to pass the Protection of Women and Girls Sports Act, which would ban biological males from participating on girls' school sports teams by amending federal law to specify that student athletes must participate in school sports teams that coincide with their gender at birth. Conservative California School Board Members Ousted After Trans-related Parental Notification Policies Since federal policy supersedes state policy, Alliance Defending Freedom president, CEO and general counsel Kristen Waggoner, whose group represents parents, educators and other school officials in cases involving free speech and parental rights, recently told Fox News Digital that the order affirming two sexes would likely have far-reaching effects on public education, particularly in areas like sports and housing. Shaw said she's "hoping" the executive orders could lead to the federal government getting involved in instances where state policies are contradictory. Despite opposing state leadership, districts like hers have already enacted conservative policies protecting parental rights while clamping down on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and progressive gender ideology. With the nation's report card showing scores have fallen behind in reading and barely budged in math, Shaw says attention should be drawn away from political activism and recentered on reading, writing and math and, to bring change, the fight for Californians is far from over. Grammy-winning Musician Fights Trump's Trans Executive Order By Donating To People Seeking Gender Surgeries "We still have to do the work here, and when our government – I call them the political cartel up there – doubles down on us, it's almost, in a way, a gift, because then we have a choice. We know what they're about, and we need to stop voting these people in and allowing the power that we're giving them," she said. "In California, we had an extreme number of people coming out and voting for Trump. But then the majority elected the nonsense that's up there in Sacramento. We have to start educating the moms, the dads, the grandmas and grandpas who – like myself a few years ago – were not involved in politics. This is why it matters for you to get to the polls. Take the time to mail in ballots… "We have an opportunity this next election. We need to do that. We can't scream and ask for help from Trump if we're not willing to do the groundwork." Fox News' Jeffrey Clark and Ryan Gaydos contributed to this article source: California school official warns blue states won't go down without fight over Trump's gender orders
Fox News
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
California school official warns blue states won't go down without fight over Trump's gender orders
President Donald Trump has thrown down the gauntlet against progressive gender ideology in public schools since taking office last month, signing a series of executive orders that some say could change the ideological landscape of education across the U.S. But, while conservatives celebrate, one school board leader warns that deep blue states like California are not only prepared, but determined, to fight back. "While I'm excited about what he's doing, I also know in places like California and Colorado and other states, we have to armor up and fight harder than we ever have because they are going to push more state laws to diminish what Trump is saying and trying to do," Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) school board President Sonja Shaw said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I think this is an amazing step forward. But, you'll see in California our Department of Ed, Tony Thurmond, our state superintendent, [Governor] Newsom, they're all buckling down and saying they absolutely will not do that. They're 'protecting all students.' They're forgetting about the girls that have had injuries on sports teams and have had their opportunities ripped away." For Shaw, the fight hits close to home. In 2023, state Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against her district over a policy requiring staff to notify parents if their child expresses a "gender identity" different from their biological sex. The state argued the policy violated students' privacy rights and that it could potentially harm LGBTQ+ students. Trump's recent executive orders have taken aim at progressive gender ideology and Title IX changes that occurred during the Biden administration. One Trump executive order signed on the first day of his second term rolled back Biden-era guidance that offered Title IX protection based on gender identity by requiring federal agencies to implement policies based on the biologically-defined understanding of the male and female sexes. Another, signed Wednesday, barred biological male athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. The Trump White House has also urged lawmakers to pass the Protection of Women and Girls Sports Act, which would ban biological males from participating on girls' school sports teams by amending federal law to specify that student athletes must participate in school sports teams that coincide with their gender at birth. Since federal policy supersedes state policy, Alliance Defending Freedom president, CEO and general counsel Kristen Waggoner, whose group represents parents, educators and other school officials in cases involving free speech and parental rights, recently told Fox News Digital that the order affirming two sexes would likely have far-reaching effects on public education, particularly in areas like sports and housing. Shaw said she's "hoping" the executive orders could lead to the federal government getting involved in instances where state policies are contradictory. Despite opposing state leadership, districts like hers have already enacted conservative policies protecting parental rights while clamping down on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and progressive gender ideology. With the nation's report card showing scores have fallen behind in reading and barely budged in math, Shaw says attention should be drawn away from political activism and recentered on reading, writing and math and, to bring change, the fight for Californians is far from over. "We still have to do the work here, and when our government – I call them the political cartel up there – doubles down on us, it's almost, in a way, a gift, because then we have a choice. We know what they're about, and we need to stop voting these people in and allowing the power that we're giving them," she said. "In California, we had an extreme number of people coming out and voting for Trump. But then the majority elected the nonsense that's up there in Sacramento. We have to start educating the moms, the dads, the grandmas and grandpas who – like myself a few years ago – were not involved in politics. This is why it matters for you to get to the polls. Take the time to mail in ballots… "We have an opportunity this next election. We need to do that. We can't scream and ask for help from Trump if we're not willing to do the groundwork."
