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California rule lets biological female athletes share first place behind transgender competitors at state track meet
Nereyda Hernandez addressed the San Francisco Pride Summit on Thursday and said her child AB Hernandez was made to feel invisible by a CIF podium policy. The rule lets biological female athletes who finish behind a transgender competitor also receive first-place recognition. AB Hernandez won multiple events at the state track and field championships last month.
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Nereyda Hernandez told the San Francisco Pride Summit on Thursday that her child AB Hernandez was made to feel invisible by a California Interscholastic Federation podium policy. GB News reported that Hernandez said the arrangement diminished her child's achievements after AB won multiple events at the California state track and field championships last month while representing Jurupa Valley High School.
"Of course I'm going to be upset," Hernandez said.
"AB put in all the work, all the hours after school, and she got put aside. It was heartbreaking. " The CIF introduced the rule in 2025 allowing biological female athletes who finish directly behind a transgender competitor to also receive first-place recognition.
AB Hernandez, who graduated in May, competed in the girls' category at the championships. Demonstrators gathered outside the summit wearing "Save Girls' Sports" T-shirts and carrying signs that read "No boys. No bias.
Last year President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from California if the state continued to allow transgender athletes assigned male at birth to compete in female sporting categories. '" AB Hernandez said last month: "I don't care. Track is a very singular sport; it teaches you to rely on yourself.
