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Trump Admin Demands California Ban Transgender Athletes in Girls' Sports
- The U.S. Department of Justice mandated that California schools submit written confirmation by the evening of June 9, 2025, stating they will not enforce CIF Bylaw 300.D, which permits transgender athletes to participate in girls' sports.
- This demand followed transgender athlete AB Hernandez winning first place in two girls' track and field events and second place in another over the weekend, intensifying federal concerns about sex discrimination.
- CIF Bylaw 300.D permits students to compete consistent with their gender identity per California law, but the DOJ argues this violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
- Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon argued that altering longstanding policies to require girls to compete against boys would violate their rights to athletic opportunities and protections based on biological sex, potentially leading to significant legal challenges and financial penalties.
- California faces a legal and financial challenge as refusal to comply risks federal lawsuits and withholding of billions in funding, while state officials, including Attorney General Rob Bonta, vow to defend LGBTQ+ sports rights.
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Trump administration threatens to cut California education funding over transgender athletes
Tony Thurmond, the state superintendent of public instruction said in a statement last week that the state will continue to follow California law, which protects all students' access to participate in a sports consistent with their gender identity.
LA Daily News
San Gabriel Valley TribuneTrump administration weighs withholding education funding to California over transgender athletes
By Akayla Gardner, Stephanie Lai and Hadriana Lowenkron | Bloomberg Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday the Trump administration was considering withholding education funding to California schools, alleging the state’s policies on transgender athletes violates federal law. “I think that is part of what we found with the state of California just blatantly refusing to be in compliance with Title IX regulations,” McMahon said at an even…
Cal Matters
Trump wants to cut funding for California schools over one trans athlete. It’s not so easy
In summary Trump is threatening to withhold funding from California over its policy toward transgender student athletes, but actually doing so could prove tricky for the president. California’s schools and colleges receive billions in federal funding each year — money that President Donald Trump is threatening to terminate over the actions of one student. AB Hernandez, a junior from Jurupa Valley High School, is transgender, and on May 31 she wo…
DOJ threatens California public schools with legal action over participation of trans athletes
The U.S. Department of Justice has warned California’s public schools that permitting transgender students to participate in girls’ sports could result in legal consequences. Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, stated in a letter Monday that a bylaw from the California Interscholastic Federation, a state organization that oversees high school sports, permitting student-athletes to compete in CIF act…
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