Trump administration threatens California with heavy fines over trans high jumper

The US Department of Justice is threatening the state of California with heavy fines days after a trans high jumper won two high-school track-and-field state championship titles.

AB Hernandez, a 16-year-old junior at Jurupa Valley High School, about 50 miles from Los Angeles, has become the focus of conservative anger and political threats in recent weeks. Now, she has won the gold medal in the girls’ high jump and triple jump, as well as silver in the long jump.

Her participation led the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which governs high school sports in The Golden State, to announce a “pilot entry process”, allowing “any biological female” student athlete who “would have” qualified for the finals – had Hernandez not beat them – to compete in the championships. This resulted in

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