Teenage girls across America have been pushed out of sporting wins by transgender competitors as furious parents demand action to protect women’s athletics.
The latest controversy erupted at a California track meet where teenage athlete Reese Hogan made a statement after being beaten into second place by transgender competitor AB Hernandez.
After posing for the official photo with Hernandez on the winner’s podium, Hogan stepped up to claim the top spot herself once the cameras stopped rolling.
Political activist Riley Gaines praised the bold move.
‘When the boy got off the podium, she assumed her rightful spot as champion. The crowd erupts with applause. THIS is the way. Congrats to Reese Hogan, the REAL champ!’ she wrote on X.
Hernandez dominated the CIF Southern Section Finals last Saturday, winning both the triple jump by over four feet and claiming the long jump title while finishing seventh in high jump.
The victories follow a pattern of trans athlete’s overwhelming success against natural born female competitors.
Just weeks earlier, a trans high school athlete won a girls’ triple jump and long jump event at the Roosevelt international in California in March.
Hernandez (middle) is seen holding up the number one and a medal after winning
Reese Hogan of Crean Lutheran High School stepped right on up to the first place podium after she came in second behind transgender athlete AB Hernandez on Saturday
Hogan ‘assumed her rightful spot,’ Riley Gaines, a political activist who fights against trans women in female sports, said
And weeks before that, Hernandez sparked outrage by winning the triple jump at Ontario Relays by a staggering eight feet over the runner-up.
AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley won the triple jump by nearly three feet, according to official records, while the margin of victory in the long jump came in at a distance of nearly two feet.
It comes a week after Hernandez won the triple jump at Ontario Relays by eight feet over the runner-up.
Hernandez’s participation have sparked anger on social media.
Jennifer Sey, founder of the organization XX-XY – which vows ‘to protect women’s sports and spaces’ – shared video of Hernandez on X and wrote: ‘This guy won the girls long jump and triple jump in a CA track meet over the weekend. He won the triple jump by 8ft. He’s really crushing it!’
Colin Rugg, the co-owner of Trending Politics, also shared footage of Hernandez competing to his 1.7million followers and said: ‘Transgender high school track star demolishes the female competition by *8 feet* in the triple jump at a track meet in California.
‘Wow, what an accomplishment. I’m sure it had nothing to do with being a biological male. AB Hernandez says they plan to win 1st place in the state of California for the triple jump.’
The California controversy comes as similar incidents occurred this month.
In Illinois, parents expressed ‘shock’ and ‘disbelief’ after a transgender middle school athlete reportedly won three events against seventh-grade girls.
Hernandez has been outspoken about transgender women participating in female sports, stating: ‘There’s nothing I can do about people’s actions, just focus on my own’
A transgender athlete reportedly dominated their female rivals at a track meet in Illinois
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas reacts after finishing tied for 5th in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on March 18th, 2022
It’s alleged that the transgender pupil won three events while competing against seventh-grade girls during the Naperville School District 203 meet. The beaten kids were said to be ‘distraught’ and ‘devastated’ and the controversy prompted fury among families.
‘I was actually shocked. At first, I couldn’t believe it,’ Marie Davis told KBCD . ‘I started talking to other parents, and it’s like, is this really happening?’
Doug Krein added: ‘It’s pretty upsetting to see your kid distraught out there trying to do her best and doesn’t really have a shot.’
Krein’s 12-year-old daughter would have won a 200m medal if not for the transgender athlete. He told Fox News : ‘My job as a parent is to advocate for my daughter and protect her. And the hardest thing is trying to tell her why she lost to a boy in seventh grade… it’s like they’re trying to erase women’s sports. Erase women.’
It comes amid President Trump’s attempts to ban transgender athletes from female events.
After returning to the White House, the president signed an executive order entitled ‘Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports’.
His administration has been at war with the state of Maine over its alleged failure to comply with his stance and now Naperville School District 203 is under attack.
Social advocacy group Awake Illinois has reportedly filed a US Department of Education civil rights complaint, accusing the district of violating Title IX, which ‘prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities.’
The latest moment involving transgender women in female sports comes as President Donald Trump’s bill to ban that from happening fell into the senate earlier this month. (Pictured: Trump signing an executive order in February barring transgender female athletes from competing in women’s or girls’ sporting events)
Frustrations came to the boil at a fiery school board meeting on Monday night. It’s said so many people turned up that organizers had to set up an overflow room.
Many people held up transgender flags and signs which carried messages such as ‘the future is inclusive’.
‘This is not about politics. This is about people. This is about a child,’ one speaker said. But others urged the district to ‘support common sense’ and ‘stop exploiting kids.’
‘No girl should be denied participating in a conference championship because a genetic boy is taking that spot,’ another parent argued.
In a statement to KCBD, the school district refused to discuss to track meet. ‘In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and district policy, we cannot and will not share personal or identifiable information about any student,’ it said.
