DOJ Launches Investigation Into Male Athletes Participating in California’s Female Sports
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a Title IX investigation into whether biologically female athletes are being discriminated against in California interscholastic athletics. The DOJ issued a press release Wednesday announcing the investigation, and explaining its rationale:
“The Justice Department today sent letters of legal notice to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, Jurupa Unified School District, and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) that it is opening an investigation to determine whether Title IX, a landmark federal civil rights law, is being violated by AB 1266, a state law permitting males to participate on female sports teams at state schools.
The DOJ is investigating chiefly whether there is any “pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of sex.” The investigation is part of a “national effort by the President, the Attorney General, and the Justice Department to oppose the deprivation of women and girls of fair athletic opportunities,” the statement further said.
A trans-identifying female called AB Hernandez won two titles in the CIF Southern Section high school track and field postseason meet on May 17. He will compete in the CIF State Championships on Saturday.
On Tuesday, President Trump commented on the “ridiculous situation” of AB Hernandez winning the CIF postseason track meet. He suggested “local authorities… to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals.”
This is one of several instances in which a biologically male athlete competed in women’s sports to the unfair advantage, and ultimate loss, of several female athletes in the US. In May, a biological male won several events throughout the girls’ 7th-grade track meet at the Naper Prairie Conference Meet in Chicago, Illinois.
