Trans track star forced to share first place victories with cis girls due to new "fairness" policy - LGBTQ Nation

A trans high school track and field athlete, AB Hernandez, faced nationwide harassment after being publicly outed and doxxed. A new California policy required cis girls to be scored separately from trans girls. The policy followed a partial ban on trans girls in school sports and a CIF pilot program that allowed certain “biological female” athletes to compete. In the Southern Section finals, Hernandez was scored separately, effectively placing her in a trans-only category. As a result, she was forced to share three first-place victories with cisgender opponents who finished far behind her. Hernandez still won first place in multiple competitions under the new scoring structure.

"A trans high school track and field star was forced to share three first-place victories with cisgender opponents who finished far behind her at a competition on Saturday due to a new California policy requiring cis girls to be scored separately from trans girls."

"The trans winner, AB Hernandez, became the target of nationwide hate and harassment last year when the president of a local school board publicly doxxed the multi-sport athlete and outed her as transgender. Right-wing activists misgendered her and called her mom "evil." Swarms of adults showed up to heckle her at competitions."

"The president called her participation in the 2025 state track-and-field championships "not fair and totally demeaning to women and girls." He also threatened to permanently end federal funding to the state and asked local cops to stop her from competing. They didn't, and she ended up winning first place in two competitions."

"The result: Hernandez now gets scored separately from cis girls and cis boys, essentially competing alone in a separate category created only for trans girls. In Saturday's competition - the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section finals in"

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