He had made it one of his campaign promises: the fight against Woke ideology and its multiple components, starting with the cause “ trans “. This week, Donald Trump violently attacked California, promising “ large -scale fines “ After the victory of Ab Hernandez, a transgender high school student, during the state athletics finals. “A biological man competed in the female finals of the State of California, winning great success, despite the fact that I had warned them not to do it”wrote the Republican president on the night of Monday to Tuesday on his Truth Social network.
Ab Hernandez, 16, won two gold medals and one silver in the female events organized on Saturday in the city of Clovis, in the center of California. During the high jump, she crossed 1.70 meters the first time. Two other competitors having crossed the same height but with a missed test, the three athletes went up together on the first step of the podium.
An open investigation for discrimination
These shared podiums are the fruit of new rules established by the California Inter-School Federation (CIF). Under pressure for several days, especially after a previous message from Donald Trump threatening to suspend federal funding if Hernandez was authorized to compete, the CIF modified its regulations. She first confirmed that transgender athletes could participate in competitions, then established a particular rule: any young woman – defined according to her biological sex – who would have accessed a podium without the presence of Hernandez would also receive a medal. This arrangement applied to the high jump, long jump and triple jump events, in which the Transgender athlete was qualified.
The case sparked live controversy nationally. Shortly before the opening of the competition, an aircraft flew over the stadium with a proclaiming banner: “No boys in women’s sport” And a dozen demonstrators gathered on site. The US Ministry of Justice has opened an investigation to determine whether the state of California had violated a law prohibiting gender discrimination in educational programs benefiting from federal subsidies.
