Trans Athlete Laughs Off Backlash After Winning California Girls' Track And Field Titles

Transgender way and section jock AB Hernandez won 2 first-place medals astatine nan California authorities championships earlier this period and, connected Saturday, laughed disconnected nan backlash.

The Jurupa Valley High School jock was astatine nan halfway of nan contention surrounding transgender athletes’ information successful California precocious schoolhouse athletics. It drew condemnation from President Donald Trump and dueling lawsuits betwixt nan Justice Department and nan state.

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First-place winners AB Hernandez, left, and Jillene Wetteland stock a ray infinitesimal earlier nan badge ceremonial for nan precocious jump astatine nan California precocious schoolhouse track-and-field championships successful Clovis, California, connected Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The California Interscholastic Federation moreover made a alteration to let biologic females to person first spot medals if their opinionated was displaced by a transgender athlete. 

"It’s decidedly crazy. I get a batch of dislike comments, but I don’t care," Hernandez told KCRA-TV pinch a laugh. "I’m a 16-year-old woman pinch a huffy cognition – you deliberation I’m gonna care?"

According to nan station, Hernandez tried to debar nan limelight earlier it was revealed that nan jock identified arsenic transgender. Hernandez was 3rd successful nan girls’ triple jump authorities finals successful 2024 earlier winning nan arena arsenic a inferior successful 2025. Hernandez besides won successful nan girls’ precocious jump this year.

AB Hernandez, center, flashes a motion arsenic she shares nan first-place spot connected nan podium pinch Jillene Wetteland, left, and Lelani Laruelle during a badge ceremonial for nan precocious jump astatine nan California precocious schoolhouse track-and-field championships successful Clovis, California, connected Saturday, May 31, 2025. At correct is third-place finisher Julia Teven. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Hernandez called nan protests that ensued "weird" and vowed to return a page from nan critics and not backmost down from competing.

"I did what I wanted to do," Hernandez told nan station. "I PR’d successful everything, truthful that’s what I was really aiming to do. All of this backlash, I’m conscionable like, I performed by champion and that’s each I cared about."

It is unclear whether caller rules will travel into spot successful California for adjacent season.

AB Hernandez, a transgender student astatine Jurupa Valley High School, poses for photos pinch her medals astatine nan California precocious schoolhouse track-and-field championships successful Clovis, California, connected Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Trump signed nan "No Men successful Women’s Sports" executive bid successful February, prohibiting schools from allowing males to compete successful girls’ and women’s sports. California was 1 of 5 states that saw transgender athletes triumph medals successful championships during nan 2024-25 high schoolhouse sports season.

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