{"id":2435996,"date":"2025-05-17T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-athlete-vows-hell-take-state-championship-from-female-competitors-to-spite-haters\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:54:30","slug":"trans-athlete-vows-hell-take-state-championship-from-female-competitors-to-spite-haters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-athlete-vows-hell-take-state-championship-from-female-competitors-to-spite-haters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Athlete Vows He\u2019ll Take State Championship from Female Competitors to Spite &#8216;Haters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrans-athlete-vows-hell-take-state-championship-from-female-competitors-to-spite-haters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A transgender athlete named AB Hernandez, 16, is making headlines as he advances toward the California state track championships despite facing protests from parents and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >school board members<\/a>. Competing for Jurupa Valley High School,Hernandez has already achieved significant success in various events,placing first in the triple jump among others. During a recent meet, he faced heckles from opponents who questioned his eligibility to compete as a female athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez has expressed pride in his inclusive team, emphasizing the strong bonds they share and his determination to succeed amid the controversy. Protesters, including local officials, have voiced their opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlyn-jenner-comes-out-in-support-of-path-to-citizenship-for-californias-illegal-aliens\/\" title=\"Caitlyn Jenner Comes Out In Support Of \u2018Path To Citizenship\u2019 For California\u2019s Illegal Aliens\">transgender athletes participating<\/a> in women&#8217;s sports, arguing it&#8217;s unfair to biological girls. Despite the backlash, Hernandez remains focused on his performance, stating, &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing I can do about people&#8217;s actions, just focus on my own.&#8221; He is now preparing for the upcoming state championships while confronting the ongoing debate surrounding transgender participation in sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-ag-asks-scotus-to-keep-lawmaker-censured\/\" title=\"Maine AG Asks SCOTUS To Keep Lawmaker Censured\">male athlete identifying<\/a> as a female is advancing toward the California state championships, vowing he won&rsquo;t stop in spite of parent and school member protests.<\/p>\n<p>After placing at the Yorba Linda High School track meet last weekend, transgender athlete AB Hernandez, 16, is one step closer to the state championships, according to the news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/a-league-of-her-own-transgender-athlete-ab-hernandez-faces-down-hecklers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capital and Main<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You really can&rsquo;t get a team like mine anywhere else. My team is very special, very diverse. We have probably one of the strongest bonds known. We&rsquo;re probably unbreakable,&rdquo; Hernandez said. &ldquo;Everyone tells me, &lsquo;Well, you gotta win now, you got to win. You got to let the haters talk about something new.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-parents-fight-back-public-schools-lgbt-agenda-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parents<\/a> and school board members heckled the trans athlete during the pivotal May 10 track meet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a boy! That is a biological boy!&rdquo; one protester yelled during the event.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, who attends Jurupa Valley High School, fired back at protesters during an interview with Capital and Main.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing I can do about people&rsquo;s actions, just focus on my own,&rdquo; Hernandez said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still a child, you&rsquo;re an adult, and for you to act like a child shows how you are as a person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AB Hernandez, a student at Jurupa Valley High School, has been the target of a right-wing campaign to ban trans athletes from California youth sports.<\/p>\n<p>A group of adults, including two elected officials, gathered to heckle 16-year-old transgender athlete during her track meet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LSUIARuO5o\">pic.twitter.com\/LSUIARuO5o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; capitalandmain.bsky.social (@capitalandmain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/capitalandmain\/status\/1923093773384364260?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the protesters were members of the Save Girls Sports association, including Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified School District, a different district that Hernandez&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2026, my biggest goal is to make sure communities across California elect [school board] members who are going to stand up and say no,&rdquo; Shaw said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re asking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-pope-leo-xiv-just-accuse-trump-promoting-white-supremacist-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump<\/a> to pull the funding. We have to have the funding pulled so girls can win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another protester was a former gym teacher at Hernandez&rsquo;s school, Jessica Tapia, who is also a member of the Save Girls Sports association. In an earlier incident, the school fired Tapia for not acknowledging the pronouns of self-described transgender students.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez placed first in the triple jump, third in the long jump, and eighth in the high jump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All I thought was, I don&rsquo;t think you understand that this puts your idiotic claims to trash. &lsquo;She can&rsquo;t be beat because she&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/12-biological-males-convicted-violent-crimes-sex-crimes-transferred-womens-prisons-identifying-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biologically male<\/a>.&rsquo; Now you have no proof that I can&rsquo;t be beat,&rdquo; Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<p>But Hernandez had crushed the female competition at earlier events.<\/p>\n<p>During a February meet, he won first after clearing 40 feet in the triple jump event, eight feet further than the runner-up female had jumped, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/04\/us-news\/trans-high-school-track-star-wins-girls-triple-jump-by-8-ft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported. He also placed first in the high jump and in the long jump that day.<\/p>\n<p>At another event the next weekend he placed first again in both the triple and long jumps.<\/p>\n<p>With his most recent victory, Hernandez is well on his way to competing in the May 30 and 31 competitions: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-betrays-time-sides-california-gun-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> Interscholastic Federation State Track &amp; Field Championships.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s frustrating to have a daughter that might be the one girl that doesn&rsquo;t advance because there&rsquo;s someone else that&rsquo;s going to take a spot from an actual biological girl. Athletics, physicality &mdash; it&rsquo;s about body types, period,&rdquo; a father told Capital and Main.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are two body types. There&rsquo;s not a continuum. 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After performing well at the Yorba Linda High School track meet last weekend, 16-year-old transgender athlete AB Hernandez is closer to competing in the state championships, as reported by Capital and Main. Hernandez expressed pride in their diverse team and emphasized focusing on personal performance amidst criticism. During a recent meet, some attendees shouted derogatory remarks about Hernandez&#8217;s gender identity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2435997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hernandez.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55455,10943,55454,39323],"class_list":["post-2435996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-female-competitors","tag-haters","tag-state-championship","tag-trans-athlete"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hernandez.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436000,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435996\/revisions\/2436000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}