President Donald Trump’s Department of Education is planning to Research California’s Public School Athletic Association, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), for non -compliance with its executive order to ban transgender athletes from girls sports.
The California Family Council (CFC) praised the decision.
“The California Family Council celebrates the decision of the US Department of Education to start a title IX research into the CIF for his role in allowing men to compete in girls sports,” said the statement.
“CIF has a blind eye for the concerns of female athletes, parents and coaches, who prioritize radical gender ideology over fairness, safety and integrity of women’s athletics. This research is a crucial step in the direction of recovering of the justice in high school sports ”
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Students of Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, wear T-shirts who say “Save Girls Sports” to protest against a transgenderatleet in the cross-country team. (Thanks to Sophia Lorey)
CFC Outreach director Sophia Lorey said that the intervention of the government Trump made her to cry ‘tears of joy’.
“As a four-year-old CIF-Varsity athlete and a three-year-old captain, I fought for all the girls to have the same athletic opportunities I had,” Lorey said. “CIF’s policy has undermined for decades of heavily fought victories for female athletes, and it is time for them to answer the damage they have caused. CIF has ignored these injustices for too long, and we hope that this research will finally force To place the safety and honesty of girls about the feelings of confused boys. “
Lorey argued for girls who for three years affected by transgenderatleinclusion in California in California.
Lorey intervened in the fall at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, when a national controversy erupted about a transgenderatleet who took a spot of a Varsity of a crosso-country runner of a girls.
That girl, Taylor Starling, then took matters into her own hands when she and teammate Kaitlyn Slavin T-shirts made with the text “Save Girls Sports” and began to wear to school. They then brought a lawsuit against the school district when administrators reportedly reprimanded them for wearing the shirts and compared to swastikas.
Starling’s father, Ryan Starling, expressed his gratitude to the Trump government for taking action to investigate the challenge of the state of the recent executive order.
“Our family cannot thank President Trump enough. We are so excited to see common sense. This has been a long -fed struggle for so many people on so many fronts. The battle is not over in the state of California, but every day we come A step closer because of so many courageous people such as Taylor and Kaitlyn, “Ryan Starling told Fox News Digital.
Even school managers who work within the jurisdiction of the CIF celebrate the Doet investigation.
Transgender -Atleet -Supporter Kyle Harp, left, from Riverside, has a pride flag as supporters of “Save Girls Sports” Lori Lopez and her father, Pete Picking, listening to the debate on the rights of transgender athletes outside the Riverside Unified School District December 19, 2024. (All J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Chino Unified School Board President Sonja Shaw told Fox News Digital that she is calling on consequences for all institutions with which transgender athletes can participate in girls sports.
“As the mother of two CIF athletes, school board president and advocate for children, I have seen first -hand the devastating impact of this policy. Girls are pushed aside, their safety is affected and their chances are stolen,” Shaw said.
“This research is a crucial step in the right direction, but we need real, decisive action. CIF – and every entity that IX Title violates – must experience consequences, including the withdrawal of financing.
‘We warned you, CIF. Now, face the consequences. “
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Amber French, a female swimmer at California Baptist University, argued that the CIF allowed transgender patients to compete with girls, will deprive biological female athletes of university chances and endanger their safety.
“If you allow men to participate in female sports, fewer women get the chance to go to CIF and to swim for college coaches to be recruited,” French told Fox News Digital. “Allowing men who do not want to compete against their gender who competes in female races takes away from all the hard -working female athletes. There are individual categories for a reason.
“This research is the first step to protect the integrity, safety and opportunities of female sports.”
The CIF told Fox News Digital that it has been informed of the coming study.
“Although the CIF has been informed of the investigation, we do not comment on investigations,” said a spokesperson for CIF.
Trump’s Doe will also research Minnesota’s High School Athletics Association for refusing to meet the executive order.
The DID also investigates San Jose State University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Inscholastic Athletic Association for individual incidents with regard to individual incidents transgender athletes Compete with a sports team for women or girls.
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