California Schools Fighting Back Against Transgender Insanity
With AB Hernandez on Jurupa Valley’s girls' volleyball roster, several schools have chosen to forfeit rather than compete against the male athlete.
California is one of the many states in America that refuses to comply with President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14201, "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports," signed Feb. 5, 2025. Although Governor Gavin Newsom has called males competing in women's sports "deeply unfair," he's taken no steps to resolve the problem.
Because of that, some schools are taking matters into their own hands.
Earlier this month, Riverside Poly High School forfeited a girls' volleyball match against Jurupa Valley High School because Jurupa Valley rosters AB Hernandez, a male athlete who claims to identify as a female and competes in multiple girls' sports. Hernandez won two California state track & field titles earlier this year.
More schools refuse to compete against AB Hernandez
Two additional schools have now announced their forfeits against Jurupa Valley, according to Fox News Digital.
"We understand and acknowledge the disappointment of our Jurupa Valley High School athletes who are ready and prepared to play. Decisions to cancel matches were made by teams in other districts," a statement from Jurupa Valley read.
"As a public school district in California, JUSD is compelled to follow the law, which protects students from discrimination based on gender identity and requires that students be permitted to participate on athletic teams that are consistent with their gender identity (California Education Code 221.5 (f)). This is consistent with the guidance provided by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond."
Three California high school girls' volleyball teams have forfeited against Jurupa Valley due to the presence of AB Hernandez, a biological male athlete who claims to identify as a female.
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OutKick reached out to Rim of the World and Orange Vista, the two schools that forfeited the Aug. 25 and Aug. 29 volleyball matches, respectively, against Jurupa. Neither responded to our requests.
Forfeit rationale unconfirmed, but obvious
None of the three schools that has forfeited have explicitly stated that the cancellations are because of Hernandez, although it's overwhelmingly clear that's the case. Part of the reason is likely because of the California law that allows athletes to compete in sports consistent with their "gender identity" rather than their biological reality.
Should a school expressly state that it refuses to play against a transgender athlete, it could potentially face legal consequences.
That's how backward the state of California is when it comes to policy. The school that rosters a male athlete on its girls' teams is perfectly within its right to do so. But a team that refuses to participate in that farce could be subject to consequences.
It'll be interesting to see what happens the rest of the season. As the Jurupa Valley statement notes, the schools that forfeited reside in different districts. Will schools in Jurupa's district follow suit? That's unclear.
Jurupa Valley is part of the Jurupa Unified School District. Their next match is against a school in the Fontana Unifed School District, A.B. Miller, on September 10. Their first match against another school in the JUSD is scheduled for September 17 against Rubidoux.
Stay tuned.