A transgender basketball player was absent from a girl playoff game in California on Saturday night after a week of attention and controversy of national media.
The Trans athlete had led the San Francisco Waldorf female basketball team to a 9-8 record and a playoff meeting against Cornerstone Christian School.
But in the absence of Trans athlete, San Francisco lost to Cornerstone 56-30.
There has been no reason for the absence of the athlete. San Francisco Waldorf has not responded to the request for comments from Pak Gazette Digital.
Multiple protesters attended Saturday night at the Cornerstone Campus that wielded signs with Anti-Trans messages. But those signs were not flown in the gym after the protesters realized that the trans athlete was not there, sources told Pak Gazette Digital.
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The protesters outside Cornerstone Christian School in California after a female basketball game in which a trans athlete was absent for San Francisco Waldorf. (Courtesy of Beth Bourne)
The athlete played in the Waldorf female volleyball team in autumn, which caused Stone Ridge Christian playoffs in November.
However, Cornerstone Christian promised to compete in Saturday’s game against the Trans player, which Pak Gazette Digital was the first to report on Tuesday.
The news that Cornerstone would play on the coverage of the national media, in the midst of a continuous conflict between the state of California and the administration of President Donald Trump on the issue of trans inclusion in girls’ sports.
In addition, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is under investigation by the Trump Department of Education (DOE) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) as it continues to instruct schools that allow trans athletes to compete as women challenging The President’s Executive Order.
The DOE general lawyer, Candice Jackson, previously told Pak Gazette Digital that the department was monitoring the state’s female basketball playoffs while doing her investigation.
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“CIF establishes the parameters under which the schools compete in these playoffs, and have the responsibility of beneficiaries of federal funds to meet Title IX. OCR research on CIF continues, since it seems that CIF’s contempt for the title for the title IX continues, “said Jackson.
Trump’s executive order would reduce federal funds for any institution that allows Trans athletes to compete against girls and women.
According to the events of the US, California public schools receive around $ 16.8 billion per year, which is 13.9% or one in seven dollars of public schools, which is well above the national average .
The CIF has not responded to a request for comments on the situation involved in the next playoff game.
The CIF previously told Pak Gazette Digital that it will continue to follow state legislation, which has been in force since 2014, on the issue of trans athletes.
“The CIF provides students with the opportunity to belong, connect and compete in educational experiences in accordance with the California Law. [Education Code section 221.5. (f)] that allows students to participate in school programs and activities, including sports teams and contests, according to the student’s gender identity, regardless of the gender that appears in the student’s records, “says the statement.
A law called AB 1266 has been in force since 2014 and offers California students at the Scholastic level and collegiate the right to “participate in schools and school activities segregated by sex, including sports equipment and competitions, and use facilities consistent with their identity of gender, regardless of the gender that appears in the student’s records. “
However, California legislators have introduced multiple bills to reverse this law in 2025.
The Member of the State Assembly of California, Kate Sánchez, announced one of these bills on January 7, then the member of the Assembly, Bill Essayli, presented a similar one on February 14.
