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The transgender athlete of Athletics Ab Hernández won two medals in the first place in the California State Championship earlier this month and, on Saturday, he laughed at the reaction.
The athlete of Jurupa Valley High School was in the center of the controversy that surrounds the participation of transgender athletes in the athletics of the California high school. He drew the conviction of President Donald Trump and the demands for grief between the Department of Justice and the State.
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The winners of the first place AB Hernández, on the left, and Jillene Wetteland share a light moment before the medal ceremony for the high jump in the track championships and field of the Secondary School of California in Clovis, California, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The California Interscholastic Federation even made a change to allow biological females to receive medals first if their position was displaced by a transgender athlete.
“It is definitely crazy. I receive many comments from hatred, but I don’t care,” Hernández told Kcra-Tv with a smile. “I am a 16 -year -old girl with a crazy attitude, do you think it will care?”
According to the station, Hernández tried to avoid the center of attention before it was revealed that the athlete identified himself as a transgender. Hernández was third in the state -of -the -time state of the girls in 2024 before winning the event as Junior in 2025. Hernández also won in the height jump of the girls this year.
AB Hernández, Center, shows a signal while sharing the first place on the podium with Jillene Wetteland, left and Llani Laruelle during a medal ceremony for the high jump in the track championship and field of the California Secondary School in Clovis, California, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. On the right is the third place Julia Teven. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Hernández called the protests that followed “strange” and promised to take a page of critics and not compete again.
“I did what I wanted to do,” Hernández told the station. “I spent everything in everything, so that is what I really had to do. All this violent reaction, I am like, acted from Best and that is all that mattered to me.”
It is not clear if the new rules will enter California for the next season.
AB Hernández, a transgender student in Jurupa Valley High School, poses for photos with his medals in the Athletics Championships of California High School in Clovis, California, on Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Trump signed the executive order of “no men in women’s sports” in February, prohibiting schools allowing men to compete in girls and women’s sports. California was one of the five states that saw transgender athletes win medals in championships during the 2024-25 high school sports season.
