President Donald Trump’s Area of Training plans to investigate California’s people faculty athletic affiliation, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), for no longer complying along with his government form to cancel transgender athletes from ladies sports activities.
The California Family Council (CFC) praised the verdict.
“The California Family Council celebrates the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to launch a Title IX investigation into the CIF for its role in allowing males to compete in girls sports,” the observation stated.
“For too long, CIF has turned a blind eye to the concerns of female athletes, parents and coaches, prioritizing radical gender ideology over fairness, safety and the integrity of women’s athletics. This investigation is a crucial step toward restoring justice in high school sports.”
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Scholars at Martin Luther King Top Faculty in Riverside, Calif., put on T-shirts that say “Save Girls Sports” to protest a transgender athlete at the cross-country staff. (Courtesy of Sophia Lorey)
CFC Outreach Director Sophia Lorey stated the Trump management’s intervention has made her yelp “tears of joy.”
“As a four-year CIF varsity athlete and a three-year captain, I have been fighting for all girls to have the same athletic opportunities I had,” Lorey stated. “CIF’s policies have undermined decades of hard-fought victories for female athletes, and it’s time for them to answer for the harm they’ve caused. CIF has ignored these injustices for too long, and we hope this investigation will finally force them to put the safety and fairness of girls over the feelings of confused boys.”
Lorey has advocated for ladies suffering from transgender athlete inclusion in California for 3 years.
Lorey intervened at Martin Luther King Top Faculty in Riverside, California, within the fall, when a countrywide controversy erupted over a transgender athlete who took a varsity spot from a ladies’ cross-country runner.
That lady, Taylor Starling, next took issues into her personal palms when she and teammate Kaitlyn Slavin made T-shirts that stated “Save GIrls Sports” and began dressed in them to college. They next filed a lawsuit in opposition to the college district when directors allegedly scolded them for dressed in the shirts and in comparison them to swastikas.
Starling’s father, Ryan Starling, expressed his gratitude to the Trump management for taking motion to research the environment’s defiance of the hot government form.
“Our family can’t thank President Trump enough. We are so excited to see common sense prevailing. This has been a long-fought battle for so many people on so many fronts. The battle is not over in the state of California, but each day we are moving a step closer because of so many courageous people like Taylor and Kaitlyn,” Ryan Starling instructed Fox Information Virtual.
Even faculty directors who paintings throughout the jurisdiction of the CIF are celebrating the DOE’s investigation.
Transgender athlete supporter Kyle Harp, left, of Riverside, holds a pleasure flag as “Save Girls Sports” supporters Lori Lopez and her father, Pete Pickering, concentrate to discuss over the rights of transgender athletes outdoor the Riverside Unified Faculty District Dec. 19, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Occasions)
Chino Unified Faculty Board President Sonja Shaw instructed Fox Information Virtual she is looking for repercussions for all of the establishments that experience allowed transgender athletes to take part in ladies sports activities.
“As a mother of two CIF athletes, school board president and advocate for children, I have seen firsthand the devastating impact of these policies. Girls are being pushed aside, their safety is compromised and their opportunities are being stolen,” Shaw stated.
“This investigation is a critical step in the right direction, but we need real, decisive action. CIF — and any entity that violates Title IX — must face consequences, including the withdrawal of funding.
“We warned you, CIF. Now, face the repercussions.”
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Amber French, a women’s swimmer at California Baptist University, argued the CIF allowing transgender athletes to compete with girls will deprive biological female athletes of college opportunities and jeopardizes their safety.
“If you happen to permit men to compete in feminine sports activities, much less women will have the ability to journey to CIF and swim in entrance of faculty coaches to get recruited,” French told Fox News Digital. “Permitting men who don’t wish to compete in opposition to their intercourse compete in feminine races takes clear of all of the hard-working feminine athletes. There are independent sections for a reason why.
“This investigation is the first step to protect the integrity, safety and opportunities of female sports.”
The CIF instructed Fox Information Virtual it’s been notified of the drawing close investigation.
“While the CIF has been notified of the investigation, we do not comment on pending investigations,” a CIF spokesperson stated.
Trump’s DOE may also be investigating Minnesota’s highschool athletics affiliation for refusing to agree to the chief form.
The DOE could also be investigating San Jose Environment College, the College of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation for independent incidents involving transgender athletes competing on a ladies’s or ladies sports activities staff.
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