On Friday afternoon, CNN’s Brianna Keilar clashed with California attorney Julie Hamel on CNN News Central over the topic of boys in girls’ sports, a recent hot topic. At one point, Keilar began shouting over Hamel to get her to stop referring to the trans athlete by his biological gender. Still Hamel schooled Keilar with the facts.
At a California track and field state championship preliminary, A.B. Hernandez, a biologically born male, competed in the female category. Hernandez placed first in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump during the meet, which guaranteed him a spot in the state championship, something that has been the subject of intense national controversy since the competition the previous weekend.
Obviously, this was a travesty to the many high school girls who worked and trained hard to even make it to the round, but unfortunately this was nothing new in California. According to the State’s Education Code, transgender athletes have been able to compete in the category that best aligns with their gender identity since 2013.
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