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Gavin Newsom and the Dead-End Politics of the Sexual Revolution

California Governor Gavin Newsom is languishing in a political purgatory of his own making.

An ambitious and astute politician, the governor embarked on a media tour this month to position himself as the reigning “moderate” in a leaderless and increasingly radical Democrat party.

But the governor is struggling to reconcile his new, “common sense” platform with the progressive ideology that propelled him to prominence. The disconnect is nowhere more evident than in his shifting position on “transgenderism.”

Newsom began distancing himself from his more radical colleagues in March, when he called publicly called forcing girls to compete against boys in sex-segregated sports “deeply unfair.”

His comments effectively launched his centrist rebrand. But they also landed him in hot water with some of his most powerful supporters.

“My party was [angry], the LGBTQ caucus [was angry],” Newsom told podcaster Shawn Ryan in an interview released this week.

“I’ll never forget that meeting with my friends, furious with me because I don’t think it’s fair [to allow boys to compete in girls sports].”

Of course the LGBT caucus was angry; Newsom, a self-described “champion” of LGBT rights, has been a staunch supporter of the caucus’ agenda for more than two decades. In 2004, as mayor of San Francisco, he issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples — before it was legal to do so.

In his interview with Ryan, Newsom called it one of his “proudest accomplishments.”

The governor reconciles his long-standing support of the LGBT agenda, particularly same-sex marriage, and his new position on sex-segregated sports by treating them as two entirely separate issues.

“When you get to issues [of boys participating in girls sports], that’s no longer about celebrating [someone’s] rights,” Newsom told Ryan. “It’s about denying [other] people theirs.”

But they aren’t two separate issues — far from it. The rise of “transgenderism” is the direct result of the legalization and normalization of same-sex relationships.

Gender ideology, including “transgenderism,” and same-sex marriage both stem from the ideology of the sexual revolution, which Dr. Jay Richards describes as the legal and social “fracturing” of marriage, sex and childbirth.

Richards, who directs the Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Life, describes the sexual revolution as a train traveling toward the end of a track. In this metaphor, each stop represents an increasingly radical manifestation of the sexual revolution’s core ideology.

The legalization and normalization of same-sex marriage is one such stop. At this station, the politics of the sexual revolution effectively fractured marriage and the sexual binary. The government cosigned the lie that all family structures are equally good — for society, for the health of both spouses and for the rearing of children.

The rise of “transgenderism” is just one stop further down the track. Whereas the legalization of same-sex marriage diminished the significance of male and female in a marriage partnership, “transgenderism” erases the distinctions between male and female all together.

This ideology treats men and women as entirely interchangeable. It recognizes nothing significant or unique about the complimentary construction of male and female humans. Thus, boys can compete in girls sports and children can casually flood their bodies with opposite-sex hormones.

In short, Newsom cannot logically support same-sex marriage and simultaneously oppose the participation of boys in girls sports because “transgenderism” is the logical consequence of legalizing alternative family structures.

Perhaps the governor recognizes this logical bind, at least subconsciously. When Ryan asked him point-blank if he believes an 8-year-old should be allowed to “consent” to  irreversible transgender medical interventions, Newsom replied:

Yeah. Look, now that I have a nine-year-old, come on man, I get it. So, those [concerns about age] are legit.

That’s not an answer. He never gives one, other than to say he’s still learning about the issue.

It takes no more than half an hour of reading from unbiased sources to understand the devastating effects opposite-sex hormones and surgical mutilation wreak on children’s physical and mental development. Newsom’s reticence isn’t about knowledge — it’s about ideology.

If he admits kids can’t be born in the wrong body, the ideology he’s fought for for decades will collapse. He’ll lose his voter base while trying to reach Democrats who defected from the party during the 2024 presidential election.

Where does this leave Newsom? Trapped. The politics of the sexual revolution, which made him a powerful Democrat player in California, are keeping him from seizing an unprecedented opportunity to ascend to party leadership on a national scale.  

He can’t convincingly accept the moderate policy positions his colleagues have rejected after years of supporting an ideology that can only become more radical.

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Sorry ‘Gays Against Groomers,’ But Gay Activists Helped Start This Transgender Fire

Sorry ‘Gays Against Groomers,’ But Gay Activists Helped Start This Transgender Fire — Part Two

The Two-Parent Privilege: Understanding Contemporary Family Formation

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Important New Research on How Married Parents Improve Child Well-Being

Feds Sue California Department of Education Interscholastic Federation for ‘Illegal Sex Discrimination’

New Paper Details ‘Emerging and Accumulating’ Adverse Effects of ‘Gender Affirming’ Estrogen

INVESTIGATION: Taxpayers Fund Transgender Experiments on Children

HHS Releases Report on Harms of ‘Transgender’ Medical Interventions for Minors

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Christian Coffee Shop Owner Labeled a ‘Bigot’ Despite Helping the Homeless

A Christian coffee shop dedicated to helping the homeless in Denver, Colorado is being targeted by protesters for promoting biblical truths.

Founded by Jamie Sanchez in 2023, The Drip Café hires participants of “Project Revive” – a local program providing biblical and practical resources for homeless individuals seeking a fresh start.

Both The Drip Café and Project Revive are extensions of Sanchez’s homeless ministry, Recycle God’s Love. The organization is committed to “serving those who have been forgotten” by providing “hot meals, clothing, hygiene, life-saving winter supplies, and most importantly, the love of Christ.”

While Sanchez’s programs have done an incredible amount of good for Denver’s homeless population, The Drip Café continually receives extreme pushback from protesters.

Prior to the café’s opening day in 2023, Sanchez began receiving messages accusing the establishment of pushing an “anti-gay” agenda. He told Fox News:

It was really strange, actually, because we all of a sudden started getting like messages on Instagram about how we hate gay people and random comments like that.

And come to find out there was an organized group ready to protest the opening of our café before we even opened.

We did some digging, and we found out it was strictly because we were Christian.

Confirming Sanchez’s suspicions, a local group called the Denver Communists protested at The Drip Café on its opening day.

The protesters specifically opposed the following belief statement from Recycle God’s Love:

We believe that a homosexual lifestyle is contrary to God’s Word and purpose for humanity and is sin (I Timothy 1:10).

Moreover, this organization is instructed to Love those living such lifestyles.

We Believe that showing hate towards people in these communities is not the way Jesus would respond.

Therefore, although disagreeing with the lifestyles we believe to be sinful, we must show love.

Since the café’s opening day, protesters have relentlessly accused Sanchez’s business, claiming “Drip Café exploits homeless labor and disguises it as charity,” and “The Drip Café condemns queer people to death – with love.” 

Most generally, the group asserts the shop’s affiliation with a “right-wing” church that supposedly hates the LGBT community,

A member of the Denver Communists commented to Fox News,

There are plenty of Christian denominations that don’t share their bigoted view, such as the ELCA [Evangelical Lutheran Church in America], and we’ve been joined by pastors and many Christians in our protests.

Drip has doubled down on its homophobic position. Jamie and his bigoted coffee shop don’t have a monopoly on Christianity, but he sure is willing to try and profit off of it.

Additionally, a blog post from the Denver Communists stated,

We may not succeed in running The Drip out of town before the end of its lease, but that is ultimately irrelevant.

The protests against the hate-café are serving as a training ground for new queer-rights activists, the message of queer liberation is being spread, and our ultimate victory, while delayed, is inevitable.

In reference to the opening day protests and comments, Sanchez recalled,

I was in shock. Our whole purpose opening the café was to serve the homeless community and help people get off the street, change their lives.

And here we got a group who just hates us because we’re doing that and we’re Christian.

The Denver Communist group continued protesting outside Sanchez’s café every weekend for some time. Now, the group only gathers during a monthly art walk event on the café’s street, Santa Fe Drive.

Although these protests have died down, hostility towards The Drip Café has not. Sanchez says the coffee shop has been vandalized on several occasions – broken windows, “Keep Santa Fe Gay” stickers slapped onto the property and even a spray-painted image of a hanging KKK member on the café’s front door.

Additionally, a recent Instagram post promoted an upcoming protest, “Drag Against Drip,” advertising the group’s plan for “drag performances right on the homophobes’ doorstep.” 

Sanchez has also reported aggressive interactions between the protesters and his customers. He specifically recalled how two protesters once followed an elderly woman into the shop and how a blind Christian DJ was screamed at outside the café. Sanchez commented,

Here’s this group trying to act inclusive, and they are harassing a Black blind guy in front of my café because he’s Christian.

The Denver Communists have also written aggressive messages about the coffee shop on their website and social media platforms, claiming the “bigots” at the café are “advocating for violence while hiding behind polite words.”

As if that isn’t enough, the group has also connected Sanchez to neo-Nazis, to which he responded, “It’s very silly of them to say I am part of a Nazi group, considering I am a brown-skinned Hispanic.”

Despite the constant hostility over the past two years, Sanchez says he has shown the protesters nothing but love:

The communists have told me I’m not welcome, told me to kill myself, and my response is, “I love you, and you are welcome to come in peacefully.”

We have offered them free coffee and food on cold days.

I’ve never shown anything but love to them and that’s why the only pictures they have of me is praying for them.

I understand that they feel like they are having an identity crisis, and they might feel hopeless and lost and the only way to rectify that feeling is through the Son of God who is Jesus Christ.

Since Sanchez has found no help from local authorities, his team at Drip now offers live worship music in the shop every First Friday in an attempt to “drown out” the protesters’ chaos.

While some harbor hatred for Sanchez and the café, Drip’s Google reviews are filled with love and praise for the inspiring establishment. Several reviews include comments such as:

I love this place! My coffee always tastes great, the staff are incredibly kind, and it’s inspiring to have a coffee shop that loves Jesus out loud. Very refreshing.

I came in from out of town and had a coffee here. they were the most welcoming people, they prayed with me, and I absolutely admire what they are doing for the homeless community!

They provide so much for the community by feeding the homeless, getting them off the streets and offering an environment of prayer, kindness, amazing food and love even for outsiders who hate on them for simply being Christian.

These reviews demonstrate that although hate often takes center stage, hope still exists in the midst of such darkness.

Please join the Daily Citizen in praying for Jamie Sanchez, The Drip Café, and all others who are being persecuted for their promotion of biblical truths.

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California Interscholastic Federation ‘Gender Diversity Toolkit’ Reveals Extent of Radical ‘Transgender’ Participation Policies

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) allows boys nearly unrestricted freedom to play girls sports and change in girls’ locker rooms, a “gender diversity toolkit” for coaches reveals.

The only criteria? The male student must “most consistently express himself” as a girl (whatever that means).

It’s no secret CIF and the California Department of Education allow students to participate in sports consistent with their subjective “gender identity,” rather than their biological sex. The Department of Justice sued them for it last week, alleging the policy violates Title IX protections against sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions and activities.

But the true extent of CIF’s “gender inclusion” policy is hidden in the “Gender Diverse Youth Sport Inclusivity Toolkit,” an online guide helping coaches integrate “transgender” and “nonbinary” players.

Thus far, the rules primarily apply to boys interested in joining girls teams.

Here’s what the Daily Citizen uncovered.

Male students can participate in girls sports with no objective criteria.

CIF does not require male athletes submit any proof of gender confusion to play in girls sports.  The toolkit claims asking for such evidence not only violates “transgender” students’ privacy but levies “arbitrary and discriminatory” requirements against them.

The document references a policy brief from the California School Board Association (CSBA), which prohibits school officials from soliciting documentation of a student’s “gender-related identity” unless they have “credible information” indicating the identity is false.

The brief does not clarify what constitutes such information. In Lucia Mar Unified School District, two girls publicly alleged a male teammate acted inappropriately in the girls’ locker room.

He remains on the girls team.

Students can switch “identities” and teams at will.

The toolkit says students that switch “gender identities” may be allowed to participate on a girls team one semester and a boys team the next.

CIF’s “Philosophy of Gender Identity Participation,” as articulated in the toolkit, allows athletes to play on teams consistent with their gender identity or “the gender most consistently expressed.”

This addition, which is not included in CIF’s bylaws, allows students significant room to change their “gender identity.” The toolkit normalizes such changes, telling coaches:

A student’s understanding of their gender identity may take some time to fully discern. They may understand the gender they are not but still need to discover the gender that they are.
Students can change their “gender identities” based on factors like their “confidence.”

One of the Frequently Asked Questions included in the toolkit asks how coaches should determine what sports league a “nonbinary” student should join.

In this case, CIF instructs coaches to allow the student to “select the gendered team on which they feel most comfortable participating.” The policy allows the student to consider factors like “established camaraderie with fellow athletes, personal safety and privacy concerns.”

CIF allows the student to change their “selected gender,” so long as the change “is a result of a deeper understanding of their gender identity.”

It’s unclear how coaches can make this determination without asking for documentation but, regardless, it’s not a hard and fast requirement. The toolkit reads:

A student may have other reasons for changing their gender identification and those can be considered with an emphasis on optimizing the athlete’s confidence, safety and privacy.
While any student may ask for a private space to change, coaches are not allowed to preemptively move a boy to a separate changing area.

The toolkit instructs coaches to accommodate students that ask for a private space to change. However, it stops coaches from assigning “transgender” students a separate changing area unless they ask for it.

“No student should be forced to use an all-gender facility such as a staff bathroom simply because they are trans or gender diverse,” it reads, calling such actions discriminatory.

CIF encourages coaches to prepare girls for a boy to join their team.

The toolkit encourages coaches to mentally prepare girls to accept a male on their team and in their locker room in the name of sportsmanship.

“There is no need to wait for the arrival of a trans athlete to begin conversations with team members about the value of inclusion,” the toolkit reads, continuing:

Any team would benefit from the articulation of, and expectations surrounding, good sportsmanship values.

In another section articulating CIF’s expectations of students, it associates accepting “transgender” athletes with “being gracious winners and losers,” “being a team player,” and “having a supportive and encouraging attitude towards yourself and others.”

“Communication of these expected practices are what builds the foundation for any unexpected situation, including the welcoming of a new trans teammate,” the toolkit concludes.

In this way, CIF enlists coaches in rewiring girls’ perceptions of their own physical boundaries. The University of Pennsylvania tried the same trick in 2022,  when Lia — formerly Will —Thomas joined the women’s swim team.

When athletes like Paula Scanlon expressed discomfort changing in front of Thomas, UPenn officials allegedly offered them therapy to “become more comfortable sharing previously sex-segregated spaces with members of the opposite sex.”

CIF will not tell parents when a “transgender” athlete joins their child’s team.

Perhaps most alarmingly, CIF will not, as a rule, inform athletes and their parents when a boy joins a girls team unless he gives officials explicit permission.

This is consistent with the way CSBA instructs schools to “balance” a “transgender” student’s “right” to conceal their “gender identity” and other students’ right to privacy — just issue a blanket disclosure about the state’s “gender inclusion” policies at the beginning of each year.

CIF’s “Gender Diverse Youth Sport Inclusivity Toolkit” offers boys every incentive to assume a female or “nonbinary” “gender identity.” Meanwhile, female athletes have no guarantee of privacy or equal athletic opportunity, and no recourse in the event of sexual assault and harassment.

Unfortunately, CIF isn’t alone. Public school systems across the country are adopting similar policies, to the unmitigated detriment of students and families.

To learn more about problematic school policies in other states, click on the links below.

Additional Articles and Resources

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UPenn Will Strip ‘Lia’ Thomas of Medals, Apologize to Female Athletes

Yes, Girls Care When Boys Take Their Trophies

California Sues DOJ Over ‘Transgender’ Athlete Ban

Feds Pressure California After Boy Wins in Girls Track and Field Championship

Girls Sports Coaches are Incentivized to Recruit Men — Parents Shouldn’t Let Them

Department of Justice Launches Title IX Task Force to Protect Women’s Sports

Girls Shouldn’t Apologize for Protesting Boys in Girls Sports

Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Women’s Sports and Spaces

President Trump: ‘There are Only Two Genders: Male and Female’

DOJ Lawsuit Describes California Department of Education’s Infuriating Treatment of Girls

The Department of Justice (DOJ) describes the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) infuriating treatment of female athletes in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

The complaint alleges CDE and CIF violated — and continue to violate — Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions and activities, by allowing boys to compete in girls sports and change in girls’ locker rooms.

The court’s ruling will determine whether California remains eligible to receive federal tax dollars. CDE and CIF received more than $44 billion in federal education funding this fiscal year alone, the DOJ reports.

The DOJ’s complaint argues CDE and CIF policies illegally discriminate against and harm girls in two ways: by depriving them of equal athletic opportunities and by creating a hostile educational environment.

The DOJ proves its first claim by identifying five male athletes that competed in California girls sports leagues in 2024 and 2025. Though the suit identifies none by name, the identities of all but one are public knowledge.

The first male athlete listed is AB Hernandez, the boy who infamously won two California girls state track and field titles in May. According to the complaint, Hernandez has been competing in girls events since 2022.

In the 2024-2025 outdoor track and field season, the DOJ estimates Hernandez won “at least 36 first place victories or gold medals” at CIF events.

‘Abigail’ Jones, which the DOJ calls “Student 2,” has been competing in girls track and field and cross country since 2023. In 2025, he took first place in the 100-meter hurdles at the Big VII League Championships.

When Jones transferred to Martin Luther King High School in November 2024, Fox reports, an athlete named Taylor lost her position on the girls varsity cross country team.

When she and a teammate, Kaitlyn, wore “Save Girls Sports” shirts to protest Taylor’s ouster, MLK officials allegedly told them to change or cover up.

“School officials … told [the girls] that wearing the shirts was like ‘wearing a swastika in front of Jewish students,’” the DOJ’s complaint reads, citing the incident as evidence CIF and CDE retaliate against girls who protest boys invading their sports.

‘Lily’ Norcross, “Student 3,” has run girls track and field since 2023. In the 2024-2025 season, Norcross competed in Division 1 CIF events.

Henry Hanlon, “Student 4,” has competed in girls volleyball, basketball and soccer since 2021. When Hanlon, who is notorious for dwarfing his competitors, skipped a basketball game in February, his team lost by 26 points, the New York Post reports.

“Student 5,” an anonymous male who has competed in girls volleyball with Half Moon Bay High School since 2022, led his team to victory at the Peninsula Athletic League volleyball championship in 2024.

The DOJ uses Norcross, “Student 3,” and his effect on girls in Lucia Mar Unified School District to prove its second claim — that CIF and CDE have created a “hostile educational environment” by forcing girls to share locker rooms with boys.

Two athletes came forward at Lucia Mar school board meetings in May and April, respectively, to describe their experience changing in front of Norcross.

“I strongly disagree with what is going on in the girls’ locker room and on the girls track team, so much so that I change in my car for track practice because I feel way more comfortable in my car than I do in my own school’s locker room,” Audrey Venherweg, a junior, told the board in May.

In April, 17-year-old Celeste Duyst tearfully recounted:

I went into the women’s locker room to change for track practice when I saw, at the end of my row, a biological male watching not only myself, but the other young women undress. This experience was beyond traumatizing.

The DOJ uses Duyst’s testimony as an example of the ways co-ed locker rooms “substantially increase the risk of sexual harassment, assault and voyeurism in girls’ locker rooms and bathrooms,” further noting of Norcross:

[Duyst] states [he] had already dressed for track practice at the beginning of the day. [He] had no reason to be in a locker room other than to watch the girls undress.

The DOJ asks the court to find CIF and CDE in violation of Title IX and issue a permanent injunction requiring them to:

  • Keep boys out of girls sports.
  • Implement a monitoring system to ensure all schools and institutions under CIF and CDE’s authority comply with Title XI.
  • “Establish a process to compensate female athletes who have been denied athletic opportunities due to [CDE and CIF’s] violations, including correcting past athletic records.”
  • Submit Title IX compliance reports to the federal government for at least five years following the judgement.

The DOJ also requests the court make CIF and CDE pay punitive damages to the United States, as well as court costs and “an award of all such additional relief as the interests of justice may require.”

Federally funded institutions are supposed to protect the safety and rights of female students. CIF and CDE, in contrast, are actively endangering girls and stifling those trying to stand up for themselves.

The DOJ puts it well:

This discrimination is not only illegal and unfair but also demeaning, signaling to girls that their opportunities and achievements are secondary to accommodating boys.
It erodes the integrity of girls sports, diminishes their competitive experience and undermines the very purpose of Title IX: to provide equal access to education benefits, including interscholastic benefits.

CIF and CDE should not receive a dime more of taxpayers’ money until they agree to uphold their responsibility to the female students whose parents trust them to protect.

The case is United States of America v. California Interscholastic Federation and California Department of Education.

To read more about the conflict between California and the Trump administration, click on the links below.

Additional Articles and Resources

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Yes, Girls Care When Boys Take Their Trophies

California Sues DOJ Over ‘Transgender’ Athlete Ban

Feds Pressure California After Boy Wins in Girls Track and Field Championship

Girls Sports Coaches are Incentivized to Recruit Men — Parents Shouldn’t Let Them

Department of Justice Launches Title IX Task Force to Protect Women’s Sports

Girls Shouldn’t Apologize for Protesting Boys in Girls Sports

Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Women’s Sports and Spaces

President Trump: ‘There are Only Two Genders: Male and Female’

Feds Sue California Department of Education, Interscholastic Federation For ‘Illegal Sex Discrimination’

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the California Department of Education (CDE) and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) yesterday for violating Title IX,  just two days after the institutions refused to voluntarily keep boys out of girls sports and locker rooms.

The suit is the latest in an escalating national battle over the meaning and intent of Title IX — and whether taxpayers must fund educational programs that fail to protect girls.

“The Governor of California has previously admitted that it is ‘deeply unfair’ to force women and girls to compete with men and boys in competitive sports,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a press release announcing the suit, referencing remarks California Governor Gavin Newsom made about girls sports in March.

“But not only is it ‘deeply unfair,’ it is also illegal under federal law,” she continued. “This Department of Justice will continue its fight to protect equal opportunities for women and girls in sports.”

Title IX prevents sex discrimination in educational institutions and activities supported by the federal government. Despite receiving more than $44 billion in federal funding this fiscal year, according to the DOJ, CIF and CDE continue to violate Title IX by allowing students to join sports leagues consistent with their “gender identity,” rather than their biological sex.

“The results of these illegal policies are stark,” the DOJ’s complaint reads. “Girls are displaced from podiums, denied awards and miss out on critical visibility for college scholarships and recognition.”

It continues:

This discrimination is not only illegal and unfair but also demeaning, signaling to girls that their opportunities and achievements are secondary to accommodating boys.
It erodes the integrity of girls’ sports, diminishes their competitive experience and undermines the very purpose of Title IX: to provide equal access to educational benefits, including interscholastic athletics.

California and the Trump administration have been on a collision course over the integrity of girls’ sports and spaces since February, when President Donald Trump signed executive orders protecting women’s private spaces and prohibiting boys from playing girls sports in programs that receive federal funding.

The DOE launched an investigating into CIF after it publicly refused to follow the president’s order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” Instead, CIF told Fox on February 7 it would continue enforcing California Education Code Section 221.5(f), which reads:

A pupil shall be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.

CIF hit the Trump administration’s radar again in May when AB Hernandez, a boy, qualified for California’s girls track and field championships.

“California … continues to illegally allow men to play in women’s sports,” President Trump weighed in on Hernandez’ qualification on social media. “Please be hereby advised that large scale funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the executive order [“Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”] is not adhered to.”

Hernandez went on to win two girls’ state titles.

The DOE Office of Civil Rights’ investigation found CIF and CDE in active violation of Title IX on June 25. The organizations were given ten days to voluntarily:

  • Instruct all recipients of federal funding under their control to stop allowing boys to compete in girls sports.
  • Rescind all awards, titles and records given to males and, if applicable, award them to the real winners.
  • “Send a personalized letter [to each female athlete to whom an individual recognition is restored] apologizing on behalf of the state of California for allowing her educational experience to be marred by sex discrimination.”
  • Propose a monitoring system to ensure all recipients of federal funding are following Title IX.

CIF and CDE formally refused the DOE’s requests on July 7. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon promptly referred the case to the DOJ, which filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on July 9.

If the court rules in favor of the DOJ, CIF and CDE would have to keep boys out of girls sports or risk losing their massive federal endowment.

“It’s totally unfair to have men competing against women in sports, and also to share their intimate locker facilities [with them],” McMahon told Fox yesterday, continuing:

Women fought hard for these rights. It is the law, and the president means business with it.

The case is United States of America v. California Interscholastic Federation and California Department of Education. You can read the Daily Citizen’s detailed analysis of the allegations here.

Additional Articles and Resources

UPenn Will Strip ‘Lia’ Thomas of Medals, Apologize to Female Athletes

Yes, Girls Care When Boys Take Their Trophies

California Sues DOJ Over ‘Transgender’ Athlete Ban

Feds Pressure California After Boy Wins in Girls Track and Field Championship

Girls Sports Coaches are Incentivized to Recruit Men — Parents Shouldn’t Let Them

Department of Justice Launches Title IX Task Force to Protect Women’s Sports

Girls Shouldn’t Apologize for Protesting Boys in Girls Sports

Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Women’s Sports and Spaces

President Trump: ‘There are Only Two Genders: Male and Female’