{"id":16677,"date":"2025-05-29T16:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=16677"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:59:57","slug":"doj-begins-california-title-ix-investigation-over-trans-boys-dominating-girls-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=16677","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Begins California Title IX Investigation Over \u2018Trans\u2019 Boys Dominating Girls\u2019 Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"California<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s Civil Rights Division announced<\/a> it is investigating California for violating Title IX by allowing males to participate in female student sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cTitle IX exists to protect women and girls in education,\u201d said Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for Civil Rights. \u201cIt is perverse to allow males to compete against girls, invade their private spaces, and take their trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning males from participating in female student sports, and he has threatened to block California’s federal funding for continuing to defy his order. With California facing deficits in the tens of billions of dollars each year, it’s unclear how the state would offset any losses or pauses in federal funding.<\/p>\n

Notably, California Gov. Gavin Newsom hosted conservative pundit Charlie Kirk on his podcast and told Kirk that he thinks it\u2019s \u201cdeeply unfair\u201d that boys are participating in girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n

When asked later at a press conference what this means for state policy, Newsom demurred, painting the matter as a marginal, non-issue not worth his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’re talking about a very small number of people, a very small number of athletes, and my responsibility is to address the pressing issues of our time,\u201d said Newsom.<\/p>\n

The California Interscholastic Federation, which governs student sports in California, has since responded to Trump\u2019s threat by announcing a new pilot program to allow girls who otherwise would have qualified for sports finals had the finalist spots in girls\u2019 sports not been taken by transgender-identifying boys to participate in said finals.<\/p>\n

Title IX was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1972 to ensure that schools could not discriminate against female students. It requires they be provided with equal opportunities to engage in athletics, extracurriculars and education.<\/p>\n

DOJ\u2019s letter of interest says it is investigating whether California\u2019s Assembly Bill 1266, which requires transgender-identifying students to be allowed to participate in sports consistent with their gender identities, violates Title IX.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of CIF\u2019s policy, California\u2019s top-ranked girls\u2019 triple jumper, and second-ranked girls\u2019 long-jumper, is a boy,\u201d wrote the DOJ. \u201cAs recently as May 17, this male athlete was allowed to take winning titles that rightfully belong to female athletes in both events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis male athlete will now be allowed to compete against those female athletes again for a state title in long, triple, and high jump,\u201d continued the DOJ. \u201cOther high school female athletes have alleged that they were likewise robbed of podium positions and spots on their teams after they were forced to compete against males.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should the DOJ find California is in violation of Title IX, it says it will \u201ctake appropriate action to eliminate that discrimination, including seeking injunctive relief.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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