California needs to stop tying itself in knots over trans athletes and admit men shouldnt compete against women

Instead of simply following President Trump’s executive order that bans biological men from participating in women’s sports, California came up with a more reductive policy.They said girls could share the podium with trans athlete AB Hernandez who, by the way, had a pretty successful Saturday at the state championships.Because Hernandez, a junior at Jurupa Valley High School, is a dude competing against chicks.As controversy swirled around Hernandez’s dominant performance in high school track and field and Trump’s threats to withhold federal funding, the California Interscholastic Federation tweaked its rules on Tuesday to mandate that any biological females who lost to a trans-athlete would not lose their place.Hernandez took first in two events and second in another.

For the high jump, Hernandez cleared 5 feet 7 inches with no failed attempts while his two, I guess we can call them “co-winners,” Jillene Wetteland and Lelani Laruelle cleared the same threshold with a fail each.The three shared the first-place podium.In the triple jump, the trans athlete won while Kira Gant Hatcher, who trailed by over a half-meter, stood atop the first-place platform, again alongside Hernandez.And yet the fact that they had to change the rules of a simple straight forward competition —whoever jumps the highest or the longest wins — to accommodate Hernandez was an admission from officials that this all was inherently ridiculous.And yes, utterly confusing.

Hey, you technically lost to a biological male but here’s your first-place trophy anyways because we feel bad that we are letting this dude in.Girls, like their male counterparts, are cutthroat and competitive.They want and deserve a level playing field and the chance to win fair-and-square.

They shouldn’t have to be told to be a good girl and make room for the person who everyone has agreed — by making the rule change — does not belong there.Why not simply comply with the ban? Instead, the governing body...