Overview
- Appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said “transgender female athletes are women athletes” who should be allowed to compete.
- Yee said a gender-neutral format for some events at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is “a conversation worth having,” while calling for more research on physiology.
- Pressed for examples, she suggested short-distance track events could offer a level field; Morgan disputed that assertion on air.
- Republican rival Steve Hilton labeled the comments “jaw dropping” on the same program and said he would seek to overturn California’s AB 1266.
- The exchange comes as the Trump administration’s July lawsuit challenges the state’s policy, and as Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed AB 749 to create a commission on youth-sports access.