California Basketball Playoff Features Trans Athlete Despite Federal Ban

Cornerstone Christian School faces San Francisco Waldorf in a game spotlighting state defiance of Trump's executive order on trans athletes.

California continues to defy President Donald Trump's executive order banning trans athletes from competing in girls' sports, citing state law AB 1266 that supports inclusion based on gender identity.
Cornerstone Christian School has chosen to compete against San Francisco Waldorf, whose team includes an openly transgender athlete, in a high school girls' basketball playoff game this Saturday.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which oversees school sports, remains under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education and Office of Civil Rights for potential Title IX violations.
Parents and lawmakers in California have introduced bills to restrict trans athletes' participation in sports, aiming to reverse the state's current policies established under AB 1266.
Trump's executive order threatens to cut federal funding for schools that allow trans athletes in girls' sports, a significant concern for California schools dependent on federal support.