Girl athletes express fear over school district switching sports conferences to accommodate trans athletes

California high school student-athlete Anna Holly speaks out against her district's decision to switch to a sports conference that allows trans athletes to compete in girls' sports. (Credit: Tahoe Truckee Media)

A public school district is in the process of transferring from Nevada's high school sports conference to California's so it can avoid Nevada's new policy that keeps biological males out of high school girls' competitions and locker rooms.

The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) in Truckee, California, is leaving the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) to join the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). 

The change will go into effect in Fall 2025 and comes after the NIAA voted to ban male athletes from the girls' category during its April 2 Board of Control meeting. It was made in order to comply with President Donald Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order. However, California has continued to defy the order and enable trans inclusion in girls' sports.

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Multiple TTUSD parents and girls' athletes pleaded with school officials not to make the switch to California's federation at the Truckee Unified school board meeting Wednesday night. 

Not only did they speak out the notion of letting trans athletes in girls' sports, but many speakers also pointed out that other details of the switch would affect the district's sports teams' ability to conduct their seasons, including travel and scheduling changes that would bring about potential weather complications for outdoor events. 

The current setup with Truckee competing in the NIAA allows its teams to travel east into Nevada for most of its away competition, as the