'Save Girls Sports' rally rocks California sports league meeting amid state's trans athlete battle vs Trump

California girls high school athlete Taylor Starling gave a speech at a news conference in support of protecting girls sports at a CIF protest in Costa Mesa. (Credit: California Family Council)

California's conflict over trans athletes is heating up this summer.

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)'s executive committee meeting was met by a swath of loud protesters on Friday. 

The state's growing "Save Girls Sports" contingency, led by the California Family Council, showed up outside the meeting with t-shirts, signs and even a podium for a press conference. 

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Multiple female athletes, parents and state education officials spoke out against the CIF and Governor Gavin Newsom for the policies that have allowed trans athletes to compete in girls' sports, sparking several controversies in the state over the past year alone. 

California Family Council and outreach director Sophia Lorey also boasted a petition at the event, which has at least 20,074 signatures of Californians urging the CIF and Newsom to change the state's gender eligibility policies. 

Martin Luther King High School students Taylor Starling and Kaitlyn Slavin, who have filed a lawsuit against the Riverside Unified School District over a situation involving a trans student at their school, headlined the athlete speakers. 

Starling shared her story of losing her varsity spot on the cross-country team to the trans athlete, while having her "Save Girls Sports" t-shirts compared to swastikas. 

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"This isn't fair, girls like me are being told to sit down, smile and be quiet, and give up what we