Tracking the trans athlete high school sports controversies shaking the nation over the last year

Fox News' Christina Coleman reports on the state competition that sparked protests and saw competitors share a podium.

The 2024-25 school year in the U.S. was beset by a series of controversies involving trans athletes playing for girls' sports teams. 

Many of these incidents have garnered national attention and ignited heated debates. 

President Donald Trump took aim at this issue on Feb. 5 when he signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order, but multiple Democrat-controlled states defied it. 

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As the school year and spring sports season come to a close, here is a breakdown of all the incidents that shook the nation over the last year.

California was the nation's biggest hotbed of incidents involving trans athletes in girls' sports. 

Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School won the girls' triple jump and high jump state championships this past weekend against the backdrop of local protests and national attention after Trump called out the situation earlier last week. California's high school sports league responded by amending its rules to accommodate female athletes who finished behind a trans athlete in the three events Hernandez competed in, granting them qualification and podium finishes they would have earned had a biologically male athlete not competed in those events. 

This resulted in Hernandez having to share podium spots with the female athletes who finished one spot behind Hernandez after the finals on Saturday. 

Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley competes in the girls high jump during the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on May 30, 2025 in Clovis, California. (Kirby