Transgender athlete fires back at critics as spotlight increases on girls' volleyball participation

Jurupa Valley High School volleyball player Alyssa McPherson and her mother Maribel Munoz speak out on why several girls' volleyball teams in California are forfeiting over a transgender athlete on 'America Reports.'

AB Hernandez, a transgender high school athlete in California who plays on the girls’ volleyball and track and field teams, remained defiant amid criticism for competing against females.

Several of Jurupa Valley’s opponents this season have forfeited games rather than play a game against a team that has a biological male on the team. Chaffey High School was one of the teams that agreed to play against Jurupa Valley, but they fell to Hernandez’s team in four sets.

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Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley leaves the track during the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium on May 30, 2025, in Clovis, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

Hernandez had no interest in giving in to criticism.

"They swear I'm like this crazy danger to society," Hernandez told CBS Los Angeles in a recent interview. "I'm just a normal kid going to school, playing sports."

Hernandez’s participation in girls’ sports became a flashpoint in the effort to keep women’s and girls’ sports fair. In the spring, Hernandez participated in the California high school state championships and won several events. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) altered rules for the sport to allow a girl to share the podium with Hernandez.

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Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley watches during the girls triple jump at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at