'Wrong Side of History': California Defies Trump, Will Still Let Trans Athletes Compete in Girls' Sports

"One day, the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) board will look back and realize they chose to be on the wrong side of history."

Those are the stark words of California Family Council (CFO) Outreach Director Sophia Lorey, who told Fox News Digital on Thursday that California's announced intent to defy President Donald Trump's “No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order,” which he signed on Wednesday, made her feel "disgusted."

First, let's back up the bus a bit.

As Fox News Digital reported on Friday, California officials will not fall in line with Trump's order to stop so-called "transgender" athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. "Competing" used in this context is a disgrace, but I digress.

According to The San Francisco Chronicle, CIF said it will continue to follow the no-longer-Golden State's law that allows athletes to participate as whichever gender they "identify." Might I add: with zero consideration for the health and safety of actual girls and women.

CFC's Lorey further told Fox News Digital (emphasis, mine):

I am disgusted that CIF is disregarding yesterday's executive order and instead doubling down on policies that are not only unfair, but dangerous for young women across California. By prioritizing their idol of transgender ideology over the safety and rights of female athletes, they are knowingly exposing high school girls to unsafe competition and stripping them of opportunities guaranteed for them under Title IX.
"One day, the CIF board will look back and realize they chose to be on the wrong side of history. They will have to answer for why they sacrificed the safety, fairness, and dignity of young girls to bow to an ideological agenda. But the rest of us will not stand by while female athletes are illegally prevented from competing fairly in their own sports.

Powerful. And in my steadfast opinion, morally correct. Every word of it.

As RedState's managing editor, Jennifer Van Laar, reported on Tuesday, staff members of the California State Assembly's Committee on Higher Education Committee believe they've found a "loophole" in H.R.28 — The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act — which upholds Title IX’s original intent by ensuring that males cannot compete in sports designated for women and girls in federally-funded programs. However, Democrats in the State Assembly appear to believe they can provide "additional benefits" to LBGTQ+ athletes.

Meanwhile, the NCAA — National Collegiate Athletic Association) on Thursday banned, effective immediately, transgender athletes from competing in NCAA women's college sports in direct response to Trump's executive order.

NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement:

We strongly believe that clear, consistent and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today’s student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.

"A clear, national standard." Everywhere (so far) except in Democrat-controlled California.

However, at the youth and high school level, California girls may still be at the mercy of state law.

California Laws on Transgenders in Sports Are Messed Up

Yes, messed up. Check it out:

In California, a law called AB 1266 has been in effect since 2014, giving California students at scholastic and collegiate levels the right to "participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records."
California Code of Regulations section 4910(k) defines gender as, "A person’s actual sex or perceived sex and includes a person’s perceived identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that identity, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with a person’s sex at birth."

CIF Bylaw 300.D. mirrors the Education Code, stating, "All students should have the opportunity to participate in CIF activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student’s records."