Schools forfeit matches against volleyball team with trans player...

Jessica_Rose · August 27, 2025, 08:01:23 AM

Schools forfeit matches against volleyball team with trans player the president complained about

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/schools-forfeit-matches-against-volleyball-team-with-trans-player-the-president-complained-about/

Molly Sprayregen (26 Ag 2025)

Earlier this year, AB Hernandez became the target of nationwide hate and harassment when the president of a local school board publicly doxxed the multi-sport athlete and outed her as transgender. Right-wing activists misgendered her and called her mom "evil," swarms of adults showed up to heckle her at games, Charlie Kirk pushed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to condemn her, and the president threatened to withhold federal funding from California over her participation.

... At least three schools have refused to play against Jurupa while she's on the team.

At a recent board meeting of the Riverside Unified School District, tensions ran high as parents debated the decision to forfeit by Riverside Poly High School (in addition to Rim of the World High School and Orange Vista High School).

Hernandez's mother, Nereyda Hernandez, spoke at the meeting to defend her daughter. She slammed board member Amanda Vickers for speaking to Fox News about the controversy. "You actually entertained and welcomed harassment to my child," she said.

"You are a board member. You have an oath to protect, to support all children, not just the ones that fit your ideas, your beliefs. My daughter is not the problem. The problem is coordinated external efforts often led by individuals [who] travel from district to district... to spread fear and put parents against each other, using religion as a shield for discrimination."

"This has nothing to do with fairness in sport and everything to do with erasing transgender children," she said.

Lori Dee · August 27, 2025, 08:56:18 AM

The really sad part about these situations is that the only people making a stink about it are the so-called "adults". The kids just want to play.

Schools forfeit matches against volleyball team with trans player...

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