Posted on 02/24/2025 10:10:28 AM PST by Morgana
A transgender high school basketball player in California did not participate in a girls' playoff game on Saturday, amid fury from fans and President Donald Trump's executive order banning trans women from competing in women's sports.
The player, who plays for San Francisco Waldorf, gained attention after a dominant 29-point performance against a rival school last month.
And the athlete was reportedly set to play against Cornerstone Christian this weekend.
However, Fox News Digital - who first reported on the athlete's status for the game - wrote on Sunday that the player was absent as Waldorf lost 56-30 to Cornerstone.
There has not been a reason given for why the player didn't suit up, the outlet said.
Trump's executive order applies to athletes at schools that receive federal funding, with the President saying he would cut funding from any school who defies his order.
Nonetheless, San Francisco Waldorf is reportedly not the only school in California that continues to allow trans athletes to participate in women's sports, and Trump's Department of Education and Office of Civil Rights is currently investigating the California Interscholastic Federation.
Despite the player's eventual absence from the game, the suggestion that the athlete would suit up led to protesters showing up.
As posted to X, a group of at least seven people showed up with signs in opposition to the transgender player, with one reading 'Save Girls Sports.'
The X post said that the fans did not end up brandishing the signs at the game since the trans player did not participate.
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San Francisco Waldorf?
Do they toss salads there?
“There has not been a reason given for why the player didn’t suit up”
Little Big Man is a coward?
In my world that’s called a triple win!
But I bet he wanted to lay on soft furs in the teepee.
LOL!
Well, that just proves the transgender player WAS the team.
CC
I was hoping I would never hear hear that term again. 😏
Who can possibly want boys playing against girls?
Article title states AWOL, which at first glance I assumed he was missing without notice. But then the article further states that school officials did not explain why the player didn’t suit up. So, is he missing from the school, or he is hiding from the public?
I don’t think it would be smart to go to war against President Trump about transgender players at the same time you are asking him for $40 billion in relief.
Probably couldn’t find “her” jock strap.
“Well, that just proves the transgender player WAS the team.”
My thoughts too.
As someone who’s watched a lot of HS basketball in the last 4 years due to my daughter playing, and playing at a very very small school, it is INSANE to have a boy on the court with girls..
Yes there are a girl or two who are quick, but I haven’t seen a single girls or woman’s team in my life, even at the college level or professional level, that can keep up with the average boys team that plays in the same league and class as my daughters small high school.
Yes, the tranny was the team and the other team won in a fair match.
I would love to hear the girls' opinions on the outcome, knowing that they likely wouldn't have made the playoffs without a boy on the team.
“Ringers” used to be considered a bad thing.
,,, how can it be that a man playing in a girl team should be OK and yet the use of steroids for athletes isn’t. Either way an unfair advantage is at play but it just has to be framed as a LGBQTXYZ persecution issue.
... “brandishing” the signs...
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