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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.
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 t