The radical ideology of gender identity continues to hollow out the integrity of women’s athletics in the state of California, and tennis legend Martina Navratilova has seen enough.
Over the weekend, high school preliminaries in Orange County became the latest theater of the absurd. AB Hernandez, a male competing as a senior for Jurupa Valley High School, dominated the girls’ field in the CIF Southern Section Division 3, seizing the triple jump title by several feet and clearing over 20 feet in the long jump — besting the nearest female competitor by more than a foot. Hernandez also tied for first in the high jump, repeating a pattern of dominance that has sparked fierce protests from athletes and parents alike, the Daily Mail reported.
One year later.
We’re still doing this.
Weak adults who refuse to do the right thing. pic.twitter.com/SSOabYBMNq— XX-XY Athletics (@xx_xyathletics) May 10, 2026
While the “Save Girls Sports” organization and frustrated families gathered at Yorba Linda High School to decry the erasure of female biological reality, the most stinging rebuke came from Navratilova. The 18-time Grand Slam champion, a harsh critic of President Donald Trump, still took aim at the leading Democratic candidate for the 2028 presidential nomination, torching California Governor Gavin Newsom for his refusal to protect female athletes and labeling the state-sanctioned charade as “cheating.”
“Newsom could overturn this in a second. No excuse,” Navratilova wrote, emphasizing that the governor has the executive authority to intervene but chooses instead to hide behind bureaucratic red tape. Responding to the news that Hernandez remains seeded at the top of upcoming tournaments, she added a caustic, “Thanks for nothing [Gavin Newsom].”
Navratilova’s fury was echoed by fellow Olympic legends. Three-time gold medalist Nancy Hogshead blasted Newsom’s office for its “big fail” in legal and biological analysis. Hogshead noted that while Newsom’s camp pays lip service to “fairness, dignity, and respect,” it pointedly excludes biological girls from that standard.
“Females aren’t weakened males; males and females are built from different molds,” Hogshead stated, dismantling the “woke” notion that gender identity can override the material reality of bone density and muscle mass.
A spokesman for Newsom attacked the governor’s critics after it was announced that a “Save Girls Sports” protest would be held at the track meet.
“The Governor has said discussions on this issue should be guided by fairness, dignity, and respect. He rejects the right wing’s cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to vilify individual kids,” the spokesman stated. “The Governor’s position is simple: stand with all kids and stand up to bullies.”
This prompted Sophia Lorey of Save Girls Sports to fire back: “Shame on Governor Newsom for calling the girls behind me bullies… These girls are not bullies for defending fairness.”
While Newsom remains ensconced in his progressive ivory tower, the federal government is taking notice. The Department of Justice has already filed suit against California agencies for Title IX violations, and the Department of Education has expanded its investigation into 17 other institutions.
For Navratilova and those who still believe in the “unique biology of females,” the message to Sacramento is clear: biological reality isn’t a “right-wing weapon” — it’s a fact, and ignoring it is nothing short of state-sponsored cheating.
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