Tom Steyer is proudly standing with a biological male dominating girls high school track and field as he runs for California governor.
In a video he shared on X, Steyer praised AB Hernandez, a senior biological boy at Jurupa Valley High School who won two girls state titles last year in high jump and triple jump.
“I’m so proud of you for what you’re doing,” Steyer told the athlete. “So proud of you for succeeding. So proud of you for competing. That’s really the point. And I’m going to hope like heck that you don’t just make state but you do really well there. Deal?”
Steyer framed it as protecting Californians, saying the governor’s job is “to stand between danger and Californians” and that he takes it “very, very seriously, particularly when it comes to trans youth.”
Hernandez competed again at this year’s state finals while Steyer released the supportive video the same morning.
This comes as biological males continue taking podium spots from female athletes under California’s 2013 law that lets students compete based on gender identity. Female competitors get bumped down as a result.
Meanwhile Republican candidate Steve Hilton has taken the opposite stand, appearing at a “Save Girls Sports” rally to fight back against the unfairness.
Steyer’s full-throated endorsement highlights the extreme position Democrats are doubling down on even as parents and female athletes demand fairness in sports.
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