{"id":13381,"date":"2025-12-06T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:18:00","slug":"mom-of-trans-child-breaks-silence-after-girls-volleyball-team-forfeited-refusing-to-play-against-her-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=13381","title":{"rendered":"Mom of trans child breaks silence after girls\u2019 volleyball team forfeited, refusing to play against her"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-6931abdb-ff70-8325-b126-856a04be31dc-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-78\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b4d8433f-2d00-4abb-8609-f8ab3e1fbc1d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"407\">A California high school volleyball game sparked controversy after Riverside Poly High refused to play Jurupa Valley because the team includes transgender player AB Hernandez. Riverside Poly forfeited the August 15 match, citing the need for a \u201csafe, positive environment,\u201d though parents claim the decision was about Hernandez\u2019s inclusion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"642\">School board member Amanda Vickers defended the forfeit, referencing a past injury involving a transgender athlete. Hernandez\u2019s mother criticized the decision, saying her daughter is being targeted by fear and politics, not fairness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"906\">This isn\u2019t AB\u2019s first encounter with hostility \u2014 she was previously heckled at a track meet and protested at other events. The issue has now moved into national politics, with Donald Trump threatening to pull funding from schools that allow transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1023\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Despite the backlash, Hernandez\u2019s mother remains firm: \u201cMy daughter deserves to play, just like every other child.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California high school volleyball game sparked controversy after Riverside Poly High refused to play Jurupa Valley because the team includes transgender player AB Hernandez. Riverside Poly forfeited the August 15 match, citing the need for a \u201csafe, positive environment,\u201d though parents claim the decision was about Hernandez\u2019s inclusion. School board member Amanda Vickers defended&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=13381\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Mom of trans child breaks silence after girls\u2019 volleyball team forfeited, refusing to play against her&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13383,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13381\/revisions\/13383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}