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CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- A transgender athlete's information successful the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Track and Field Championship has sparked a question of mixed reactions from parents attending the event, with immoderate voicing enactment and others expressing interest implicit fairness successful competition.
A.B. Hernandez, a transgender student-athlete, competed Friday astatine Veterans Memorial Stadium successful Clovis, drafting nationalist attraction and a divided effect from the crowd.
While galore parents declined to talk publically owed to the controversy, those who did were divided successful their views.
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Carina Quezada-Adan, who traveled from the Bay Area to ticker her lad compete, said she believes the CIF made the close determination successful allowing Hernandez to participate.
"All the quality and attraction to this young athlete, I deliberation it's excessively much," Quezada-Adan said. "A compromise has been reached - conscionable fto the jock vie with the just compromise that was reached."
That compromise, announced by CIF earlier successful the week, allowed 2 further pistillate athletes to vie successful the event. If Hernandez finishes connected the podium, the adjacent highest-ranking jock volition besides person a medal.
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But for immoderate parents, that solution falls short.
"It's unfair for the girls," said Lavonda Hall, a Southern California nonmigratory whose girl competed successful the agelong jump. "They were omitted from prelims, and present the rules are being changed. It defeats the intent of having established pistillate sports."
Hall said she supports the thought of creating a abstracted class for transgender athletes to guarantee fairness for each competitors.
"We conscionable privation to marque definite that it's a just contention for the girls and the boys," she said.
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Despite the controversy, Quezada-Adan offered words of encouragement for Hernandez.
"I privation her each the spot contiguous due to the fact that I deliberation it's going to necessitate that for her to compete," she said.
In a statement, Hernandez's parent said she is heartbroken that her girl is being targeted simply for being who she is.
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