The ascendance of transgender athlete AB Hernandez to victory in the girls' high jump and triple jump at the California high school track and field championship has ignited a firestorm of controversy, attracting national scrutiny and laying bare the deeply entrenched divisions surrounding transgender participation in female athletics; Hernandez's triumphs, facilitated by a recent California Interscholastic Federation policy amendment permitting an additional female competitor to medal in events where Hernandez qualified, were met with fervent protests, reflecting widespread opposition to transgender athletes in women's sports, even as the CIF's policy, enacted in response to Hernandez's burgeoning success and mandated by California law ensuring trans students' access to sex-segregated teams aligning with their gender identity, has only served to exacerbate the pre-existing tensions, particularly in light of a recent poll revealing that approximately 70% of US adults believe transgender female athletes should be barred from participating in girls' and women's sports at all levels.