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Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Criticizes Gavin Newsom Over California’s Policies on Transgender Participation in Girls’ Sports

Jacob Shelton February 27, 2025

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California has again found itself at the center of a fierce debate regarding transgender participation in girls’ sports, following the breaking of a triple-jump record at a high school track and field event last weekend.

Prominent tennis legend and advocate for women’s sports, Martina Navratilova, did not hold back in her criticism of California Governor Gavin Newsom. On social media platform X, she expressed her disapproval of the state’s approach, stating, “Seems fair to me, right??? Hey gov. Newsom- @CAgovernor- this is not ok!!! This is not what one would call progressive. In fact it’s regressive AF.”

Navratilova’s remarks play into the ongoing national conversations around fairness and inclusion in sports. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has been one of the leading high school sports governing bodies to affirm its decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, despite Trump’s firm stance against such policies and the NCAA’s recent changes.

States like Minnesota and Maine have joined California in supporting trans inclusion, but not without facing backlash from officials like Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi. Earlier this week, Bondi issued a stark warning to these states, addressing the federal implications of disregarding Trump’s executive order. In her letter, Bondi stated, “This Department of Justice will hold accountable states and state entities that violate federal law. Indeed, we have already begun to do so.”

Bondi’s remarks referred to ongoing legal actions against Illinois and New York for their non-compliance with federal immigration laws, signaling a potential escalation in the Justice Department’s efforts to enforce compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws in athletics as well.

Bondi emphasized that if the Department of Education’s ongoing Title IX investigation reveals that CIF is denying female athletes an equal opportunity by allowing them to compete against boys, legal action will swiftly follow. She asserted:

We will leverage every legal option necessary to ensure state compliance with federal law and President Trump’s Executive Order protecting women’s sports.

This isn’t an issue with an easy fix, and it’s likely that California will stay in the spotlight as mounting pressures from the federal government and advocates for transgender people continue to weigh in on inclusion in competitive sports.

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