Trans athlete laughs off backlash after winning California girls' track and field titles

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Transgender track and field athlete AB Hernandez won two first-place medals at the California state championships earlier this month and, on Saturday, laughed off the backlash.

 

"It’s definitely crazy. I get a lot of hate comments, but I don’t care," Hernandez told KCRA-TV with a laugh. "I’m a 16-year-old girl with a mad attitude – you think I’m gonna care?"

Hernandez called the protests that ensued "weird" and vowed to take a page from the critics and not back down from competing.

"I did what I wanted to do," Hernandez told the station. "I PR’d in everything, so that’s what I was really aiming to do. All of this backlash, I’m just like, I performed my best and that’s all I cared about."

It is unclear whether new rules will come into place in California for next season.

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Just now, MDC said:

 

There she is!!