I’m pasting a post by HeCheated.org from X, because I think it shows how bad this is right now in some places:
I don't think people realize how bad the rules have been for girls in California, even if you know about how much boys have been stealing from girls there.
California bases participation on "gender identity" which is declared through self-ID.
This means that if John wants to join the girls' team, he doesn't have to do anything other than say that he wants to. No change of ID required, no hormone use, no psychologists' note. Nothing.
But it's even worse, because boys have also been allowed to do this at ANY time.
For example, several years ago, a boy on the boys' badminton team at Palo Alto decided he wanted to switch to the girls' mid season, right before sectionals, and HE WAS ALLOWED TO, taking the place of a girl who had already been playing on the varsity team all year. She was suddenly booted out. He was in.
This means if a boy knows he isn't going to qualify in track and field, he could run with the boys all season but switch to the girls' team right before the conference meet.
But of course, California respects all athletes, right?