S(he) Won Gold — But Did We Lose the Plot?

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A transgender athlete dominates California’s girls’ championships — and instead of upholding fairness, officials expand the podium. In this episode, we unravel the poetic truth behind “inclusion,” the gaslighting of female athletes, and the political theater turning competition into narrative. From Newsom’s spin to Trump’s ultimatum, this isn’t just about sports — it’s about reality.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hey, this is Jim Detchen and you're listening to
Think First, powered by Gaslight360.
I've spent years aroundnational championship-level high
school basketball and have twokids competing in NCAA Division
I sports.
So when it comes to narratives,spin and pressure from the top,
I've seen how it works up close.

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Let's break one down today.
If biological reality doesn'tmatter in women's sports anymore
, what are we actuallyprotecting?
And who wins when the only ruleleft is don't ask questions?
When fairness gets redefined onthe fly, who's writing the new

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playbook?
Why is saying that's a guyconsidered more offensive than
watching your daughter lose atitle to one?
What happens to women's sportswhen women are told to smile and
scoot over?
And how did we get to a placewhere reality is optional but
submission is mandatory?

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So a high school athlete namedAB Hernandez just cleaned up at
the California State TrackChampionships Gold in triple
jump, gold in high jump, silverin long jump, three medals all
in the girl's division.
Now she is biologically male,which means and I say this
gently he likely benefited fromdecades of testosterone and you

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know bone structure.
But in the press it was hailedas a win for diversity and
inclusion and courage.
You know what didn't getmentioned the girl in fourth
place, the one who probablytrained for a year for a chance
that no longer exists.
Now here's where the gaslightgets Olympic-level creative.

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Instead of disqualifying himsorry her the California
Interscholastic Federation, orCIF, decided to fix the optics.
They rolled out a pilot policyletting more girls share the
podium when a transgenderathlete wins, because when the
rules are broken, just add moreribbons.
It's not fairness, it's theater, like musical chairs, but the

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music never stops and the chairsare all made of narrative.
And if you're confused, that'sby design.
Enter Gavin Newsom, ourgel-haired governor, spun the
CIF's move as reasonable andbalanced, like letting your kid
win at Candyland, because itbuilds self-esteem.
He called it a respectful pathforward, which is polite speak,

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for I have no clue what to doand I'd like to keep my job.
Funny how fast trust thescience becomes.
Ignore the biology when there'sa press release involved.
Meanwhile, the Trumpadministration, never shy, said
enough.
They pointed to Executive Order14201, which bans biological

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males from competing in femaledivisions, and then the DOJ
dropped a letter.
California has until June 9thto disavow the CIF policy or
kiss their federal fundinggoodbye.
This wasn't subtle.
It was a line in the sand, onethat says women's sports exist
for women.

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And if that sounds radical, askyourself why.
Now, to be clear, ab Hernandezis a kid.
This isn't about him, herpersonally but she is now the
face of a culture war, a warwhere girls are told you can run
fast, jump high and train likea pro, but if the politics

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change, you don't get to win.
We're not asking for cruelty,we're asking for truth.
And the truth is this you don'tneed to shame anyone to say
that's not fair, Because if wecan't say that, what are we even
defending anymore?
Sometimes fairness isn't afeeling, it's a fact, and no

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amount of hashtags can changethat.
You don't need all the answers,but you should question the
ones you're handed.
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