AB Hernandez’s SoCal school district hit with federal complaint over trans access to locker rooms

A parent with two daughters in the same California school district as transgender track athlete AB Hernandez has accused it of violating federal civil right laws by allowing males who identify as female to access girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms.

The complaint, filed by conservative watchdog Defending Education with the US Department of Education, alleged the Jurupa Unified School District in Riverside County violated the Title IX law that prohibits sex-based discrimination.

The mother at the center of the complaint, identified only as “Jane Doe,” said learned in June 2025 that a biological male accessed girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms at Aviara Oaks Middle School, where one of her daughters was a student.

The following month, the mother confronted a P.E. teacher about the school’s policy on restroom access, citing President Trump’s executive order that threatened to withhold funding from schools allowing bathroom access based on gender identity, the filing states.

The teacher insisted the school had to follow state law allowing students to use their preferred bathroom, according to the complaint. A subsequent inquiry to the district board of trustees resulted in a similar response that state law had to be followed until it was legally tested.

Doe escalated her concerns to the principal, who suggested alternative bathrooms to use and stated that in gym classes “they change very quickly, and only get down to their underwear,” the filing says.

Meanwhile, Doe’s other daughter was competing for Sage Creek High School against Hernandez, who had earned widespread attention for winning female track events.

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The mother requested to opt her daughters out of sharing spaces with biological male athletes, but they were denied, according to the complaint. The schools said Doe’s girls could use alternate bathrooms or facilities and, if the mom preferred, the school could provide a “scheduled time” for them to use the bathrooms and locker rooms privately.

The schools’ refusal to simply accommodate the mother’s request was a clear violation of federal law, said Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president at Defending Education.

“California has persisted in its recalcitrance over biological distinctions in scholastic athletics across the state. But Title IX is not so forgiving,” she said. “Every day males are permitted in female athletics and in female spaces is another incident of the discrimination Title IX was passed to prevent.”

The California Post contacted the school district for comment.

The complaint comes after a bombshell Supreme Court ruling that upheld state laws banning trans athletes from female sports.

The ruling could give more muscle to the Trump administration’s efforts to fight states like California for allowing trans athletes to compete with girls. The US Education Department has already been investigating the state’s trans athletic policies, with a growing list of entities under scrutiny, including the Jurupa Unified School District.

“Women’s sports are for women,” said the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights, Kimberly Richey. “The Trump administration will not tolerate policies that erase women’s rights.”