Despite the outrage of Hoang and other advocates, Newsom’s newly voiced position places him in the national political mainstream. In January a New York Times/ Ipsos poll found that almost 80% of Americans oppose allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports and that included more than two-thirds of Democrats.

More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President Trump’s transgender sports ban.

Ad spending on women’s sports surged in 2024, more than doubling from the previous year, according to a new report from TV marketing firm EDO.

California Governor Gavin Newsom invited Charlie Kirk, a right-wing political influencer as the first guest on his new podcast, "This is Gavin Newsom." During the episode, Newsom called trans women competing in women’s sports "deeply unfair,

More than two dozen Senate and House Republicans demand the International Olympics Committee to align with President Donald Trump's executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports.