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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced the first-of-its-kind ban on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports at county-run facilities.
The ban will prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at county-run facilities, it reported. WABC.
Blakeman said the executive order will take effect immediately and only applies to women’s competitive sports.
The ban will not apply to co-ed sports or in cases where a biological female wishes to compete against men.
“There is a movement for biological males to bully their way through bullying to compete in sports, leagues or teams that identify or advertise as girls or women,” Blakeman said.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced the first-of-its-kind ban in the country on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.
Blakeman said the executive order will take effect immediately and only applies to women’s competitive sports.
Blakeman officially announced the order at a news conference with female athletes and Kim Russell, a former lacrosse coach at Oberlin College in Ohio who spoke out against transgender athletes.
‘It is a form of harassment. Biological males, whether they identify as transgender or not, have athletic spaces here in Nassau County where they can compete.’
Blakeman officially announced the order at a news conference with female athletes and Kim Russell, the former lacrosse coach at Oberlin College in Ohio, who spoke out against transgender athletes.
“If a league or team identifies or advertises itself as a girls’ or women’s league or team, then biological males should not compete,” he said.
“This is not stopping anyone from participating in sports, what it is, is identifying that there are women and girls who put in an enormous amount of time and effort to excel and compete in their sports which are women’s sports.”
The New York LGBT Network called the order illegal.
“We are deeply disappointed by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s announcement of an executive order aimed at prohibiting transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity,” said Dr. David Kilmnick, president. and founder of the group.
“This discriminatory measure not only undermines the principles of inclusion and justice, but also perpetuates harmful stereotypes and exclusion.”
Blakeman said he had been considering the order for months and that the ban is legal.
“I don’t know of any policy in the state right now that can reverse that,” he said.
‘We know approximately how many people identify as transgender here in Nassau County… and we welcome you, here in Nassau County, to participate in sports and all that we have to offer, but not on teams that identify like girls team or women’s team.’
The county executive references incidents of biological male athletes injuring female players, but said he is not aware of any similar incidents in Nassau County.
“We are not aware of any incidents in Nassau County, but we wanted to get ahead of the curve,” Blakeman said.