A federal judge on Thursday upheld New York Attorney General Letitia James’s challenge of a so-called ban on transgender athletes in Nassau County. The ruling comes after an earlier executive order from County Executive Bruce Blakeman that required participants to play on teams based on an individual’s birth sex, not gender identity.
Blakeman’s executive order, which went into effect last month, required all players on sports teams to submit their original biological sex at birth should they compete in county facilities and parks. According to Blakeman, the order was meant to prevent “the bullying of women and girls by transgender males who have many outlets to compete without putting the safety and security of females in danger.”
However, James challenged the order, issuing a cease-and-desist letter to Blakeman that threatened “decisive legal action” should Blakeman not rescind the order. When
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