Nassau County's legislature took up the transgender athlete ban. A judge previously struck down Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's executive order.
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County 's legislature took up the transgender athlete ban that was endorsed by former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, who is transgender. A judge previously struck down Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman 's executive order. It was contentious at the Nassau County legislature as the controversial bill to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports at county-owned athletic facilities was reintroduced.
'Members of the legislature came forward to me and they said, look, we would like to pass this local law to make sure we have fair competition for women, and that we have a safe environment for women,' Blakeman said. 'Nothing says 'We hate your kind' like a law that looks to eliminate hard-fought rights. It's all about discrimination,' Julie Grey-Owens of Gender Equality New York said.
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