Nassau County executive files suit to save his order banning trans women from sports
Blakeman filed a 12-page lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday seeking a declaratory judgment. The lawsuit cites the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The lawsuit also cites Title 9, which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs that receive federal financial assistance.
“We don't want 6-foot, 210-pound males competing against women and girls who are not that big, they’re not that strong,” he said at a press conference on Wednesday. “That’s an unfair competition. It’s dangerous. And we also don’t want biological males in the same locker rooms as biological females.” In her cease-and-desist letter to Nassau County last week, she threatened legal action against the county if he did not rescind the order by Friday. Her letter cited the New York Human Rights Law, which states it is illegal for places of public accommodation to discriminate based on sex or gender identity or expression. It also cites the Civil Rights Law that prohibits discrimination based on gender expression or identity.
Blakeman did not point to specific examples of issues with transgender women playing women’s sports in Nassau County, but said it’s in a government’s authority to take legal action before harm has been done.David Kilmnick, president of New York LGBT Network on Long Island, said the issue of trans women athletes participating in sports is not one that should be determined by government entities.
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