Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced a first-of-its-kind ban on transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports at county-run facilities.
The ban prohibits transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports at county-run facilities.
Blakeman said the executive order takes effect immediately and applies only to female competitive sports, including at the college level.
The ban will not apply to mixed sports or in cases where a biological female wants to compete against men.
“There is a movement for biological males to work their way through participation in sports, leagues or teams that identify or advertise themselves as girls or women,” Blakeman said Thursday at a news conference announcing the measure for Long Island County.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced a first-of-its-kind ban on transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports at county-run facilities
Blakeman said the executive order takes effect immediately and applies only to female competitive sports
‘It’s a form of bullying. Biological males, whether they identify as transgender or not, have sporting goods stores here in Nassau County where they can compete,” the director said.
‘It’s a form of bullying. Biological males, whether they identify as transgender or not, have sporting goods stores 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 are not allowed to participate,” he said.
‘This does not exclude anyone from participating in sport, whatever it is. It identifies that there are women and girls who spend an enormous amount of time and effort to excel and compete in their sport, which is a women’s sport.”
The New York LGBT Network said this WABC the order is illegal.
“We are deeply disappointed in Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s announcement of an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity,” said Dr. David Kilmnick, chairman and founder of the group.
“This discriminatory move not only undermines the principles of inclusivity and fairness, but also perpetuates harmful stereotypes and exclusion.”
Blakeman said he had been considering the order for months and he created the ban after consulting with his legal department.
“I don’t know of any policies in the state right now that would override this,” he said.
“We know approximately how many people identify as transgender here in Nassau County… and we welcome them here in Nassau County to participate in sports and everything else we have to offer, just not on teams that identify as girls identify team or women’s team.’
The ban will not apply to mixed sports or in cases where a biological female wants to compete against men
Blakeman officially announced the order at a news conference with female athletes and Kim Russell (pictured), the former lacrosse coach at Oberlin College in Ohio, who spoke out against transgender athletes
Blakeman said he had been considering the order for months and that the ban is legal. “I don’t know of any policies in the state right now that would override this,” he said
The county executive referred to incidents in which biological male athletes injured female players, but said he was not aware of any similar incidents in Nassau County.
“We are not aware of any incidents in Nassau County, but we wanted to be ahead of the curve,” Blakeman said.
On February 8, a high school girls basketball team in Massachusetts was forced to forfeit its game after a transgender opposing player injured three players.
The Collegiate Charter School of Lowell Girls Basketball team dropped their game against KIPP Massachusetts after one of KIPP’s players, a biological male, injured three of their athletes.
Shocking video from the game shows the taller, bulkier transgender player ripping the ball out of another player’s arms, forcing her to fall.
A North Carolina high school basketball player was seriously injured after a transgender girl threw a ball at her opponent and hit her in the head.
Payton McNabb of Cherokee County said she suffered a concussion and neck injury in November 2022 after a transgender opponent hit a ball in her face.
