MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman Thursday signed an govt order banning transgender athletes from competing in ladies’ and girls’s sports activities at county services. 

He stated the ban is required to be truthful to “biologically female” athletes. The Nassau trans ban wouldn’t apply to coed or male sports activities, solely feminine aggressive sports activities.

There was instantaneous outrage by trans rights advocates. 

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Critics blasted the order as pointless, divisive, unlawful and hurtful to already at-risk youngsters. But Blakeman stated it is not uncommon sense equity and is about defending ladies and ladies. 

With a stroke of a pen, Blakeman banned transgender gamers, or what he calls “biological males,” from competing towards ladies at Nassau’s 100-plus county services, saying they’ve “an unfair advantage.”

“I see no reason why a biological male has to compete versus biological females. It makes no sense,” Blakeman stated. “It’s a fairness issue, and frankly I interpret it as bullying on the part of biological males.” 

Blakeman stated he respects all folks, and male athletes can compete on male or coed groups, however he stated that is about equity. 

“A biological male is bigger, stronger and faster than a biological female. For a biological male to compete versus a biological female in tennis or basketball or golf is unfair,” Blakeman stated. 

Under the order, sports activities leagues now should submit documentation of their gamers’ organic intercourse at delivery. 

Blakeman stated it isn’t a partisan problem and claims it was promoted by dad and mom’ issues. 

He was applauded by ladies and their mothers.

“There is no training I could have engaged in to compete versus a biological male,” Nassau Legislator Samantha Goetz stated. “Our biological differences are undeniable.”

“The abilities that a man has, it’s unfair. It’s standards that a female cant biologically get to,” Long Beach High School athlete Avery Graziosi stated. 

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Parents and college students defended the county govt at a highschool basketball sport in Rockville Center on Thursday evening.

“If you are biologically a man, I don’t want to be playing a sport against you,” resident Madeline Hansen stated.

“I wouldn’t want a boy competing against my daughter,” one dad or mum stated.

Former faculty lacrosse coach Kim Russell was disciplined for supporting so-called female-only sports activities. 

“Without having the ability to have single-sex competition, these young girls could lose opportunities,” Russell stated. 

It has been a heated debate, amid record-breaking swimming achievements by faculty transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. Competitors protested. 

Now it is the trans neighborhood protesting Blakeman, calling the order political, discriminatory and pointless. 

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“This is using public property to discriminate against a very vulnerable group of people who are already under attack,” Susan Gottehrer of the NYCLU stated. 

“It’s incredible we are going through all this rigmarole for something that is not a big deal,” Juli Grey-Ownes of Gender Equality New York stated. 

Critics say requiring ladies who’re transgender to compete on boys groups will hold them from enjoying altogether, and what’s wanted just isn’t division, however schooling. 

“Trans women are women,” trans activist Jennifer Molloy stated. “The gender is in your brain. They think differently. They feel differently. They are women. They are women, they are not men.” 

“This is a matter of respect, human rights, about preventing suicide in the adolescent transgender population,” non-binary rights advocate Zoe Clandorf stated. 

CBS New York’s Lori Bordonaro spoke to Dan, a former varsity fencer from Long Island who’s now transitioning to grow to be a girl. They did not wish to present their face, however name the ban pathetic.

“It’s blatantly kind of just silly. I think it’s a really uninformed decision,” they stated.

Dan says a part of transition requires testosterone blockers, making it a good enjoying discipline.

“Pretty much it brings your testosterone levels down to the range of a cis woman. Therefore, after a while, you start to experience muscle atrophy,” they stated.

Protesters gathered outdoors the county authorities’s principal places of work Thursday, calling the ban a political stunt and discriminatory.

“These are just kids — kids who want to play sports, kids who want to make friends,” stated Katie Hawkland, with the Long Island Progressive Coalition.

Some, like Dan, marvel what message Blakeman’s transgender ban is sending to these on this county and nationwide.

“It’s a bit embarrassing on their part, really,” they stated.

The NYCLU is contemplating all choices to cease it.

Officials, native leaders react

“There is nothing lower than trying to score cheap political points by putting a target on the backs of some of our state’s most vulnerable people: Trans kids. New York has some of the nation’s strongest protections for the LGBTQ+ community, and I am committed to enforcing them,” Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote on X. 

“This executive order is transphobic and deeply dangerous. In New York, we have laws that protect our beautifully diverse communities from hate and discrimination of any and every kind. My office is charged with enforcing and upholding those laws, and we stand up to those who violate them and trespass on the rights of marginalized communities. We are reviewing our legal options,” Attorney General Letitia James stated in a press release. 

“Nassau County residents were falsely promised tax cuts and a fairer property assessment system from this county executive, instead they received a county executive who has been more interested in self promotion by spending public money on private golf outings, swanky galas, and unrelated press conferences – such as today’s focus on legislating little leagues, which has nothing to do with his responsibilities,” Nassau County Legislative Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi stated. 

“Trans women are women. Trans girls are girls. Full stop. Blakeman’s thinly veiled attempt at publicity not only violates the spirit of fairness and inclusion in sports, but is a tired and long standing approach to divide us. We won’t let that happen. We stand with the Trans community today and always,” stated Patrica Pastor, Nassau NOW president.

“We are profoundly disappointed in Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s announcement of an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from participating in sports teams that align with their gender identity. This discriminatory move not only undermines the principles of inclusivity and fairness but also perpetuates harmful stereotypes and exclusion,” stated Dr. David Kilmnick, president and founding father of the New York LGBT Network.