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filed suit Monday to block a newly-signed Nassau County law that bans transgender athletes from participating in women and girls sports at county-owned athletic facilities.Republican Blakeman initially sought to initiate the prohibition on biological males identifying as females from participating in women’s sportsout in court following a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels.
“We’re protecting the integrity, fairness and safety in women’s sports. It’s a matter of common sense,” he said. “NYCLU and the Long Island Roller Rebels won their first lawsuit and County Executive Blakeman’s transphobic executive order was struck down because it was blatantly illegal. Now this discriminatory law must be as well,” she said. “Here in New York, every person has the right to be exactly who they are free from discrimination, and my office will always protect that right.”
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