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Transgender Athlete Ban Signed Into Law On LI; AG, NYCLU Announce Plans To Sue Transgender Athlete Ban Signed Into Law On LI; AG, NYCLU Announce Plans To Sue
Transgender Athlete Ban Signed Into Law On LI; AG, Nyclu Announce Plans To Sue Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) have announced plans to sue Nassau County after a bill preventing transgender women from participating in women’s sports was made official. The Nassau County bill was signed into law on Monday, July 15. Introduced by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman — whose February executive order with the same goals prompted backlash and was quickly struck down — the bill requires sports teams to designate whether they are a female, male, or co-ed team and prevents “biological males” from competing on women’s teams at th…

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by Sophie Grieser