Nassau County's ban on transgender athletes from competing on ladies's sports activities groups in county-owned amenities was upheld Monday by a state Supreme Courtroom decide.
Justice Bruce Cozzens dominated that Nassau's legislation is authorized and doesn't exclude transgender athletes from competing on county property and utilizing the restrooms “in accordance with one's organic intercourse.”
Cozzens, in his determination, wrote the county's legislation is supposed to “defend ladies and ladies in sports activities.”
The justice cited a Tennessee courtroom ruling from final 12 months that allowed colleges to separate amenities based mostly on organic intercourse “with out accommodating gender identification.”
“In each neighborhood, individuals inform me that is the best coverage to have,” Nassau County Govt Bruce Blakeman, who signed the invoice into legislation in 2024, mentioned in a press release.
“They don't need organic males enjoying on women and girls's groups. They really feel it's unsafe, they really feel it's unfair,” he added.
Seth Koslow, a Democrat working in opposition to Blakeman who voted in opposition to the invoice when the GOP-majority legislature handed it final June, declined to remark.
