NY GOP gov hopeful Blakeman lauds SCOTUS ruling as fight continues over Nassaus trans sports ban

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman applauded the US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding state bans on transgender athletes competing in women’s sports Tuesday — as the court battle over Nassau County’s own edict continued.Blakeman, the Nassau executive, banned trans athletes from participating on women’s sports teams in county-owned facilities, a prohibition that state Attorney General Letitia James has challenged in court.“We made history in Nassau County when I signed the nation’s first executive order protecting girls’ sports,” Blakeman said in a statement Tuesday.“Today, the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutional rights of women and girls to be protected from unfair and unsafe competition by biological males,” he said — before taking aim at Democratic Gov.Kathy Hochul.“But while the Court stood up for our daughters, Kathy Hochul continues putting them in danger by forcing biological males onto their teams,” he said, accusing his election opponent of discriminating against biological female athletes.A state supreme court just last fall upheld Nassau’s ban, which is in effect pending an appeal from opponents, including the AG, Blakeman’s office said.Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cozzens ruled that Nassau’s law was legal and meant to “protect women and girls in sports.”But the Long Island Roller Rebels — an adult recreational women’s roller derby league based in Nassau for the last two decades — had sued over the law, with the New York Civil Liberties Union representing them.They are now appealing the state court ruling, with James’ support.

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