A New York county banned men from competing with women in competitive sports at county facilities, according to ABC 7 News.
The ban applies to competitive female sports, but co-ed sports or sports where biological females want to compete against biological males are allowed, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. seconds on ABC 7 News. The ban is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation and takes effect immediately.
Any team or league that allows men to compete on competitive women's teams will be banned from county ballparks and facilities, ABC 7 News reported.
The New York LGBT Network criticized the order.
“We are deeply disappointed by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman's announcement of an executive order intended to prohibit transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity,” he said David Kilmnick, president and founder of the New York LGBT Network, in a statement. , according to ABC News 7. “This discriminatory move not only undermines principles of inclusion and equity, but also perpetuates harmful stereotypes and exclusion.”
Several states and sports associations have banned biological males from competing in women's sports.
Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt signed an executive order banning men from women's sports by March 2022. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a similar bill extending the K-12 ban on men from women's college sports by June 2023.
The international governing bodies for track and field, to fishi cricket they have forbidden biological males to compete with biological females. The international governing body of competitive swimming too forbidden men to compete with women in 2022.
Blakeman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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