New York court strikes down order banning transgender athletes

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(The Center Square) - A judge has struck down a New York county's ban on transgender athletes from participating in female sports, saying the county executive exceeded his authority by issuing the directive.
 

The ruling by state Supreme Court Judge Francis Ricigliano overturns an executive order signed by Nassau County Chief Executive Bruce Blakeman in February that requires any sports team seeking to use a county facility to provide information on "the biological sex at birth of the team members/participants."

The order allowed the county to deny permits to female sporting events with transgender participants. It didn't apply to male teams with transgender athletes.

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