{"id":287524,"date":"2025-10-08T21:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287524\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:32:11","slug":"judge-halts-new-york-county-from-enforcing-transgender-athlete-ban-after-roller-derby-league-sues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/287524\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge halts New York county from enforcing transgender athlete ban after roller derby league sues"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A New York county\u2019s law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run\u2026<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A New York county\u2019s law banning transgender women<\/a> from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities has been halted for now. <\/p>\n

A state appeals court on Wednesday barred Nassau County from enforcing the ban while a legal challenge brought on behalf of a local women\u2019s roller derby league<\/a> plays out.<\/p>\n

The decision comes after a lower court judge upheld the local law<\/a> Monday, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, which had sued on the roller derby league\u2019s behalf, vowed to challenge the ruling. <\/p>\n

Judge R. Bruce Cozzens had ruled the county ban was \u201cnarrowly tailored\u201d and \u201cdoes not categorically exclude transgender individuals from athletic participation\u201d as they can still play in coed sports leagues. <\/p>\n

But the state appellate division, in its decision, said that making the women\u2019s roller derby league become coed would \u201cchange the identity of the league,\u201d jeopardizing not just its status with the sport\u2019s governing body but also its ability to grow its membership and find teams to compete against.<\/p>\n

Amanda \u201cCurly Fry\u201d Urena, president of the Long Island Roller Rebels, said players were \u201cthrilled\u201d the higher court saw through Nassau County\u2019s \u201ctransphobic and cruel ban.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gabriella Larios, an attorney with the NYCLU, said the ruling \u201cmade it crystal clear that any attempt to ban trans women and girls from sports is prohibited by our state\u2019s antidiscrimination laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman had proposed the ban as a way to protect girls and women from getting injured while competing against transgender women. It would have affected more than 100 sports facilities in the county on Long Island next to New York City.<\/p>\n

The Republican, in an emailed statement, said the county will \u201ccontinue to protect the integrity and safety of women\u2019s sports.\u201d A spokesperson didn\u2019t immediately respond to follow-up questions about whether it would comply with the judge\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

Blakeman first imposed the ban through an executive order, but it was struck down after a lawsuit from the roller derby league and the NYCLU. The county\u2019s Republican-controlled Legislature then passed a law<\/a> containing the ban, setting off another round of litigation. <\/p>\n

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