"The decision comes after a lower court judge upheld the local law Monday, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, which had sued on the roller derby league's behalf, vowed to challenge the ruling. Judge R. Bruce Cozzens had ruled the county ban was "narrowly tailored" and "does not categorically exclude transgender individuals from athletic participation" as they can still play in coed sports leagues."
"Amanda "Curly Fry" Urena, president of the Long Island Roller Rebels, said players were "thrilled" the higher court saw through Nassau County's "transphobic and cruel ban." Gabriella Larios, an attorney with the NYCLU, said the ruling "made it crystal clear that any attempt to ban trans women and girls from sports is prohibited by our state's antidiscrimination laws." 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."
A state appeals court barred Nassau County from enforcing a law that would ban transgender women from female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities while a legal challenge proceeds. A lower court judge had upheld the local law, calling it narrowly tailored and noting transgender individuals could play in coed leagues. The appellate division said forcing the women's roller derby league to become coed would change its identity and jeopardize governing-body status, membership growth, and ability to find opponents. The NYCLU sued on behalf of the Long Island Roller Rebels; county officials defended the ban as protecting safety and integrity.
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