Letitia James Sues County Over 'Transphobic' Law
Republican, signed the policy into law on Monday.It bars transgender athletes from playing at county-owned facilities unless they compete on teams matching the gender they were assigned at birth, or on coed teams.
It would apply to about 100 facilities in Nassau County.It comes as Republican lawmakers across the country have increasingly sought to restrict the rights of transgender people, including by keeping transgender athletes off women's and girls' sports teams and out of certain bathrooms, and blocking them from receiving gender-affirming care.James' complaint says the new law in Nassau County—"Fairness for Women and Girls and Sports"—is "in fact not an act of fairness," but "an act of discrimination that singles out transgender women and girls for discriminatory treatment, entrenching into law regressive and invasive gender stereotypes."My office and @NYCLU are suing Nassau County over its new transphobic and discriminatory law banning transgender women and girls from participating in women and girls' sports.
In New York, it's illegal to discriminate against people because of gender identity or expression.It also says that the law violates the state Constitution and New York law that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and expression.James is seeking a court order to strike down the law and prevent Nassau County from enforcing it.
