The executive order prohibiting trans female athletes from competing in female and children’s activities at state parks and facilities has been filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union and a Long Island-based women’s roller derby group.
The lawsuit, which was filed on Monday in the state’s Supreme Court in Mineola, contends that Blakeman’s Feb. 22 purchase is unconstitutional and discriminatory and that it is in violation of New York’s Human Rights and Civil Rights Laws.
Gabriella Larios, a staff attorney at the NYCLU, said,” We will not stand for this here in New York, and we will not contribute to this hatred.” Groups are going to get hurt, and people are going to get hurt in the interim. In blatant violation of these anti-discrimination laws, there is all the while there is this speech and these sarcastic attempts to ban trans individuals out of open spaces.
The Long Island Roller Rebels, a female-only roller derby group, is a signatory to the petition. According to the lawsuit, the Rebels currently have at least one recent person and one former player who would be prohibited from attending events at state facilities as a result of the order.
According to Curly Fry of Queens, a Separatists player and vice chairman, the club does not ask about the sex that is assigned at birth to its participants.
Fry, who contends that county services would be subject to the order’s prohibition, said,” We try to be open to people of all kinds and this order actually shuts down the choices for our group to grow.”
We’ve been reaching out to various amenities in Nassau County to make it happen and to find unique exercise places for our events, according to Fry. However, that wo n’t work under this order.
The Insurgents would have to explicitly define themselves as a “female, women, or girls” league under the new order.
The team’s force demand would be denied by the Nassau County parks division unless the Rebels prohibited transgender women, which may conflict with their values and the rules of the International Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, the league’s global governing body, according to the lawsuit.
Blakeman’s company did not respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit right away.
More than 100 sites, including hockey judges, swimming pools, and ballfields, soon received the state’s purchase. Businesses must “express identify” whether they are male, female, or coed based on their members ‘ “biological sex at birth” when applying for a force.
According to Blakeman, sports organizations that permit transgender girls to engage on female ‘ team will be denied access to Nassau athletic facilities.
Trans kids who play sports or games on fields governed by their local school districts are not affected by the purchase. According to Blakeman, transgender women can also engage on adult teams or in coed leagues.
The most recent volley in Blakeman’s contentious executive order is the NYCLU lawsuit.
State Attorney General Letitia James wrote to Blakeman last month in a cease-and-desist notice because the attempt, she claimed, is in” clear infraction” of the government’s anti-discrimination laws.
In response, Blakeman and the Floral Park parents of a 16-year-old girls tennis player filed a federal complaint against the attorney general last month, arguing that the state has a legal right to shield women and girls from unfair rivals and personal injuries that might result from playing against transgender athletes.
Robert Brodsky, a breaking information writer, has been employed by Newsday since 2011. He graduated from Queens College and American University.
