NY court strikes down Nassau County order banning transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams
Civil rights groups lauded the court decision, saying it struck down a harmful policy.
May 12, 2024
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Civil rights groups lauded the court decision, saying it struck down a harmful policy.
Bills aimed at keeping transgender girls and women off female interscholastic sports teams are moving forward in North Dakota, Mississippi, and Utah.
Twenty-six attorneys general have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to do so.
Another court stands in the way of Republican attacks on transgender people.
Gov. Eric Holcomb seems likely to sign the bill, which civil rights advocates call hateful and harmful.
Led by Equality Caucus chair Rep. Mark Pocan, advocates for transgender rights and fellow Democrats vow to stick up for trans kids.
They have already sued over the state's trans-exclusionary sports law, but now they're seeking to expand their suit to challenge the national ban.
It's against Florida law to allow trans girls to play on the schools' girls sports teams.
The Department of Justice, headed by William Barr, supports a state law barring trans females from girls' and women's school sports teams.
"Playing sports makes me feel like I fit in, the thought of not being able to play next year scares me. I'm going to be lonely and sad if I can't play."
Mid Vermont Christian School withdrew from a state basketball tournament rather than face a team with a trans player.
The Republican from Kentucky went on an anti-trans tirade at a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education nominee Miguel Cardona.
If the bill becomes law, New Hampshire would be the first northeastern state with such a statute.
"Transgender children deserve public officials' efforts to demonstrate that they are valued members of our community," Gov. Andy Beshear wrote.
State Sen. Kelli Stargel, who recently announced a bid for Congress, was behind the state's bill barring trans girls from participating in girls' sports teams.
Lawmakers are considering bills to ban gender-affirming care for youth and bar trans girls and women from female school sports teams.
Most of them seek to keep trans girls and women off of female sports teams or prevent trans youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care.
The law is within the state's interest in providing athletic opportunities for girls and women, according to U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.
The state's legislature could still override the veto.
The decision means the two girls can play sports this school year.
The ACLU of Indiana has already filed suit against the new law.