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Long Island county bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced a new ban prohibiting transgender athletes from competing against girls at all 100 sports facilities run by Nassau County, including ball fields and ice rinks. WNBC's Greg Cergol reports. » Subscribe to NBC News: https://www.youtube.com/user/NBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. Connect with NBC News Online! Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 Visit NBCNews.Com: https://www.nbcnews.com/ Find NBC News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews Follow NBC News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NBCNews Get more of NBC News delivered to your inbox: nbcnews.com/newsletters #LongIsland #Transgender #Sports

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[Applause] Nassau's County Executive said he's been considering this for months his just signed executive order now bans transgender athletes from competing against girls at all of Nassau's nearly 100 sports venues this is a matter that concerns the Integrity the fairness and the safety of women's sports this mom of two daughters and former High School athlete said girls can't compete physically with biological males and the county executive argued transgender athletes don't belong on the same f
ield as girls it's wrong and it's a form of bullying today though the county executive could confirm no examples of that so-called bullying in Nassau and neither could the executive director of NASA's High School sports Association no complaints no complaints and I'm not even sure if there are any children are children protesters outside the county office building said the county executive is playing politics with the lives of vulnerable transgender children these are just kids kids who want to
play sports kids who want to make friends you lose learning about each other and how to become closer this former High School athlete from suffk now transitioning to become a woman didn't want their face Sha but said Banning transgender athletes simply discriminates against them I think it sends a message to trans kids that they don't belong foes argue this executive order is illegal and it's expected to to face Court challenges but today the county executive was Unapologetic probably if you pul
led most women athletes uh uh they would be 100% behind us thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media

Comments

@jacquesvilleneuve8391

I think this should be a common ground for both Democrats and Republicans. Democrats are doing a bad thing by taking the trans issue too far. Trans should be understood and protected against some discrimination, but allowing them to compete in spaces where they have a physical advantage is not the way to do it.

@user-bb1vq5if7m

A win for real women everywhere 👍

@nicolejonson3133

I'm glad because I'm tired of seeing them if they can't make it in boys sport they switch to girls taking away the opportunity from the real girls

@cypressbutane4575

Trans people are awesome. 🧡💛💚💙💜 This law uses people as political pawns for right wing politicians to score points in the h8te game. Stay strong and righteous everyone. Don't let the b*stards grind you down. 🧡💛💚💙💜 Fight for your right to party.

@imnotoopinionated

Well duh. We have lost our minds.

@kazuma510

Finally some good news 🙂

@LizardOfmonaco-uc7rd

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 guys go and watch the video again and look at those who are protesting for trans people. They look exactly how i expected them to look.

@TheCommunicationCoach

Should be everywhere and total.

@StillWaters-

Let them compete with each other or with their own respective birth gender.

@user-ql4dg4bg9h

W's in the schatt

@dustincaso6781

A win for women everywhere

@Dora-hi2nw

Trans people do not have the same abilities as either the gender they come from or the gender they go to. Studies show (sorry, they won't let me post a link) that the performance differences depend very much on the sport.They should have their own sports division.

@johnjohnson-hz5si

Notice there is NEVER a trans man dominating

@johnjohnson-hz5si

Believe the" science" lol

@drumtwo4seven

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