Long Island lawmakers to vote on whether to ban trans women athletes from competing in public facilities

A renewed fight over transgender rights is unfolding on Long Island, New York, as Nassau County lawmakers are set to vote on whether to ban transgender women athletes from competing in women's teams in county-owned facilities.

In February, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order denying permits to women's or girl's sporting events with transgender participants, barring them from using the county's more than 100 public facilities.

"We started hearing from a lot of girls and a lot of women that they thought it was very unfair and very unsafe that biological males were competing in what is billed as all-girl teams or all-women teams," Blakeman said of his decision.