Nassau County (New York) Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order Thursday that bans men from playing women’s sports. The ban went into effect immediately.
This is believed to be the first such executive order. It applies to female competitive sports, not co-ed sports, or sports where females compete against males.
The ban is for county-run facilities.
It’s crazy that an executive order like this had to be signed in the first place, but here we are. Kudos to Nassau County for leading the way. Let’s hope that more local officials will do the same across the country.
“This is not precluding anybody from participating in sports,” said Blakeman. “What it is, it’s identifying that there are women and girls who spend a tremendous amount of time and effort to excel and compete in their sports that are women’s sports…. And it is an unfair advantage for someone who is a…
