Long Island roller derby league fighting county order restricting transgender players in women's sports

The Long Island Roller Rebels are preparing for their latest roller derby season at their local roller rink, but there’s a bigger battle at play right now. It’s something the league’s vice president, Amanda Urena, knew the league would want to push back on. "The whole point of derby has been to be this thing where people feel welcome," Urena, who competes as "Curly Fry" and identifies as queer, said at a recent practice at United Skates of America in Seaford, per the Associated Press. "We want trans women to know that we want you to come play with us, and we’ll do our very best to keep fighting and making sure that this is a safe space for you to play." The league’s lawsuit, which is being backed by the New York Civil Liberties Union, comes after the February order from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, which states sports leagues and teams looking for permits to use county-run parks must disclose whether transgender women or girls are on teams, or allowed to be in the league. If so, a permit would be denied for those women’s and girls' leagues, while men’s leagues won’t be affected by the order. Source-Fox news