New York Appeals Court Overturns Nassau Ban on Trans Athletes in Girls’ Sports
WHO:
Fox News - Colorado Gov.-elect Phil Weiser said he would consider changes to Proposition 134 and expressed concern about requiring “full body examinations” for student athletes.
Fox News - Weiser said reviewing and adjusting statutory ballot measures was an appropriate legislative role.
Fox News - Proposition 134 campaign advocate Lori Gimelshteyn said the measure was about “fairness,” “safety,” and “keeping female athletics female.”
Fox News - Democratic governor-elect Phil Weiser defeated Republican Victor Marx in Colorado’s governor’s race.
Fox News - Nassau County was the appellant in the dispute over its transgender-athlete restrictions.
Gothamist - Members of the Long Island Roller Rebels are pictured in coverage of the ruling.
Fox News - Washington voters’ measure campaign included athlete Ahnaleigh Wilson, who helped collect signatures.
Fox News - Colorado Gov.-elect Phil Weiser said he would review possible adjustments to Proposition 134; he said, “I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete have to go through full body examinations.”
Fox News - Proposition 134 campaign chair Jennifer Sey said she was “cautiously optimistic” voters would support protecting girls’ sports.
Fox News - A four-judge New York appeals court panel ruled on Nassau County’s restrictions on transgender athletes.
Fox News - Nassau County, Letitia James, and county officials were involved in the dispute; the county said it would appeal.
Gothamist - The ruling concerns transgender women and girls and reverses a lower court decision.
Fox News - The separate Washington ballot-measure article identifies Tumwater High student Frances Staudt, Initiative 638 backer Let’s Go Washington and its founder Brian Heywood, and sports advocate Amy Sousa.
CT Mirror - Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington were identified as states with sports restrictions approved or on track to pass.
WHAT:
Fox News - Proposition 134 is a proposed state statute, not a constitutional amendment; it would keep coeducational teams open to all students.
Fox News - Weiser’s remarks also addressed Proposition 135, a separate proposal restricting surgeries intended to alter minors’ biological sex characteristics.
Fox News - The Virginia State Board of Health’s proposed rulemaking sought to restrict male participation in female athletic teams and access to designated female spaces where women or girls could undress.
Fox News - The Virginia Board of Health approved the petition 14–0 in August 2025; its original petition was filed in April 2025 by Réka György, Lily Mullens, and Carter Satterfield.
Fox News - Virginia’s proposed rule cleared gubernatorial review October 28, 2025, was published November 17, and its public-comment period ended December 17.
Truthout - Six transgender and nonbinary candidates won legislative races in states that had never before elected a transgender person to their legislatures.
Fox News - Washington Initiative 638 was given a 91% chance of passing by prediction market Kalshi when 60% of ballots had been counted.
Fox News - If approved, Initiative 638 could take effect within 30 days.
Fox News - A Camas High School sophomore switched from the boys’ cross-country team to the girls’ team during the season, after placing 76th in a boys’ junior varsity race; the runner later won a varsity event and placed second in three others.
Fox News - About a dozen female teammates walked off the starting line at a cross-country meet in protest; Amy Sousa documented the walk-off on video.
Fox News - Nebraska Initiative 442 had received more than twice as many votes in favor as against at publication time.
Fox News - Arizona Proposition 318 led by 14.6 percentage points.
Fox News - Proposition 134’s unofficial tally was 52.66% in favor and 47.34% opposed; Ballotpedia listed it as too close to call.
Fox News - Proposition 134 would designate school teams from elementary school through college as male, female, or coeducational; male students could not join female teams, while female students could join male teams if no equivalent female team was available.
Fox News - The proposal does not specify how biological sex would be verified; Colorado’s voter guide says schools and districts would set their own procedures.
Fox News - Colorado’s voter guide said Proposition 134’s interaction with existing state law protecting gender identity was unclear.
Fox News - Weiser said reviewing and adjusting statutory ballot measures was an appropriate legislative role; Democrats secured supermajorities in both Colorado legislative chambers.
Fox News - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office withheld fewer than 100 records, including duplicates, in response to a FOIA request concerning the withdrawal of a proposed women’s-sports rule. A narrower request yielded no records.
Fox News - The Virginia State Board of Health withdrew the petition; its notice said, “Upon review of statutory authority, the State Board of Health is not proceeding with this regulatory action.”
Fox News - The appeals panel found Nassau County’s transgender-athlete ban conflicts with New York’s Human Rights Law.
Gothamist - The court struck down county restrictions on transgender women and girls in sports, reversing a lower-court decision.
Fox News - The county vowed to appeal the ruling.
CT Mirror - Voters in four states approved or were on track to approve restrictions on transgender athletes’ participation in sports.
Fox News - Washington Initiative 638 proposed requiring K–12 athletes to compete on teams aligned with their biological sex; unofficial returns showed “yes” ahead by 13.6 percentage points with 60% of ballots counted.
Fox News - Colorado Proposition 134 proposed sex-based eligibility requirements for K–12 and college athletics; “yes” led by 4.4 percentage points with an estimated 75% of ballots counted.
Fox News - Nebraska Initiative 442 proposed placing existing restrictions in the state constitution; Arizona Proposition 318 proposed extending existing restrictions to private schools and athletic associations and setting sex-based rules for locker rooms and restrooms.
WHERE:
Fox News - The court case concerns Nassau County, New York.
Gothamist - The dispute concerns Nassau County on Long Island.
CT Mirror - The four states mentioned are Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington.
WHY:
Fox News - Initiative 638 supporters cited a Camas runner’s participation as affecting female athletes’ opportunities to advance to regional and state competitions.
Fox News - Amy Sousa said Initiative 638 protects “Title IX” and “the promise of what our foremothers fought for — on the basis of sex.”
Fox News - Heywood described Initiative 638 as a parental and fairness-in-girls’-sports issue, rather than a Republican-versus-Democrat issue.
Fox News - Staudt said she had faced daily harassment after refusing to play basketball against a biological male.
HOW:
Fox News - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said there was “no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking.”
Fox News - Virginia law requires disclosure of nonexempt portions of records when an exemption does not cover their full contents.
Fox News - Spanberger’s office cited executive privilege, attorney-client privilege, and Virginia’s gubernatorial working-papers exemption to withhold records.
Fox News - The Nassau County ban was challenged under New York’s Human Rights Law, and a four-judge appeals panel ruled it conflicted with that law.
Fox News - Washington’s measure qualified for the ballot after receiving more than 445,000 signatures; organizers had needed nearly 309,000.
(UPDATED November 6, 2026 00:01 UTC)
A New York appeals court struck down Nassau County’s transgender-athlete restrictions, which officials plan to appeal. Colorado’s governor-elect may revise Proposition 134, citing concerns over athlete examinations. Voters supported sports restrictions in four states.
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(UPDATED November 5, 2026 22:10 UTC)
A New York appeals court struck down Nassau County’s transgender-athlete restrictions; the county plans an appeal. Voters in four states backed or appeared poised to back sports restrictions. Washington’s measure led, while Colorado’s remained too close to call.
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A New York appeals court struck down Nassau County’s restrictions on transgender athletes, citing state law. The county plans to appeal. Voters in four states approved or considered sports restrictions, while Colorado’s measure remained too close to call.