Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county’s ban on transgender female athletes: 'Stop it now while we can'

Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner flew to New York Monday to stand with a local official who is suing AG Letitia James in federal court over her push to force Nassau County to allow biological males to compete in all-female sporting events.

Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner is backing a New York county's effort to ban transgender athletes from competing against biological women, arguing that doing so will protect competition in female sports. 

"You have to compete in the biological sex that you were born. This is critical to protecting the integrity of competition in women's sports," Jenner, a Fox News contributor, said in Mineola, New York, on Monday.

"My fear is that if this woke agenda that's out there… the DEI world that's out there, if this continues, it'll ruin women's sports over the next 10, 20 years. Let's stop it now while we can."

NEW YORK COUNTY MOVES TO PREVENT BIOLOGICAL MALES COMPETING IN GIRLS SPORTS AT LOCAL FACILITIES

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order last month denying permits to use facilities if a biological male is on a girls' team playing with other biological females. He joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss how he garnered Jenner's support for the measure and what legal hurdles are on the horizon with Attorney General Letitia James. 

"We knew Caitlyn's position on the issue and that she supported my executive order," he told Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday. 

"So we reached out to her and asked her if she would come to New York and join with us to show solidarity for the ban. And she was very gracious. She came to Nassau County yesterday. She laid out a very well-reasoned and articulate dissertation based on fact, why biological females should not have to compete against