A New York appeals court on Wednesday paused enforcement of Nassau County's controversial ban on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports just days after a lower court threw out litigation challenging the ban, apparently giving new life to the legal fight.

The appellate division's Second Judicial Department ruled Wednesday that the Long Island Roller Rebels, a North Massapequa roller derby organization that includes transgender athletes, had "demonstrated that it would be irreparably injured in the absence of a preliminary injunction and that the balance of the equities weighed in its favor."

The ruling came in response to a request from New York Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil Liberties Union for a preliminary injunction barring Nassau from enforcing its l

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