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Ayana Archie

Alabama's law limiting transgender athletes in sports now includes college students

"It's about fairness, plain and simple," said Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey about the new law. (Julie Bennett/AP)

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Tuesday that would make it illegal for public higher education institutions to allow transgender people to participate in sports that do not correspond with the gender they were given at birth.

Public two- and four-year schools would "prohibit biological males from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for females and prohibit biological females from participating on an athletic team or sport designated for males," House Bill 261 says.

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