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Nebraska has become the latest state to require athletes to compete on sports teams that align with their sex instead of their stated gender identity.

Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed Legislature Bill 89 (LB 89) into law Wednesday alongside female athletes who've been harmed by policies allowing trans-identified males to compete in women’s sports. Pillen’s approval of the measure follows its passage in the state’s unicameral, non-partisan Legislature in a 33-16 vote last week.

Also known as the Stand With Women Act, the legislation requires all public schools, private schools and public and private post-secondary institutions that are part of an athletic association to designate sports teams as open to either males or females based on their sex. The measure

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