First they blocked Representative Zooey Zephyr from speaking. Now they’ve barred her from the House floor for the rest of the legislative session.
Representative Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender woman ever elected to the state’s legislature, from coming into and speaking in the House chamber for the remainder of the legislative session. According to the motion, she’ll only be allowed to vote remotely.
The standoff between Zephyr, a freshman lawmaker, and her GOP colleagues began last week after she spoke againstthat would ban gender-affirming care for minors. “I hope the next time there’s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,” Zephyr said at the time. Governor Greg Gianforte is expected to sign the measure — which bans hormonal and surgical care as well as prevents public funds from being used for gender-affirming care — into law soon.
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