Montana Republicans have refused to let a transgender lawmaker speak on bills restricting transgender rights for the past three days. This comes after the lawmaker objected to a bill that would restrict transition-related care in the state.
Montana Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr hoists a microphone into the air on Monday, as her supporters interrupt proceedings in the state House by chanting "Let Her Speak!" in Helena, Mont.Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender woman elected to the Montana Legislature, held her microphone in the air during a House session Monday as her supporters chanted “Let her speak!” from the gallery.
That evening, the Montana Freedom Caucus, a group of 21 Montana Republicans, called for the House to censure Zephyr and misgendered her, using the incorrect pronouns to refer to her in a statement and social media post. “It’s about everybody having equal access to this floor to be able to discuss and to be able to represent their community,” state Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy, a Democrat,In ashared on social media after Thursday's House session, Zephyr said, “No amount of silencing tactics will deter me from standing up for the rights of the transgender community.”
“Montana Republicans say they want an apology, but what they really want is silence as they take away the rights of queer and trans Montanans,” she said in her statement Thursday.
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