Montana Republicans barred transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor for the rest of the 2023 session on Wednesday in retaliation for her rebuking colleagues—and.
Montana Republicans barred transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor for the rest of the 2023 session on Wednesday in retaliation for her rebuking colleagues—and then participating in protests—after they voted to ban gender-affirming care for children. The freshman lawmaker’s punishment marks the first time that a Montana lawmaker has been censured in nearly half a century, the AP reports. It caps a weeklong standoff between her and House Republican leaders and formalizes Republican leaders‘ decision to not let Zephyr speak since she said on April 18 that those supportive of such a ban would have blood on their hands.
