Still can't believe this dude stood on the Montana House Floor and said "We are under no obligation to be kind to one another and students are under no obligation either" while arguing in favor of a right to bully trans students.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) February 16, 2023
Which then PASSED!
This is what the GOP wants. pic.twitter.com/WEdSO0Kmu7
Terrible.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) February 23, 2023
Montana's House of Representatives just passed a bill banning public drag in the state.
It targets transgender people.
They didn't even let the trans representative, Rep Zephyr, speak to how it affects the transgender community and targets us. pic.twitter.com/BXDweFzc8V
The state of Montana has tabled trans rep Zooey Zephyr's bill, HB552, that bans the gay/trans panic defense.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) February 23, 2023
They literally think it should be legal to kill a trans person if you are romantic with them and suddenly discover they are trans.
Despicable. pic.twitter.com/4HW5YoSOUJ
Must watch.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) February 24, 2023
Trans Rep Zooey Zephyr just gave one of the fiercest speeches on the Montana House floor against a bill that bans drag and could target Pride.
They interrupted her several times to stop her when she spoke about how it affected the trans community.
She persisted. pic.twitter.com/h9zIwBmkyc
Today in the hearing for a gener affirming care ban in Montana, a Republican conceded that detransition is rare.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 20, 2023
This after Rep. Zephyr asked Dr. Peterson how many patients she has treated who have expressed regret: "zero."
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SB99, which bans gender-affirming care for trans youth, just passed 2nd reading 65-35.
— Rep. Zooey Zephyr (@ZoAndBehold) March 23, 2023
To my trans siblings—please stay alive. Today is painful, but many of us are fighting for you. And we'll ultimately win this fight—in our communities, in the courts, and one day in our gov't. https://t.co/IVqzQ1HfLe pic.twitter.com/ECkmZgtSNq
Happening now, Montana will be hearing one of the worst anti-drag bills in the united states, HB359, which would outlaw drag in public spaces and define any business which hosts drag as a "sexually oriented business."
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) April 4, 2023
I also will be testifying.
Watch with me. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/iVado8PJVT
Look at the disdain this representative has for citizens of his state.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) April 4, 2023
Braxton Mitchell was so mad that he only got 3 people to testify in favor if his drag ban in Montana that he called the 50+ that testified against it "people with no jobs."pic.twitter.com/LNiY0dQlO6
Happening now: Montana will be hearing SB458, one of the worst anti-trans bills in America. It will ban trans people from updating birth certificates, drivers licenses, death certificates, could affect bathrooms, shelters, prisons, everything.
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) April 13, 2023
Watch with me live. 🧵
January 2024
"Over 10,000 Christians signed a petition that condemned the banning of Representative Zooey Zephyr, a Montana Democrat and the state's first transgender lawmaker, from the state's House floor on Wednesday after she reportedly breached decorum.
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'If you vote yes on this bill [Senate Bill 99, which banned gender-affirming care for minors], I hope the next time you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,' Zephyr said. In response, Republican House Speaker Matt Regier deemed her statements as a breach of decorum. As a result, she was barred from the House floor in a 68-32 vote, meaning that she will not be allowed to debate or speak on legislation for the remainder of session, which ends next week." — Thousands of Christians Condemn GOP's 'Fascist' Silencing of Trans Lawmaker, Fatma Khaled, Newsweek, April 30, 2023
Breached decorum? What?
Who makes a "blood on your hands" comment? Senator Lindsey Graham (R–SC) on January 31, 2024. You will hear zero Republicans tell him that he breached decorum.
What the Republicans don't like is dissent. Especially when a trans person does it.
June 2024
News:
"A judge on Tuesday [June 25, 2024] struck down a Montana law that defined 'sex' in state law as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional.
District Court Judge Shane Vannatta in Missoula ruled the law, passed last year, violated the state constitution because the description of the legislation did not clearly state its purpose."
— "Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons," AP, June 25, 2024
See also: Montana Judge Overturns Law Erasing Transgender Legal Recognition: Senate Bill 458 ended legal recognition for transgender people in the state. A Montana judge has ruled that the bill's title is unconstitutionally vague. Erin Reed, June 26, 2024
"On Feb. 18, [2025,] a Montana judge struck down, for the second time, a bill [SB 458] seeking to unconstitutionally define sex and gender under state law. ... The Montana Attorney General’s office, under Republican Governor Greg Gianforte, functionally argued that, because non-cisgender people are a minority of the population, the law was inconsequential. The courts denounced this assertion. “It has never been the law in this state that a rare few, even if they are ‘despised,’ should lack protection under the law,” the ruling reads."
— S. Baum, "Intellectually and Morally Indefensible": Montana Court Blocks Trans-Exclusionary Law Defining Sex “It is the right decision, not only for us Plaintiffs but for every Montanan’s right to privacy.”, Erin in the Morning, Feb 19, 2025
December 2024
Look at the connection to climate. A couple of recent pro-trans rulings out of Montana, and now this:
Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) December 18, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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May 2025
"A state judge in Montana has permanently struck down SB 99, a law which sought to ban gender-affirming care for Montana youth under age 18.
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...[but] permitted such treatments to remain readily available for children deemed “cisgender” by doctors, and for intersex children whose parents are often coerced into consenting to irreversible, life-altering genital surgeries for their infant children.
It also defined sex in binary and immutable terms.
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As the court ruling declared, “the State’s interest is actually a political and ideological one: ensuring minors in Montana are never provided treatment to address” their gender dysphoria.
“In other words, the State’s interest is actually blocking transgender expression.”
— Montana Court Issues Final Blow to Anti-Trans Health Care Law: A judge found that the law's premise is not scientific, but “political and ideological.” s. baum, Erin in the Morning, May 14, 2025
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