Days after Republican Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law that explicitly bans drag performers from Montana’s public libraries, a trans woman’s appearance at the Butte Public Library was canceled “out of an abundance of caution”.
Adria Jawort, a Billings-based author who has written extensively about the state’s LGBT+ history and far-right extremism, appears to be the first person targeted by a fresh wave of state laws driving out drag performers from public spaces, part of a broader right-wing campaign to remove LGBT+ people from public life altogether.
