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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr must win reelection to return to the House floor after 2023 sanction

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr is seeking reelection in a race that could allow the transgender lawmaker to return to the House floor nearly two years after she was silenced and sanctioned for speaking out against her colleagues' opposition to gender-affirming care

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First Thing: Rafah crossing open to people for limited evacuation from Gaza

Border crossing open for first time in weeks to allow evacuation of injured Palestinians and foreign passport holders. Plus, one man’s search for the world’s greatest sandwich

The Guardian - UK

She was censored over trans rights. But lawmaker Zooey Zephyr won’t be silenced

The Montana politician rose to international fame after colleagues cut her microphone. Now she’s traveling the state – and beyond – to recruit dissenting voices

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Supporters of silenced Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr won't face trespassing charges

Montana prosecutors are declining to pursue misdemeanor trespassing charges against seven people who were arrested in the state House gallery for protesting that Republicans were denying transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr the right to debate bills near the end of the 2023 legislative session

The Independent UK

Censure Cases Surge In State Legislatures, Reaching Record High In 2023

Six state lawmakers face censure, accounting for 19.3% of tracked cases this year, the second-highest in history.

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Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr and legislative researcher Erin Reed have emerged as a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people

The Independent UK

Neo-Nazis can’t stop Pride in Montana: ‘Yes, we are under attack. But we will not be quiet’

LGBT+ communities celebrate queer joy after far-right threats, a severe anti-drag law and one of the most volatile legislative sessions in the country, Alex Woodward reports

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Pioneering transgender lawmaker has advice for pushing back against transphobic bills

Danica Roem, the first openly transgender lawmaker to be elected and serve in a state legislature, talks with Eric Garcia about being a voice for transgender Virginians, what Democrats can do to defend trans youth and the future of political representation

The Independent UK

No one buys the "protect the kids" lie

The Tennessee drag decision shows even a Trump judge can see through the "protect the kids" lie

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Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

The Independent UK

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

The Independent UK

A History Of Expulsion From State Legislatures Since 2003

Two Tennessee state legislatures were briefly expelled from their position earlier this year. How common are these expulsions?

Zenger

What has gotten into Republican women?

GOP women freak out over losing reproductive rights, but embrace cruelty when it's someone else's rights at stake

Salon

Montana House Rep. Zooey Zephyr's censure shows that American standards of political decorum are failing

A Montana District Court judge has rejected Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s attempt to return to the House floor following Republican lawmakers’ moves that blocked her from entering or speaking in the House chamber at the end of April 2023.

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Exclusive: Zooey Zephyr responds to her political silencing and Montana’s attacks on trans children: ‘I show up with my head held high’

Wave of anti-trans bills won’t stop Montana representative, or the state’s LGBTQ+ community, from moving forward, Zooey Zephyr tells Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr and girlfriend avert swatting attempts: ‘We will not be deterred’

The threats follows other incidents of online-driven abuse against prominent trans people and their advocates

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Judge rejects trans Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr’s effort to regain seat after being barred from legislature

ACLU of Montana says it might appeal ruling

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State asks Montana judge to reject Zooey Zephyr lawsuit

Attorneys for the state of Montana on Tuesday asked a judge to reject transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s attempt to return to the House floor after she was silenced and then banished by her GOP colleagues

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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over her removal from House floor

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

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Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr sues Republicans over ‘terrifying’ vote to expel her from statehouse

Lawmaker was removed for sharp criticisms over bill banning gender-affirming medical care for youth

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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floor

Attorneys for Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr have filed a lawsuit asking a court to allow for her return to the House floor

The Guardian - US

Republican attacks on trans people smack of fascism

Bigotry against minority groups based on sexual orientation or gender identity is a way fascism takes root

The Independent UK

Zooey Zephyr row spotlights rise of GOP far-right caucuses

The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s House floor has showcased the rising power of hard-line conservatives who are leveraging divisive social issues to gain political influence

WEKU

Montana is the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill on Friday, a piece of legislation that exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr told fellow lawmakers would leave "blood" on their hands.

The Independent UK

Montana bans gender-affirming care for trans youth after protests and sanction against trans lawmaker

Montana lawmaker was barred from state House of Representatives for speaking out against bill

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