Transgender Montana Lawmaker Silenced, Misgendered as GOP Pushes Bill Banning Care for Trans Youth

The Montana House speaker refused to allow the state's first transgender lawmaker to speak against a bill banning medical care for transgender youth until she apologizes for criticizing the bill.
Conservative Republican lawmakers demanding the lawmaker's censure deliberately misgendered her in their calls for punishment.
The lawmaker, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, said she stands by her comments that lawmakers would have "blood on their hands" for supporting the bill.
The Republican-controlled legislature passed the bill banning hormone treatment and surgery for trans minors.
Democrats objected to the speaker's decision to silence the lawmaker but were overruled on party-line votes.