Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr, a Democrat, has filed suit against the state after being censured by Republicans, calling it a 'disturbing' affront to democracy.
Montana trans lawmaker rips colleagues who support bill banning transgender medical treatments for minors
Zephyr announced on Monday that the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana, the law partners of Beck, Amsden, and Staples, and Mike Black filed suit in state court challenging the censure. "House leadership explicitly and directly targeted me and my district because I dared to give voice to the values and needs of transgender people like myself," the statement added.
"By doing so, they've denied my own rights under the Constitution, and, more importantly, the rights of my constituents to just representation in their own government," it continued."The Montona State House is the people's House, not Speaker Regier's, and I'm determined to defend the right of the people to have their voices heard.
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