As It Happens6:04Montana Republicans won’t let this trans lawmaker speak in the legislature
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr says Republican attempts to keep her from speaking in the state legislature are “inherently undemocratic.”
Zephyr, a Democrat, has been barred from speaking on any bills in the Montana Legislature until she apologizes for saying lawmakers will have “blood on their hands” if they support a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
“I think they do not like that I held them accountable and spoke clearly and precisely about the types of harm that this legislation brings,” Zephyr — the first openly transgender person elected to the Montana Legislature — told
