The Republican-led Montana legislature barred Rep. Zephyr from the House floor over her remarks against a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors.
Montana Representative Zooey Zephyr, the state's first transgender representative, filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Republican-led state legislature's decision to ban her from the House floor.
The battle comes as Republican-led states across the country continue passing legislation targeting gender-affirming care and other rights of the transgender community. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law last week, making it the 19th state to enact bans on gender-affirming care for minors.
Zephyr is now mounting a legal challenge to the ban, arguing it violates both her First Amendment rights, as well as the rights of her constituents, she said in a statement released by the ACLU on Monday. In the complaint, Zephyr's attorneys argued that the ban"effectively removed" Zephyr from the legislative process and therefore deprived"her 11,000 constituents of the right to full representation in their government."
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