Montana lawmakers voted Wedndesday to censure Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr after she spoke out against proposed legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
Zephyr, who is the state’s first transgender lawmaker, will be barred from the floor for the remainder of the legislative session
“If you vote yes on this bill and yes on these amendments I hope the next time there’s an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands,” Zephyr, who is the state’s first transgender lawmaker, said last week during a hearing.
After a week of refusing to allow her to speak on the floor and protests that took over the House floor, the vote to formally disapprove of her passed on a party-line vote.