Transgender Lawmaker Silenced in Montana House, Will Be Allowed to Speak on One Condition

[Free Vulcan]

A member of the Montana House of Representatives who claims to be transgender will not be permitted to speak on the House floor until he apologizes for comments he made during the discussion of a bill to ban irreversible gender surgeries for children in the state.

Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr expressed opposition to a bill that would prevent minors from undergoing surgeries or from taking hormones.

The bill, SB 99, will also ban doctors from prescribing children puberty blockers.

If it becomes law, the bill will also set strict legal definitions for who classifies as both male and female.

https://www.westernjournal.com/transgender-lawmaker-silenced-montana-house-will-allowed-speak-one-condition/

[Fishrrman]

That's the way to do it.

[mystery-ak]

Riot police respond after trans mob disrupts proceedings at Montana capitol

Riot police respond after trans mob disrupts proceedings at Montana capitol

https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1650622334221393920

In another of the anti-democracy incidents that have become commonplace in today’s acrimonious political atmosphere, a mob of left-wing activists stormed the Montana state Capitol to protest the censure of a transgender lawmaker who said that Republicans would have “blood on their hands” if they moved to restrict sex change surgery for minors.

On Monday, the horde of screaming miscreants shut down proceedings in the state House of Representatives in Helena, prompting a response from riot police who intervened to restore order after the mob took over the building, chanting in support of Zooey Zephyr, the Missoula Democrat who was banned from speaking over his/her hyperbolic rhetoric in defense of the practice of the genital mutilation procedures.

Last week, Montana Speaker of the House Matt Regier, a Republican from Kalispell, deemed Zephyr’s comments on a bill to ban the “gender-affirming care” for minors to be a “violation of decorum,” according to the Helena Independent Record which reported that 7 of the protesters were arrested for their role in the ‘transsurrection.’

The censured Zephyr punched in for a debate on the bill but was denied, leading to House Democrats objecting in an attempt to induce a full House vote to overrule Regier and allow the trans activist lawmaker to speak, but after decorum was upheld, the protesters threw a tantrum.

According to the Independent Record, “Someone then yelled ‘bullsh*t’ from the gallery and the crowd erupted with chants of ‘Let her speak!’ and ‘Whose House? Our House!'”

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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/04/25/riot-police-respond-after-trans-mob-disrupts-proceedings-at-montana-capitol-1353208/

[mountaineer]

Montana Legislature Suspends Trans Lawmaker Who Disrupted Capitol
Arjun Singh
April 26, 2023 4:53 PM ET

The Montana House of Representatives voted by a two-thirds majority Wednesday to suspend a transgender lawmaker who previously accused colleagues of “torture” for attempting to ban gender-affirming care in the state.

Democratic State Rep. Zooey Zephyr of the 100th District, who is transgender, was suspended from the chamber on Wednesday, with 68 voting in favor and 32 voting against. Zephyr will not be able to enter the chamber or speak on the floor for the remainder of the current session, which ends in May, instead only being able to vote on bills remotely.

Zephyr attracted staunch criticism from colleagues for his opposition to Senate Bill 0099 or the “Youth Health Protection Act,” which would ban all transgender medical procedures in the state for minors and was passed by the legislature on April 21. Zephyr told Republican members in support of the bill that they would have “blood on their hands” if they voted to pass it and compared its provision to “torture,” refusing to apologize after being reprimanded.  ...

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