Montana House leadership has 'denied me my own rights under the Constitution and, more importantly, the rights of my constituents to just representation in their own government,' said ZoAndBehold.
Echoing Zephyr's warning to state lawmakers last month, Anna Wong, a resident of Montana House District 100 and a named party in the suit, stressed that"suicide amongst transgender youth is not imaginary."
Dean Chou, a fellow district resident and party to the suit, said that"I feel alienated and disenfranchised to have my representative expelled from debate." ;“Thursday, Republicans moved several bills out of my committees, preventing me from representing my constituents not only on the floor, but in committee.\n\nThe vice-chair of Judiciary called out their actions.\n\nThe next day, Republicans scheduled new hearings in my committees.
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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floorAttorneys for Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr are asking a court to allow for her return to the House floor. A lawsuit was filed Monday in state district court in Helena on behalf of the transgender Democrat and several constituents who say they are being denied their right to adequate representation. Zephyr was silenced and barred after chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters. The challenge against House Speaker Matt Regier and statehouse Sergeant-at-Arms Bradley Murfitt comes with just days left in the Legislature’s biennial session. Regier and Murfitt have not commented on the lawsuit.
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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floorAttorneys for Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr are asking a court to allow for her return to the House floor
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Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues to return to Montana House floorResidents of the Missoula area said in declarations filed as part of the lawsuit that they wanted Zephyr to be heard in the Legislature.
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Trans Montana Lawmaker Zooey Zephyr Sues State For Banning Her From House FloorMontana Rep. Zooey Zephyr is suing the Republican House Speaker who led last week's vote to ban Zephyr—the state's first transgender lawmaker—from the floor of the state legislature.
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Trans Montana Lawmaker Zooey Zephyr Sues State For Banning Her From House Floor“House leadership explicitly and directly targeted me and my district,” Zephyr said in a statement.
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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floorZephyr was silenced and barred after chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters
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