Zooey Zephyr

Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, attends a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. on Monday, May 1, 2023. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Transgender bathroom restrictions take effect as Montana governor signs law

Transgender people in Montana can no longer use bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the new restrictions into law Thursday.
 
State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, right, speaks with colleague Rep. SJ Howell after House Speaker Matt Regier told her she could not work from the hallway just outside the main chamber of the House, April 27, 2023 in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson, File)

Montana House endorses transgender bathroom ban affecting fellow lawmakers

 
FILE - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, stands in protest on the House floor as demonstrators are arrested in the House gallery, April 24, 2023, at the state capitol in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Silenced transgender state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr wins reelection in Montana

 
FILE - Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, alone on the House floor, stands in protest as demonstrators are arrested in the House gallery of the state Capitol, April 24, 2023, in Helena, Mont. Republican legislative leaders persisted in forbidding the Democratic transgender lawmaker from participating in debate for a second week as her supporters brought the House session to a halt chanting "Let her speak!" from the gallery. Lewis and Clark County prosecutors in Montana are declining to pursue the misdemeanor trespassing charges filed against the seven protesters who were arrested. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Supporters of silenced Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr won’t face trespassing charges

 
Rep. Zooey Zephyr, right, and her fiancée Erin Reed wave at folks lined up along Higgins Avenue in downtown Missoula, Mont., during the 2023 Missoula Pride Parade on Saturday, June 17, 2023. They have emerged as a power couple offering support for the transgender community during a year in which hundreds of statehouse bills were proposed or passed to restrict their rights in health care and other realms. (Antonio Ibarra Olivares/The Missoulian via AP)

Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people

 

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