Several bills impacting the LGBTQ+ community are expected to appear at the Montana legislature this session.
Bills that seek to ban information about sex and sexuality, limit gender-affirming healthcare, and prohibit kids from seeing drag shows, are just a few LGBTQ+ rights issues Montana lawmakers plan to address in this session.
A drag queen performer of The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana said the number of shows she performs in annually has soared in the past few years. She said, “Depending on how distracted I get it can take me an hour and a half to three hours to get ready, just, kind of depending on everything going on, if I’m chit-chattin’ or just power painting as I call it.”
A newly elected Zooey Zephyr (D-Missoula) mentions, “We know the effect these bills have, whether they pass or not. When these bills come forward, they harm my community. They put fear into kids, when their healthcare may be taken away when a young trans kid wants to play sports with their friends. It’s hard on the community.”
In this session, lawmakers anticipate returning to discussions about how LGBTQ+ people are recognized and received in society.
Montana Human Rights Network Policy staffer Shawn Reagor says their group is monitoring incoming bills.
Montana Lawmakers Expected To Attack LGBTQ+ Rights In 2023
- Dan Rios
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