The right-wing Montana Freedom Caucus called state Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s rebuke of anti-trans legislation “hateful rhetoric” and demanded her censure.
Withholding treatment from children struggling with gender identity, she said, amounted to torture — and could result in trauma, harm or suicide.
Ultimately, the GOP-sponsored bill — dubbed the Youth Health Protection Act — passed over the objections of Democrats. That same day, the Montana Freedom Caucus, a bloc of some 21 right-wing state legislators, said Zephyr’s comments amounted to “hateful rhetoric” and demanded her censure in“When I saw the letter come in, I was proud of what I stood up and said,” Zephyr told The Washington Post.
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