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17 Montana Republicans Cross Party Lines, Defeat Anti-Trans Bill After Nonbinary Rep's Speech
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It's not been limited to this. Some Republicans in Montana lately have started crossing sides to shoot down some other bills attacking trans people too (though not all bills unfortunately)
For instance, in March a ban on drag that would likely have been extended to apply to trans people was shot down with 13 republicans crossing sides
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/montana-anti-trans-bills-defeated
Before that, 10+ republicans flipped to kill an attempt to make certain limitations on trans care for 25 years and instead ammended it downwards to 4 years. Still was a shitty bill even with that change, but still
https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3ljo33fl2mc2a