Transgender lawmakers face discrimination and silencing in state legislatures.

Montana's House speaker, Republican Matt Regier, refused to allow transgender lawmaker Rep. Zooey Zephyr to speak on a bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, two days after a conservative group of lawmakers deliberately misgendered her and called for her to be censured for emotional testimony against the bill. The Democratic caucus objected, but the House Rules committee upheld Regier's decision on a party-line vote. Zephyr had previously warned lawmakers they would have "blood on their hands" if they voted in favor of the bill.