Montana's Controversial Transgender Legislation and Political Climate.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law that restricts transition care for transgender minors, making it the latest state to adopt such a law. The bill prohibits transitional hormone treatments and surgeries for transgender people under 18. The bill was opposed by the governor's nonbinary son and one of the Legislature's only transgender lawmakers, who was barred from the House floor after the debate. The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups plan to file a lawsuit to protect transgender youth in Montana from being stripped of access to healthcare.