Articles for Montana Law

Opponents want judge to declare Montana drag reading ban unconstitutional without requiring a trial
1 year ago

Opponents want judge to declare Montana drag reading ban unconstitutional without requiring a trial

Associated Press  

— A group of people, organizations and businesses opposed to a law that restricts drag performances and bans drag reading events at public schools and libraries asked a federal judge to declare Montana’s law unconstitutional without requiring a trial. “Motivated by an irrational and unevidenced moral panic, legislators took aim at drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community,” Upper Seven Law …

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Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings
1 year, 6 months ago

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Associated Press  

Montana’s new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a Native American transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday. The Butte-Silver Bow Public Library canceled its “First Friday” speaker, Adria Jawort, at the recommendation of county attorneys, library director Stef Johnson said in a statement on the library’s website. feminine persona …

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Montana bans TikTok: But can the US state enforce the law?
1 year, 7 months ago

Montana bans TikTok: But can the US state enforce the law?

Firstpost  

Montana has become the first state in the United States to ban Chinese-owned popular app TikTok from personal devices. A copy of the freshly-minted law at the state website, “TikTok may not operate within the territorial jurisdiction of Montana.” Montana governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed into law a first-of-its-kind bill that makes it illegal for TikTok to operate in …

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Transgender youth sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban
1 year, 7 months ago

Transgender youth sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban

Associated Press  

— Two transgender children, their parents and two health care providers filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that a Montana law that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth is unconstitutional. The ban on puberty blockers, hormone treatment and surgical procedures applies only to transgender youth being treated for gender dysphoria, but that same care can be provided to cisgender adolescents …

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Scientists challenge US wildlife director's qualifications
1 year, 8 months ago

Scientists challenge US wildlife director's qualifications

The Independent  

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Transgender people sue over law on birth certificate changes
3 years, 5 months ago

Transgender people sue over law on birth certificate changes

Associated Press  

— Two transgender people sued Friday over a new Montana law that makes it difficult for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificates. The law requires transgender people to change their sex by surgical procedure and receive a court order indicating that in order for them to change the sex on their birth certificate. “My inability to …

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Montana governor signs bill targeting transgender athletes
3 years, 7 months ago

Montana governor signs bill targeting transgender athletes

Associated Press  

Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday banning transgender athletes from participating in school and university sports according to the gender with which they identify, making Montana the latest of several Republican-controlled states to approve such measures this year. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. John Fuller of Whitefish, has said that “allowing males to compete as women in female sports will …

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